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 […]
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.
Testimony on Undersea Cable Bill (Pro and Con)
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Feds Take Oversight of Ocean Energy Projects
The Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed under former President George Bush gives oversight of ocean energy technologies to the Federal government. Projects in Hawaii that could come under federal oversight include wave energy projects and the proposed interisland cable system. Hawaiian Electric Co. is currently working on putting in place energy projects that can […]
Is Avoided Cost to blame for high electric rates?
By Henry Curtis Synopsis: Utilities talk about energy prices but hide the data, making it impossible to verify whether public utilities are really concerned about the public or instead are more concerned about their bottom line. Robbie Alm (HECO) spoke to the Democratic Party Environmental Caucus on July 18, 2011. On the tape at 21:10 […]