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MAY 18, 2012

A123 Systems will supply an 11MW Grid Battery System (GBS) to Sempra Generation for the Auwahi Wind project in Maui, Hawaii. The advanced energy storage solution is designed to smooth variable wind power generation, which is expected to help maintain the stability to Maui’s electric grid.

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MAY 6, 2011

million to provide hydrogen fueling infrastructure on Hawaii, and to further increase the efficiency and output potential of future commercial hydrogen stations. million this year from other government agencies to support the development of its hydrogen production technology. The company received a Phase I contract for $1.8

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Ten companies, agencies and universities have joined an initiative between The Gas Company (TGC), and General Motors to support a ramp up of hydrogen-powered vehicles and associated fueling infrastructure in Hawaii by 2015. In Hawaii, we want to address the proverbial chicken or egg dilemma. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 17, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $20 million to ten new research and development projects that will advance hydrogen production and delivery technologies: six on hydrogen production and four on hydrogen delivery. million to develop a reactor for hydrogen production from bio-derived liquids. FuelCell Energy Inc.

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MAY 11, 2010

The Hawaii infrastructure could eventually support tens of thousands of fuel cell vehicles. Hawaii is uniquely positioned and motivated to make hydrogen-powered fuel cell transportation a reality because it depends on imported petroleum for 90 percent of its energy. Hawaii Energy Challenges. Hawaii Energy Challenges.

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JULY 1, 2014

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab) and the University of Hawaii have provided direct experimental evidence for the validity of a proposed mechanism for the first step in the process that transforms gas-phase molecules into solid particles such as soot and other carbon-based compounds.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Tesla has a new Megapack production facility in Lathrop, California, and via a post shared on Instagram, the company shared some impressive statistics. In the post shared on Instagram , Tesla shows off the production of the Megapack already occurring at the facility. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Tesla (@teslamotors).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The US Air Force is demonstrating the use of hydrogen as an alternate fuel source at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. This state organization supports the Hawaii ANG, the National Guard Bureau, and the US Air Force. US Air Force photo by J. Brian Garmon) Click to enlarge. —Stan Osserman, HCATT director.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla and SpaceX/Starlink are doing their best to help Hawaii as it recovers from devastating wildfires. Musk posted about the efforts on Twitter, noting that several of his companies are doing their best to help Hawaii. Quick update from Maui: very productive day in Lahaina.

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APRIL 21, 2021

Solectrac), America’s first production manufacturer of Electric Tractors and a leader in the transition to zero emission regenerative agriculture and a portfolio company of Ideanomics (NASDAQ: IDEX), today announced the donation of the Company’s first Compact Electric Tractor (CET) production unit to the K?kua

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JUNE 4, 2022

USDA is making payments to 195 biofuel production facilities to support the maintenance and viability of a significant market for agricultural producers of products such as corn, soybean or biomass that supply biofuel production. Its biomass-based diesel production suffered a market loss on almost 3.5 million gallons.

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JULY 13, 2018

Our hydrogen station will help show Hawaii residents how FCVs can make a real impact on our sustainability goals. We are committed to the future of mobility in Hawaii, and we believe in the potential for FCVs in our state. Servco brought the first Mirai production vehicles to Hawaii in 2016. Servco Pacific Inc.

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Hydrogen Hawaii Toyota EPA 170

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JULY 18, 2014

Cellana, LLC, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, will develop a fully integrated, high-yield algae feedstock production system by integrating the most advanced strain improvement, cultivation, and processing technologies into their operations at their Kona Demonstration Facility. Cellana’s process. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has begun construction in Hawaii of a demonstration unit that will convert forest residuals, algae and other cellulosic biomass into renewable drop-in transportation fuels via a rapid pyrolysis process integrated with a catalytic upgrading process. Located at the Tesoro Corp.

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MAY 3, 2009

The Hawaii State Legislature has reported out of conference HB1271 , which boosts what had been a state environmental response tax on petroleum of $0.05 The tax is to be paid by the distributor of the petroleum product. per barrel to an environmental response, energy and food security tax of $1.05 per barrel.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Among the leaked sites was a Supercharger located in Kahului, Hawaii. Hawaii now has several Tesla Destination Chargers as well. Tesla is also expected to install Megachargers in Supercharger stations across the United States as it ramps production on the Semi. Tesla plans to open another Supercharger in Nephi, Utah, too.

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JUNE 6, 2013

The agreement is contingent on Cellana’s future production capacity and on compliance with future biofuel legislation in the EU and US, among other factors. Samples have shown that Cellana is able to produce algae oil suitable for renewable fuel production by Neste Oil.

