article thumbnail

US Hybrid awarded contract to deliver plug-in fuel cell shuttle bus to Hawaii County Mass Transit Agency

Green Car Congress

Integrated at US Hybrid’s Honolulu facility, the 25-passenger shuttle bus utilizes a 30 kW fuel cell fueled by a 20 kg hydrogen storage and delivery system. Onboard batteries are recharged by regenerative braking as well as grid charging.

Hawaii 281
article thumbnail

Alcoa and Phinergy enter joint development agreement for high energy-density aluminum-air batteries

Green Car Congress

Aluminium–air cells are high-energy density primary (non-rechargeable) batteries originally developed in the 1960s. Walsh (2012) “ Comparison of Air Cathodes and Aluminium Anodes for High-Power Density Alkaline Aluminium-Air Batteries ,” Honolulu PRiME 2012. kWh/kg of Al—second only to the Li-air battery (13.0 Earlier post.).

Batteries 357
article thumbnail

Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

The island gets on average nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, putting it on a par with Honolulu and Brisbane, Australia. times as great as the combined growth in the commercial and industrial sectors. Several factors combine to make Puerto Rico an ideal place for solar power and microgrids. megawatts to 224.6

article thumbnail

ARPA-E to award $22M to 18 projects to accelerate production of macroalgae for energy and other uses; MARINER

Green Car Congress

A particular emphasis will be on the development of cost-effective harvesting methods based on technologies applied in the commercial fishing industry. Honolulu, HI. A docking station for vehicle recharge and data telemetry makes long-term operation possible. Category II MARINER Projects. Organization. Description. Organization.

Mariner 150