PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS Mar 18, 2013 Sempra could boost power by nearly six times at Auwahi wind farm on Maui http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2013/03/18/sempra-could-boost-power-by-nearly-six.html Duane Shimogawa , Reporter- Pacific Business News Sempra U.S. Gas & Power plans to significantly expand its 21-megawatt Auwahi Wind project at Ulupalakua Ranch on Maui by adding some 40 more wind turbines, which […]
More Wind Turbines on Hawaiian Homelands
Download a PDF version of this public notice View the Beneficiary Consultation page for this project Public Notice is hereby given that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) intends to issue general leases, pursuant to Chapter 171-95.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, for renewable energy projects on Hawaiian home lands at Kahikinui, Pulehunui, and […]
Ormat’s Big Island Geothermal Release
From KITV News More than 20,000 Big Island households lost power late Wednesday afternoon when the Puna Geothermal Ventures Plant in Pahoa went offline. The Hawaii Electric Light Company says there was a fault on one of the transmission lines, which then released steam as part of a built-in safety system. Hazmat and fire teams […]
Webinar on Maui Renewable Energy & Storage
ESTAP Webinar: Briefing on Sandia’s Maui Energy Storage Study On March 6, 2013, in ECIS, Energy, News, Photovoltaic, Renewable Energy, Solar March 6, 2013 14:00 — 15:00 Eastern The Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership project of the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) and the Department of Energy is presenting a webinar featuring a case study […]
Moloka’i Big Wind Project Falls Apart
From Civil Beat by Sophe Cocke The owners of Molokai Ranch have backed out of plans to lease thousands of acres of land to a large-scale wind farm developer. The decision likely spells the end for the Molokai portion of the Big Wind project, an ambitious plan to build about 70 wind turbines on both […]
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power And BP Wind Energy Complete Hawaii Wind Farm
Dec 27, 2012 ULUPALAKUA, Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy today announced the full commercial operation of the 21 megawatt (MW) Auwahi Wind facility. The power project includes eight new wind turbines on the southeast ridge of Maui’s Haleakala volcano. “We are very pleased to complete construction […]