Nissan says its new electric vehicle, the Nissan Leaf, can provide emergency power to your home during a power failure or brownout (shortage). The charging system that takes power from the wall outlet can, with modifications, run in the opposite direction and provide power back to your house. In Japan, Nissan says there’s enough power […]
Maui Planning Com. Accepts Auahi EIS
The Maui Planning Commission on Tuesday accepted the final environmental impact statement for the Auahi Wind farm to be built on the Southeast slopes of Haleakala by Sempra Energy. The revised EIS reduced the number of wind towers 15 to 8 while increasing the height and blade width of each to generate 3 megawatts each. […]
Environmental Caucus Report
Reproduced from Henry Curtis’ article at Disappeared News.(Note Maui Tomorrow does not endorse any political party. We are reproducing this report on the Democratic Environmental Caucus meeting since it has interesting informational content. ) By Henry Curtis Imagine going to a talk story where half the time is devoted to questions and answers. It’s almost […]
HECO: Raise Rates So We Can Buy Imported Palm Oil
From Henry Curtis: Last year HECO sold 7.6 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. HECO has asked the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission to add a tax on each kWh sold to subsidize HELCO’s purchase of biofuels from the politically connecedt Aina Koa Pono (AKP). AKP would sell 16 million gallons of biodiesel to HELCO to power […]
Low Cost/No Cost Energy Savings for Maui
LOW COST/NO COST ENERGY SAVINGS FOR MAUI The Fitchburg Model Applied to Maui Nui Michael J. Duberstein It’s a given that by far the greatest, fastest and most economical energy savings result from increased conservation measures—what experts label as efficiency steps. No matter how it’s termed, conservation returns large reductions in energy usage—and just a […]