Hawaii has scored an F for the sixth year in a row when it comes to integrating solar into the state’s electric grids. A website, called Freeing the Grid, ranks all of the states and placed Hawaii at the bottom of the barrel. Read Civil Beat’s past coverage of the issue: Want Solar Panels? You […]
First Wind Explains Kaheawa Wind Operations
By KEKOA KALUHIWA A June 15 letter writer asked why the wind turbines on Maui aren’t ever turning at the same time. While the 14 new turbines in the makai area are built, as of mid-June they were not yet commercially operating. These turbines make up the second phase of the Kaheawa Wind project. We […]
Life of the Land Issues Report on Hawaii’s Energy Future
Read Life of the Land’s Energy Report From Sophie Crocker writing for Civil Beat …The main takeaway: the state can and should be generating 90 percent of its electricity by 2030 from sources such as rooftop solar and small-scale wind that power a single home or neighborhood. Referred to in the industry as distributed generation, […]
BP Wind Energy Joins Sempra For Maui Project
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy recently announced plans to jointly develop the Auwahi Wind farm on Maui. This is the fifth project developed under a strategic partnership between the two companies that includes more than 1,000 megawatts of wind-generating capacity in operation or under construction. The project on southeastern Maui will […]
SB2785 Interisland Cable Bill Text
RELATING TO INTERISLAND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION CABLE SYSTEMS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. The legislature finds that attaining energy independence from imported fossil fuels is a long-standing objective of the State. The legislature finds that interconnecting the islands via a high-voltage undersea electric transmission cable system […]
Debate on Interisland Cable (video)
Jeff Mikulina (Pro Inter-Island Cable)Henry Curtis (Alternatives Are Better, Cheaper, More Reliable) With Rep. Marcus Oshiro (Moderator) Democratic Party of Hawaii 2012 State Convention Sheraton Waikiki Hotel May 25, 2012 7:30 to 9 p.m.