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JUNE 6, 2013

Neste Oil, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel (NExBTL), has signed a contingent commercial off-take agreement with Cellana, an algae biomass developer based in the United States. The agreement will enable Neste Oil to purchase Cellana’s algae oil for use as a feedstock in the future for producing renewable fuel.

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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. It is tasked to demonstrate hydrogen technology and its potential applications within the Defense Department.

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Alternative Fuels Hydrogen Hawaii Fuel 225

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

Better Place has started its initial deployment of EV infrastructure in Hawaii, with the launch of a project to incorporate its electric-vehicle infrastructure in Honolulu, in partnership with Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts’ Sheraton Waikiki Resort and Hawaiian Electric Company. Kyo-ya will operate two of the electric vehicles.

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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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Teslarati

JANUARY 7, 2024

Tesla’s Megapacks offer energy storage for renewable sources like solar, and as the company deploys more and more of these projects around the world, one large site with these giant batteries has just gone online in Hawaii.

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MAY 11, 2010

TGC produces hydrogen along with synthetic natural gas and delivers it in its utility gas stream, with more than 5% hydrogen content today; it has the capability of producing more H 2 through its renewable biogas initiative. The Hawaii infrastructure could eventually support tens of thousands of fuel cell vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a comprehensive vision for deeply decarbonizing transportation. Optimally integrating transportation with buildings, the grid, and renewables to realize system-wide benefits. —Chris Gearhart, director of NREL’s Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Boeing announced a collaborative agreement to work with Hawai’i BioEnergy on renewable energy sources for creating aviation fuel. military presence and a dependency on imported energy, Hawaii’s bioenergy development initiatives can help create new regional resources, while providing a boost to the local economy.

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MAY 2, 2016

has secured a contract to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Hawaii Gas, the State of Hawaii’s only franchised gas utility. Republic Services, an industry leader in US recycling and non-hazardous solid waste, will be switching its California-based fleet to Redeem Renewable Natural Gas. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Lurline will make its maiden voyage to Hawaii next month. It is also one of Matson’s fastest vessels, with a top speed of 23 knots, helping ensure on-time deliveries in Hawaii from Matson’s three West Coast terminals in Seattle, Oakland and Long Beach. Main engine horsepower is 42,738 (31,870 kW).

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InsideEVs

JULY 27, 2022

The plan will help support the state’s goal to reach 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.

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MAY 3, 2012

into renewable diesel in a US Department of Energy (DOE) funded biorefinery project. 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. Amyris modifies farnesene to become renewable diesel.

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JUNE 4, 2022

For example: In Iowa, Southwest Renewable Energy LLC is receiving a payment of $3 million. 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. million gallons.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

The USDA Rural Development has selected for funding 68 study grants nationwide to determine the feasibility of renewable energy projects. The grants cover the Northeast, Central/East, Southeast (including Hawaii), West and Pacific Northwest (including Alaska). In all, studies will be funded in 27 states and the Western Pacific.

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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. Earlier post.). —Jim Rekoske.

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MAY 18, 2011

The project is supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in cooperation with the State of Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., On Maui, 15% of the electricity supply is already generated by renewable energy, and there are plans to increase this percentage going forward.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

SB 100 (De Leon) – California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. SB 100 accelerates the existing renewable energy targets to 60 percent RPS by 2030, and requires retail energy sellers to plan, model, and invest over the next 28 years to reach the 100% clean, zero carbon, and renewable energy target. But you can help.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 6, 2015

The plane landed in Hawaii Friday, achieving another milestone in the attempt to fly around the world with no onboard fuel. Nearly four months after taking off from Abu Dhabi to attempt a circumnavigation of the globe, the sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 airplane has crossed the Pacific Ocean.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

The 158 Tesla Megapack 2 XL battery units are going to be used for load shifting and fast-frequency response services on the Hawaii Electric grid. It will enable better use of the state’s increasing renewable energy. It will enable better use of the state’s increasing renewable energy. Get started here.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

This new Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center joins centers in the Pacific Northwest and in Hawaii that also work to advance the operational readiness of ocean energy technologies.

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MAY 18, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $500,000 will be available this year to test the technical readiness of technologies that can harness energy from waves to supply clean, renewable power to highly-populated coastal regions. (

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Converting biomass to renewable fuels via a pyrolysis pathway. The US Department of Energy has selected UOP, a Honeywell company, for negotiation of a $25 million award to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels. Imperium Renewables, and Mesa Engineering.

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MARCH 12, 2011

Premium Renewable Energy (Malaysia) Sdn. has selected Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, to perform the engineering design for a project that will use Envergent’s RTP Rapid Thermal Processing technology ( earlier post ) to convert palm biomass to renewable heat and electricity.

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MARCH 23, 2021

With the right technology, it’s possible to convert wastewater into renewable power, along with chemicals, fertilizers, and reusable water. They are based out of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2017

Even before Elon Musk engineered Tesla's acquisition of SolarCity, the two companies were collaborating. SolarCity was already controlled by Musk, who believes its solar-energy business can be reinforced and complemented by Tesla's energy-storage business. Last year, Tesla announced a joint project with SolarCity to install a large battery farm.

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Hawaii Solar Energy Energy Storage 145

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JANUARY 27, 2011

The test is expected to demonstrate solutions for integration of greater levels of renewable energy onto the grid, improving capacity utilization, and reducing dependency on fossil-fuel power generation while maintaining grid performance and reliability.

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Energy Storage Hawaii Energy Wind 225

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MARCH 3, 2021

An open-access paper on their work appears in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 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 study authors include Ignacio A.

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APRIL 5, 2011

On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. In France, renewable energy consumption will be 20 percent by 2020. EIA projections of renewables penetration. Source: EIA.

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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. These drop-in fuels are expected to qualify for renewable identification numbers (RINs) as cellulosic fuels.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

The test is expected to demonstrate solutions for integration of greater levels of renewable energy onto the grid, improving capacity utilization, and reducing dependency on fossil-fuel power generation while maintaining grid performance and reliability.

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Wind Hawaii Energy Energy Storage 199

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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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Tennessee Renewable Commercial Diesel 199

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JUNE 17, 2014

University of Hawaii of Honolulu, Hawaii will receive $3 million to develop photoelectrodes for direct solar water splitting.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Young Brothers President Glenn Hong and Sandia California Vice President Marianne Walck. In June, Hawaii Gov. As the most oil-dependent state in the nation and one that could be most affected by rising sea levels, Hawaii has become an early adopter of emerging technologies and innovative energy solutions.

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APRIL 24, 2017

The Round 3 fuel cell awardees are: Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers. Savannah River National Laboratory has been awarded $300,000 to work with Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers to perform analysis on the performance and design of low pressure hydrogen storage systems to power mobile applications of Proton Exchange Membrane hydrogen fuel cells.

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Fuel Hawaii Lithium Ion Vehicles 170

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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. 2015.07.107.

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APRIL 11, 2018

The project also supports BP’s broader strategy to invest half a billion dollars annually into low-carbon technologies, including projects within its established renewables portfolio as well as in new low-carbon businesses. Renewables are the fastest growing form of energy and account for around 4% of global energy demand today.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling and more. At least 35% of these investments are made in disadvantaged and low-income communities.

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