First solar-powered hydrogen plant in AF complete on Hickam

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii – Nolie Diakoulas, Sunetric project engineer, installs fuses in the combiner box behind the solar panels here May 13. When the sun hits the photo voltaic panels, electrons move from front to back, creating a current that travels through small wires to a junction box in the back. The junction box takes the current from the small wires and moves it to larger wires, which travel to a combiner box. There, DC power is converted to AC (usable) power, which runs the base hydrogen station. The combination of solar panels with the hydrogen station here makes the project a dynamic, first-in-the-Air Force and first-in-Hawaii combination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Carolyn Viss)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Carolyn Viss

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