Star Advertiser Opinion Piece written by Jay Fidell, of ThinkTech Hawaii, a digital media company that reports on Hawaii’s tech and energy sectors of the economy and is partially funded by HECO. See Robin Kaye’s response below
Mike Bond Responds to Pattern Energy
Maui Tomorrow is fostering discussion on the Big Wind Project by reprinting this article by Mike Bond of I Aloha Moloka’i: As the Pattern Energy opinion piece (Hawaii well-suited for Big Wind project, Star-Advertiser, July 11) by Mr. Parquet mentions me personally I am obliged to respond. His Big Wind development group and their backers […]
Draft Bill to OK Absentee Vacation Rentals
TVRs will now be called “short-term rentals” – specially permitted homes or condominiums with up to six rooms and located in districts that are not designated by the county for hotels or resorts. Bed-and-breakfast and short-term rental owners fall under the new commercialized residential tax rate, which is $4 for every $1,000 of assessed value. […]
Pattern Energy Responds to IAM
Written by David Parquet of Pattern Energy in the Star Advertiser Energy experts have shown, in numerous publicly available studies, that Big Wind can help Hawaii achieve 40 percent renewable energy by 2030, and can provide savings for ratepayers. Mike Bond, a founder of the anti-wind group I Aloha Molokai, has raised questions about the […]
Kula Ridge Hearing
Hearing on the Kula Ridge project, Thursday 7/14 1:30pm Haleakala Room, Makena Beach & Golf Resort & Fri 9am
OTEC Being Revived
After a successful 1979 demonstration project using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (exploiting ocean temperature differences to generate firm power), dropping oil prices cause interest in OTEC to wane. OTEC is back with a demonstration project at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii at Keahole Point in Kona. Plans are to create a 5MW demonstration project […]