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

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California-based US Hybrid Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT) for the design, integration and delivery of its H 2 Ride Fuel Cell Plug-In Shuttle Bus for operation by the County of Hawaii Mass Transit Agency’s (MTA) HELE-ON Big Island bus service.

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DOE awards up to $40M for open-water, grid-connected wave energy testing facility

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of up to $40 million, subject to appropriations, to design, permit, and construct an open-water, grid-connected national wave energy testing facility. For context, approximately 90,000 homes can be powered by 1 TWh per year.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa. The curve is based on decades of measurements taken from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, and is named for Charles David Keeling, who started the CO? Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) in Earth’s atmosphere since the 1950s.

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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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Sandia Labs project team building fuel cell cold ironing system for deployment at Port of Honolulu in 2015

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The unit will fit inside a 20-foot shipping container and will consist of four 30-kilowatt fuel cells, a hydrogen storage system and power conversion equipment. which will design and build the prototype unit and supply the fuel cells, and Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, which will provide assistance with hydrogen supply issues.

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Bosch collaborating with Eguana on Home Battery System

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Eguana Technologies , a provider of power conversion and control systems for distributed energy storage, and Bosch are collaborating on the Home Battery System (HBS) project. Deployments in the Hawaii and California markets have taken place in both homeowner and utility applications.

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How to Navigate EV Charging Rebates and Successfully Fund Your Home Charging Station

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Conversely, the abundance of available electricity during off-peak hours provides cost-efficiency for everyone. National Grid – Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island. National Grid is a large utility company in the Northeast. Hawaii Power. Hawaii Power is an electric utility company in the State of Hawaii.