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Tesla Megapack battery turns on to replace Hawaii’s last coal plant

Baua Electric

The 158 Tesla Megapack 2 XL battery units are going to be used for load shifting and fast-frequency response services on the Hawaii Electric grid. Plus Power claims that it is “the most advanced battery in the world” due to its wide-ranging grid service capabilities. It will enable better use of the state’s increasing renewable energy.

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DOE SBV Pilot selects 38 small business for labs partnerships; 2 fuel cell and 4 vehicle projects

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Other projects address advanced manufacturing, bioenergy, buildings, geothermal, solar, water and wind technologies. The Round 3 fuel cell awardees are: Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers. The Round 3 fuel cell awardees are: Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

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. Another 5% comes from wind and 5% from hydro. The rest of Hawaii’s electricity is generated by burning oil. URL: [link]. By JOHN MARKOFF.

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US Departments of Interior and Defense partner to promote renewable energy on federal lands

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A major goal of the partnership is to harness the significant proven solar, wind, geothermal and biomass energy resources on or near Department of Defense (DoD) installations across the country. About 13 million acres of these withdrawn lands are located in the west and are high in wind, solar and geothermal resources.

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US Departments of Interior and Defense partner to promote renewable energy on federal lands

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A major goal of the partnership is to harness the significant proven solar, wind, geothermal and biomass energy resources on or near Department of Defense (DoD) installations across the country. About 13 million acres of these withdrawn lands are located in the west and are high in wind, solar and geothermal resources.

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Sandia-led team designs feasible hydrogen fuel-cell coastal research vessel; implications for large hydrogen-fueled vessels

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The report found feasible a 10-knot vessel with 2400 nautical mile range, able to perform 14 Scripps science missions, that could be refueled with liquid hydrogen at 4 different ports of call along the US west coast. The project team nicknamed the vessel the “Zero-V,” short for zero-emissions research vessel. This WTW CO 2 (eq.) This is 91.4%

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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cents/kWh, with a range from 29.20 cents/ kWh in Hawaii to 5.61 Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 Two are geographically constrained (hydro and geothermal), placing wind and solar as the front running mass renewable energy choices. cents/kWh in West Virginia—a 23.59

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