HECO Plan Meetings
Meetings have been scheduled across the state to receive public comment on Integrated Resource Planning being filed by Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light Company. The utilities’ goal is to file an Integrated Resource Planning Report for each company with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission by June 28, 2013. The Report will includes […]
Auwahi Wind Farm Transmission Line Going In
A photo well worth viewing at Maui News
Maui County: RFP for Waste to Energy at Pu’unene Landfill
Maui County is looking for a developer to finance, plan, design, permit, construct and own a waste-to-energy project at the Central Maui Landfill in Puunene, the biggest of four county-run landfills on the Valley Isle. The plan would include diverting nearly 500 tons of waste from the county landfill and turning it into energy that […]
State Tax Proposal Would Slam the Brakes on Solar Energy, Jobs in Hawai’i
Sierra Club, Earthjustice call on administration to change course November 9, 2012 Honolulu, HI Today, Governor Neil Abercrombie announced a drastic, potentially devastating cut to the Hawaiʻi’s successful tax credit for solar energy. The proposal would reduce by approximately 50 percent the tax credit for homeowners and businesses that install solar energy systems. The solar […]
2 Square Miles of Solar could supply ALL of Maui’s Electricity?
From Dick Mayer: FROM THE ARTICLE, SOME RULES OF THUMB: Roughly 5 acres per Megawwatt Roughly 800 solar panels per acre Roughly $3 million per Megawatt or $3,000 per Kilowatt To put it in some perspective (and I realize that we would not get any power after sunset): Maui uses about 200 MW, which 1,000 […]