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Imergy Power Systems’ Recovered-Vanadium Flow Battery Gets First US Contracts

Benji Jerew — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:18:42 +0000

According to today’s press release, Imergy Power Systems already has over two hundred flow battery installations worldwide. Hawaii Energy Research Systems has filed for the first US contracts using Imergy Power Systems recovered-vanadium flow batteries. Imergy Power Systems’ flow battery energy storage system, like all flow batteries, uses tanks of electrolytes to store energy. Since […]

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DoD, US Navy Focus on Clean Energy in Hawaii

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 01:51:27 +0000

The Energy Excelerator, a funding agency for renewable energy start-ups based out of Hawaii, has just been given $30 million by the US Navy to continue its work on alternative fuel initiatives. The Energy Excelerator also receives funding from the Department of Energy (DOE), among others. The agency already has a host of success stories […]

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Cleantech Launches Best in Hawaii

Benji Jerew — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:03:33 +0000

With the threat of climate change right on our doorstep, we have some hard decisions to make. If we’re going to reduce our impact on the environment, then we have to start doing things differently. Obviously, doing things the same way as we have for the last 200 years isn’t going to change anything. Innovation, […]

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Hawaii Implementing Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure In Collaboration With GM

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:06:00 +0000

A large scale partnership called H2I (Hawaii Hydrogen Initiative) is coming together as combined efforts are being made for the fueling infrastructure that will support the future face of the Hawaiian transportation system. Hydrogen fuel is the word of the day, as Hawaii expects thousands of fuel-cell vehicles to hit the market starting with 2015.

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Hawaii To Run $1 Billion Undersea Cable That Will Share Wind Power Between Islands

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:31:49 +0000

Replacing Hawaii's dirty diesel powered generators that provide the electricity necessary to run the islands isn't an easy job. The state's current plan is to feed Oahu, the state's most populated island, through an undersea cable, from the wind farms on the islands Molokai and Lanai.

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