MECO to bring in renewables, change gridMaui NewsKAHULUI – Renewable energy will be a big part of Maui Electric Co.’s future, with plenty of room for serious investors and partners, said outgoing President Ed Reinhardt. Near-term projects include plans to seek a developer to help produce between 20 … Study requirements for solar systems […]
Testimony Points Out Flaws in Olowalu EIS Facts/Assumptions
Sierra Club Maui Group Aug 7, 2010PO BOX 791180Pa’ia, HI 96779 To: State Land Use CommissionPO Box 2359Honolulu, HI 96804Attention: Dan Davidson Re: Comments on EISPN for Proposed Olowalu Town Master PlanTMK (2) 4-8-003: 84, 98-118 and 124 Aloha Kakou Sierra Club Maui Group has been tracking proposed developments at Olowalu since the first Ag […]
Seaward Services to Operate Superferries for US Navy
Monday, March 19, 2012 http://www.marinelink.com/news/superferries-subsidiary343158.aspx Seaward Services (SSI), a HMS Global Maritime (HMSGM) company based in New Albany, Indiana, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract through Military Sealift Command (MSC) to operate and convert the former Hawaii Superferry vessels HSV Alakai and Huakai for MSC. HMSGM has been managing […]
Geothermal Test Well Slated for Early Next Year
Ormat Technologies Inc., which operates the state’s only geothermal plant in the Puna District on Hawaii island, said it hopes to begin drilling exploratory wells as early as next year to determine whether there are sufficient geothermal resources on the southwestern slope of Haleakala for their proposed geothermal generating plant. Geothermal, as opposed to solar […]
Workshop on U.S. Dept of Energy Funding Opportunities
Take the survey and learn more about the workshop at the HREDV website. Workshop instructors are Jill Sims and Dawn Lippert from PICTHR at (808) 275-5051.
SB755 Testimony Needed Before Wed Mar 21
SUBMIT TESTIMONY HERE:http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=755 The House is planning a major ‘bait and switch’ amendment to SB 755 (originally dealing with playing internet poker!). It would allow the governor and all the mayors to exempt projects from HRS 343. A major part of the amendment is found hidden in “Part VI”. Other parts are also bad. Schedule: […]