Henry Curtis, of Life of the Land, reports from the “Big Wind” hearing: “Big Wind refers to the concept of building an interisland undersea high voltage electric transmission line between Moloka`i, Lana`i and/or Mau`i to O`ahu so that ever-energy-hungry O`ahu can be fed by the Neighbor Islands. Giant wind farms would be built in Mau`i […]
EIS for Undersea Cable
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Hawai‘i Interisland Renewable Energy Program: Wind The EIS will assess the foreseeable environmental impacts which may arise from the development of wind-generated electric energy and the required improvements to the existing electric transmission infrastructure. DOE will hold public scoping meetings in the first quarter of 2011. Dates will be […]
Big Wind at the Legislature
By Henry Curtis Life of the Land The Big Wind hearing filled the Senate Conference Room, and the overflow room overflowed. Some people milled around in the hall, others left. Big Wind refers to the concept of building an interisland undersea high voltage electric transmission line between Moloka`i, Lana`i and/or Mau`i to O`ahu so that […]
Big Wind at the Legislature
Friday, January 14, 2011 By Henry Curtis Life of the Land The Big Wind hearing filled the Senate Conference Room, and the overflow room overflowed. Some people milled around in the hall, others left. Big Wind refers to the concept of building an interisland undersea high voltage electric transmission line between Moloka`i, Lana`i and/or Mau`i […]