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NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

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Optimally integrating transportation with buildings, the grid, and renewables to realize system-wide benefits. Long a leader in transportation decarbonization research, NREL’s leading scientists and cutting-edge facilities have prepared the laboratory to innovate emerging technologies and trends from a variety of angles.

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REV Building Four Converted Battery-Electric Vehicles for US Military TARDEC Program; Electric Ford Escape and F-150 Vehicles as Part of Micro-Grid Project

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Canada-based Rapid Electric Vehicles (REV) has begun production of four converted electric bi-directional charging Ancillary Power Vehicles (APVs) ( earlier post ) as part of the US Army Tank Automotive Research Development Engineering Center (TARDEC) Micro-Grid project at Wheeler Air Base, Hawaii.

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Hawaii Natural Energy Institute awards firm contract for Altairnano Energy Storage System

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The system will be installed at the Hawi wind farm on the island of Hawai’i and connected to the Hawai’i Electric Light Company (HELCO) utility grid. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.). The equipment purchase and associated service contracts, valued at approximately $1.8

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Altairnano Selected by Hawaii Natural Energy Institute for Wind Energy Integration Demonstration Project

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has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and the Hawai’i Electric Light Company to supply a one-megawatt ALTI-ESS energy storage system for a test of wind energy integration. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. Appendix C: Intricacies of the Grid—transfer of power vs. energy. slow charge.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Most days, most cars are going to have lots of extra battery capacity,” said Mr. Kempton, noting that on average, American automobiles get driven for just one hour each day.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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It was based in part on the Alohanet, a packet radio network developed at the University of Hawaii in the late 1960s. It was battery-powered, ran Smalltalk, and had a touch-sensitive screen designed by Thornburg. “We Thacker made the remark that coaxial cable is nothing but captive ether,” said Kay. “So Mountain View, Calif.—began

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