Green Car Congress

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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Renewable West Virginia Energy USA 220

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MAY 12, 2015

Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.) This is planned to increase in the future.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The unit is undergoing detailed engineering and design through mid-2014 and, after fabrication, assembly and training for Young Brothers operators, will be operational during a six-month deployment in early 2015. Like many operators, the company uses diesel engine generators to provide power to refrigerated containers.

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Honolulu 2015 Fuel Building 246

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2014

Adrian Narvaez of Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers (HHC) observes a metal hydride storage tank, part of a project led by Sandia National Laboratories. —Adrian Narvaez, Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers (HHC). Most recently, he led a study and subsequent demonstration project on commercial use of hydrogen fuel cells to provide power at ports.

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Hydrogen Design Hawaii Fuel 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

ClearFuels and Rentech will integrate ClearFuels’ BTG technology platform with Rentech’s Fischer-Tropsch Process for the production of certified renewable synthetic jet and diesel fuels at commercial-scale facilities. This joint demonstration is anticipated to lead to the final design basis for the commercial facilities.

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Companies Hawaii Waste Renewable 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2015

The umbrella CRADA also covers international applications of the technologies and science and engineering education. The topics were first identified in a 2013 memo of understanding between Sandia and ASU focusing on collaborations to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc.

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Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Micrographs of commercially cultivated algae species. Engineering designs and cost analysis for the various cases were based on projecting current commercial microalgae production and wastewater treatment processes at much larger scales. could allow for practical, near-term development of engineering, technological, and human.

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Oil Low Cost Fuel Production 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In fact, the PHEV is the only existing technology that acts as a vector for transitioning our society to exclusive use of renewable resources.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. One of the blood oaths that was taken by the original founders was that we would never do a system that wasn’t engineered for 100 users,” said Kay. Cupertino, Calif. But Xerox resisted.

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Future Engine Personal IDEA 145

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Final engineering model of the SF-BREEZE as designed by Elliott Bay Design Group. Due to the difference in characteristics between diesel engines and PEM fuel cells, the SF-BREEZE would have the following benefits in addition to its elimination of emissions: Superior response time during power changes (such as during maneuvering).

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JULY 3, 2018

The situation is dramatically improved using renewable hydrogen, such as that made from biogas, or by water electrolysis using wind or low-carbon nuclear power. emissions from the Zero-V using renewable LH 2 becomes 0.164 Gg CO 2 (eq.)/year. The gas suppliers are currently working to make renewable hydrogen more broadly available.

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Hydrogen Fuel Design San Francisco 315

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2009

OPT) have signed a commercial engineering services agreement to develop OPT’s wave energy systems for use in future utility-scale power generation projects. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Separately, the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) recently awarded Lockheed Martin an $8.12 Source: OPT.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

My wife, Zan, and I were recently on the Big Island, Hawaii, and while there we toured the state’s only geothermal plant. Hawaii's 30 megawatt geothermal control room. Here’s the scoop: Engineers drill a hole about 6,000 feet down where the magma has heated the surrounding area to about 400-500 degrees Farenheit.

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Hawaii Renewable Energy San Francisco 100

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

As a centrally controlled function, the data center integrates data across the entire network including: the availability of charge spots and battery switch stations; the state of charge of each battery; the ability to harness peak levels of renewable energy generation; topography maps and traffic patterns; and driving habits and patterns.

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Motor Motors Motoring 210

Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2023

Several states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Virginia have also passed “ right to charge ” laws that allow renters at single or multifamily dwellings to install EV Level 1 and 2 chargers on their rental premises, but the tenants are responsible for all installation costs.

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Minneapolis Installation Charging Building 84

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), which stretches between Mexico and Hawaii, are estimated to contain more cobalt and nickel than there are in deposits on land. The Metals Company (previously DeepGreen Metals) in Vancouver expects to be the first to commercially produce metals from these nodules by 2024.

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Batteries Battery Hawaii Nauru 131