By Henry Curtis Synopsis: Only HECO and regulators are permitted to know the comparative costs of different types of energy. HECO presented an “Oahu Energy Price Comparison” at a somewhat public Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) Plenary Session (May 2, 2011). The document labeled “Confidential – Limited Distribution” is posted on the HCEI website. The […]
Electic Vehicle Chargers Come to Maui
By CHRIS HAMILTON for Maui News There may only be about 50 electric cars on Maui today, said Anne Ku, director of the University of Hawaii Maui College’s new Maui Electric Vehicle Alliance, but alternative-energy investors are banking on big jumps in the number of these more powerful and less expensive cars on Valley Isle […]
Task force looks at vast Hawaii offshore energy potential
A federal-state offshore renewable energy task force held its first meeting in Hawaii, which may have more wind energy resource within 50 miles of its coasts than any US state other than Alaska. The task force is patterned after others formed with 10 East Coast states and Oregon that allow the Bureau of Ocean Energy […]
Legislature: County Can Not Opt Out of Interisland Cable
At Gov. Abercrombie’s request, the Legislature removed the paragraph: “Nothing in this Act is intended to require the construction of an interisland cable from the islands of Molokai or Lanai to Oahu unless the communities affirmatively request an interisland cable.” From the interisland cable bill to clarify that Counties could not opt out of the […]
Ulapalakua Geothermal EIS at Library
Makawao Public Library has just received for public review: Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice. Ulupalakua Geothermal Mining Lease and Geothermal Resource Subzone Modification Application Public comments are due: March 27, 2012 Makawao Public Library 573-8785
Another Attempt to Finance the Interisland Cable
Last year, legislation to facilitate financing for cables that would connect the islands in a statewide electric grid got bogged down in criticism and never made it out of the Legislature. But this year, Gov. Neil Abercrombie has thrown his political weight behind a new bill, arguing that interisland cables are a critical step for […]