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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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A Sandia National Laboratories project team, including a number of industry partners, is designing and building a cold-ironing fuel cell system that will be deployed in the Port of Honolulu in 2015. As ports have begun to expand and their impact on the environment has become more apparent, port operators face a variety of regulations.

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Project shows maritime fuel cell generator can increase energy efficiency by up to 30% at part load; reliability and cost issues

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Project goals were to demonstrate the use of the generator in the maritime environment, identify areas requiring additional research and development, analyze the business case, and address regulatory and other market barriers. One opportunity to do so was identified in Honolulu Harbor at the Young Brothers Ltd. (YB)

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Another three are on the West Coast and in Hawaii: Seattle (4), Portland (5), and Honolulu (6). Honolulu, with 26 quick chargers, has one of densest charging grids in the US. The island environment also makes it easier to strategically place charging points so that EV drivers have easy access to reach key destinations.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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City and County of Honolulu. Honolulu will receive funding for Gillig battery electric buses with depot chargers in the Honolulu area as their inaugural project to transition their fleet to zero emission. VIA’s use of 100% renewable grid power ensures the battery electric buses will truly be zero emissions.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid. The island gets on average nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, putting it on a par with Honolulu and Brisbane, Australia. Islanding lets microgrids continue to supply electricity to users even when the main grid is down. percent to 2.8