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JANUARY 21, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released two nationwide resource assessments showing that waves and tidal currents off the nation’s coasts could contribute to the United States’ total annual electricity production. Assessment of Energy Production Potential from Tidal Streams in the United State s.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

While today’s market for hydrogen as a transportation fuel is limited to California and parts of Hawaii and the East Coast, experts at NREL think it will play an increasingly key role across the country to store energy and provide the emissions-free muscle needed for heavy-duty trucking, rail, and marine freight.

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JANUARY 28, 2012

The vehicles are part of a government funded program managed by the High Technology Development Corporation's Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies and will be deployed for a variety of end users in Hawaii.

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AUGUST 9, 2015

A team from the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa is developing a new one-pot process to produce gasoline-grade (C 6 –C 18 ) hydrocarbon oil from polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)—an energy storage material formed from renewable feedstock in many bacterial species. Total mass recovery was 94 wt%. 2015.07.107.

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MARCH 3, 2021

This study tested the effects of depth-cycling on the growth, morphology, and chemical composition of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera, a target species for renewable biomass production. The good news is the farm system can be assembled from off-the-shelf products without new technology. The study authors include Ignacio A.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This demonstration-scale project is expected to lead to the final design basis for commercial-scale facilities using the combined technologies, including for potential biomass-to-energy projects that are contemplated in the southeastern United States, Hawaii and Canada.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Announced on the eve of the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) CEO Summit, the memorandum of understanding highlights how the companies will work together to identify biofuel sources and supporting technologies for producing sustainable jet fuel in Hawaii. Being an island state with a strong U.S. Being an island state with a strong U.S.

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MAY 6, 2011

The US Departments of Agriculture and Energy (USDA and DOE) are awarding a total of $47 million to fund eight research and development projects that will support the production of biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products from a variety of biomass sources. Exelus, Inc. Livingston, NJ, $5,185,004. Metabolix, Inc.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Upon completion late this year, the gasifier will be integrated with Rentech’s Product Demonstration Unit (PDU) to produce certified renewable synthetic jet and diesel fuels from cellulosic biomass feedstocks. Any agreement that results from these negotiations would be contingent upon approval by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission.

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Hawaii Renewable Diesel Grant 231

Teslarati

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Fresh of the release of its Cybertruck-inspired Cyberwhistle , Tesla has launched the next product in its “Cyber” line of merchandise — the Cyberquad for Kids, a miniature version of the ATV that the company unveiled with its all-electric steel pickup truck back in late 2019. The Cybertruck for Kids could be ordered here.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The hot brine that comes up from the subsurface as part of geothermal power production at the Salton Sea in California is a rich stew of minerals, including iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, and lithium. Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab). With nearly $1.2 Both of these methods have serious environmental issues associated with them.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

million goes to four projects intended to boost the productivity of sustainable algae, while cutting capital and operating costs of commercial-scale production. The projects include: Hawaii Bioenergy ($5 million DOE investment). Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. Nearly $16.5

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APRIL 19, 2011

The new Online Order System will allow customers the convenience of configuring their own vehicle from any web browser, select their dealership of choice (within 15 launch states), and track their order through production, distribution and delivery. Prius Plug-in online ordering will not be available in Hawaii.).

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JUNE 29, 2019

water and electricity to produce higher-energy carbon-based products and a co-product of pure oxygen. The curve is based on decades of measurements taken from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, and is named for Charles David Keeling, who started the CO? into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. Earlier post.).

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MAY 3, 2012

Liquid fuel and chemical production from sweet sorghum. The pilot-scale project use both free (soluble) sugars and biomass (cellulosic) sugars from Ceres’ sweet sorghum hybrids grown in Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana and Tennessee. Life-cycle analysis of Amyris Diesel production from sweet. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

This represents the second highest increase in geothermal power capacity over a calendar year since the production tax credit (PTC) was extended to geothermal in 2005, and a 5% percent increase over 2011 year-end data. In 2012, seven new geothermal projects and additions came online in three different states.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the development of a commercial scale biorefinery facility for the production of renewable jet or diesel fuel. The renewable energy facility will be co-located with Hughes Hardwood’s wood component products manufacturing facility in Collinwood, Tennessee. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 15, 2010

headquartered in Aiea, Hawaii, has signed a Cooperative Agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive its first $7.7 ClearFuels has begun development of multiple commercial-scale biomass-to-energy projects in the southeastern United States and Hawaii. ClearFuels Technology, Inc., million of a $22.6 Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM), the US licensee for Luxembourg-based MDI, the developer of the AirPod compressed-air car ( earlier post , earlier post ), has launched an indiegogo campaign to crowd-source $300,000 to fund US-based production of the AirPod.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

million of a $23-million grant to complete construction of a demonstration scale biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Colorado, and to integrate and operate it with Rentech’s Product Demonstration Unit (PDU) for the production of renewable synthetic fuels from biomass. Rentech, Inc. Earlier post.).

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