March 27, 2012 Bill Sherman Ormat Technologies, Inc. 6225 Neil Road Reno, NV 89511 Ron Terry Geometrician Associates PO Box 396 Hilo, HI 96721 Carty Chang Hawaii State Board of Land and Natural Resources, P.O. Box 621 Honolulu, HI 96809 Comments on EISPN for Ulupalakua Geothermal Mining Lease and Geothermal Resource Subzone Modification Application Mahalo […]
Testimony Ormat Geothermal – Mayer
From: Professor (Emeritus) Dick Mayer March 23, 2012 dickmayer@earthlink.net Cell 808-283-4376 1111 Lower Kimo Dr. Kula, Maui, HI 96790 RE: Ulupalakua Geothermal Mining Lease and Geothermal Resource Subzone Modification Application (EISPN) Applicant: Ormat Technologies Inc., 6225 Neil Road, Reno, NV 89511. Contact: Bill Sherman, (775) 356-9029 Ext. 32232 Approving Authority: Hawai‘i State Board […]
Big Wind Pattern’s New Alias
First it was just Pattern Energy. Then it was Molokai Renewables, after Pattern joined forces with Biological Capital to hopefully build the wind farm. Now, based on a review of testimony on an undersea cable bill, the company has taken on the name Hawaii Interisland Cable. Read more at Civil Beat
Pu’unene Plant Up for Permit Renewal
The DOH-Clean Air Branch posted public notice for the Covered Source Permit (CSP) for HC&S at Puunene Mill. It is in the classifieds of today’s Maui News (see attachment) You can view the relevant documents at this link: http://hawaii.gov/doh/cleanairpublicnotices There is a one month public comment period, with comments due on April 23, 2012. “Any […]
Henry Curtis on the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative
… In essence, the document focuses on strengthening the utility, providing federal tax credits to support crude palm oil biodiesel production, and emphasizes building large-scale central station generation facilities. It minimizes distributed generation and calls for a termination of the popular net metering program where homeowners can install solar photovoltaic systems on their roofs and […]