Molokai Renewables developers confirmed last week they will place a bid to build a 200 megawatt (MW) wind farm on Molokai once a new request for proposals (RFP) is released this fall
DOE Awards Money to UH for Solar/Smart Grid
The U.S. Dept. of Energy awarded $6.1 million to the University of Hawaii for its solar PV systems, one on Maui and the other, under the umbrella of Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OGE), on the mainland. The plan is to develop and demonstrate utility-controlled smart grid-enabled inverters under the Advanced Concepts section.
What is Hawaii’s Cheapest Energy?
By Henry Curtis from Disappeared NewsWhat is the absolute cheapest type of energy found in Hawai`i? What type of energy production produces no greenhouse gases and has no environmental or cultural impact? The answer is curtailed energy. Hawai`i Wind Farms often can produce far more power at night than the utility is willing to accept […]
Big Wind Video from Moloka’i
IAM – I Aloha Molokai from PF BENTLEY on Vimeo.
PUC to HECO – Yes, you HAVE to rebid Big Wind
From Honolulu Civil Beat: The state Public Utilities Commission has denied Hawaiian Electric Co.’s request to reconsider a July ruling requiring the utility to rebid 200 megawatts – or half – of the Big Wind project. “The commission is not convinced that any of the arguments raised by HECO demonstrate that the commission’s order is […]
Big Wind to Last?
From Honolulu Weeklyby Joan Conrow | Aug 24, 2011 The viability of the controversial $3 billion “Big Wind” project may be undermined by the global climate change it is intended to help mitigate. Preliminary plans call for building dozens of windmills on Lanai and Molokai to generate some 400 megawatts of power to be transmitted […]