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County Wants Wind Power to Pump Water in Haiku
Maui County is looking to install a wind generator to produce up to 100kw for water pumping in a site near Kaupakalua Road in Haiku. The administration says that water pumping is a major electricity user and that using renewable energy will both save money and offset fossil fuel. Contractors have until Nov 2 to […]
Maui Based Champley appointed to PUC
Maui Now reports that Maui-based energy consultant, Michael Champley of Kahakuloa Energy Advisors, LLC has been appointed to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). According to Disappeared News: He founded Kahakuloa in 2007, registered it in Michigan in 2008 and in Hawai`i in 2010. In Hawai`i, Mr. Champley serves on the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) Working […]
Pattern & Bio-Logical Capital to Bid on Moloka’i Big Wind
Pacific Business News reports that Molokai Renewables, a joint venture between Pattern Energy and Bio-Logical Capital, plans on submitting a bid when the final request for proposals is issued by Hawaiian Electric Co.next month, according to Bio-Logical Capital Hawaii Vice President Keiki-Pua Dancil.
Molokai Renewables Co to Bid on Wind Farm
Molokai Renewables developers confirmed last week they will place a bid to build a 200 megawatt (MW) wind farm on Molokai once a new request for proposals (RFP) is released this fall
DOE Awards Money to UH for Solar/Smart Grid
The U.S. Dept. of Energy awarded $6.1 million to the University of Hawaii for its solar PV systems, one on Maui and the other, under the umbrella of Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OGE), on the mainland. The plan is to develop and demonstrate utility-controlled smart grid-enabled inverters under the Advanced Concepts section.