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GM and Hawaii Gas Company to Collaborate on Hydrogen Infrastructure Pilot; Different Approach to Provisioning Fueling Stations

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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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Honeywells UOP breaks ground on integrated biorefinery project in Hawaii for drop-in gasoline, jet and diesel from fast pyrolysis of biomass and catalytic upgrading

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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.

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Study finds road conditions in US states worsening in important categories

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The state highway systems in New Jersey (50 th ), Alaska (49 th ), Rhode Island (48 th ), Hawaii (47 th ), Massachusetts (46 th ) and New York (45 th ) rank at the bottom of the nation in overall performance and cost-effectiveness. Missouri, Maine and Kentucky round out the top five states.

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HR Biopetroleum buys out Shells share in Cellana algae biofuels venture

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On 31 January 2011, HRBP will become the sole owner of Cellana, including its six-acre demonstration facility in Kona, Hawaii. (HRBP), a Hawai’i-based and -founded renewable biofuels company, will acquire Shell’s shareholding in Cellana, a joint venture between Shell and HRBP. Earlier post.)

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Coulomb Technologies Secures $14M in Series B Funding

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Since 2007, Coulomb has been introducing networked charging stations for EVs since 2007. in 2008, to the latest opening in Honolulu Hawaii, the ChargePoint Network is used by thousands of EV drivers looking to quickly and safely fuel their electric vehicles. also participated in the round.

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ZPM launches crowd-sourced funding campaign to build compressed-air cars in US

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ZPM has attained rights to build the first of several modular plants in the United States; Hawaii is the anticipated location of the first production plant. In 2007, MDI signed an agreement with Tata Motors for the application of CAE technology in India. Click to enlarge.

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GM and US Army expanding collaboration on fuel cells; up to 5-year project

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TARDEC currently is evaluating GM fuel cell vehicles in a comprehensive demonstration in Hawaii. GM’s Project Driveway program, launched in 2007, has accumulated nearly 3 million miles (4.8 Earlier post.). Earlier post.). million km) of real-world driving in a fleet of 119 hydrogen-powered vehicles, more than any other automaker.

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