Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2017

Results of a study by a team at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, suggest that the additional cycling to discharge vehicle batteries to the power grid in a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) scenario, even at constant power, is detrimental to EV battery cell performance. —Dubarry et al.

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Hawaii Grid Batteries Battery 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Li-ion battery maker A123 Systems will supply a Grid Battery System (GBS) to Maui Electric Company (MECO), a utility serving residents and businesses on the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai in Hawaii. The system, NSTAR’s first battery energy storage project, is proposed for installation at a substation in Medway, Mass.

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Li-ion Grid Supplies Hawaii 252

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is calling on the US government to prohibit shipments of lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries on passenger and all-cargo aircraft until new regulations are in place to ensure the safe transport of these materials. ALPA letter.

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Li-ion Dominican Republic Lithium Ion Batteries 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

One of the major issues hobbling the commercialization of high energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries is the “polysulfide shuttle”—the shuttling of polysulfide ions between the cathode and anode. Bottom: Schematic of Li-S cell using MCM to encapsulate liquid polysulfides at the sulfur electrode. C = Charge, D = Discharge.

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Lithium Sulfur Lithium Ion Li-ion Batteries 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The Prius Plug-in is available in 15 states (California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and Hawaii). kWh Li-ion battery pack. Running in EV mode, the system switches to full hybrid mode under full acceleration.).

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Prius Plug-in 2014 Rhode Island 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2016

Because it was impossible to rule out capacity loss or other damage to the batteries with the facilities available in Hawaii, for safety reasons the Solar Impulse team decided to replace the batteries with new ones. Source: Kokam. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Energy Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2017

a global leader in lithium-ion batteries for automotive, stationary and consumer applications, has formally launched its range of award-winning residential battery systems in the North American market. Sunrun already has installed initial systems in both Hawaii and California. LG Chem Ltd., states and Canadian provinces.

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North America Li-ion America Range 150