Star Advertiser Opinion Piece written by Jay Fidell, of ThinkTech Hawaii, a digital media company that reports on Hawaii’s tech and energy sectors of the economy and is partially funded by HECO. See Robin Kaye’s response below
Mike Bond Responds to Pattern Energy
Maui Tomorrow is fostering discussion on the Big Wind Project by reprinting this article by Mike Bond of I Aloha Moloka’i: As the Pattern Energy opinion piece (Hawaii well-suited for Big Wind project, Star-Advertiser, July 11) by Mr. Parquet mentions me personally I am obliged to respond. His Big Wind development group and their backers […]
Pattern Energy Responds to IAM
Written by David Parquet of Pattern Energy in the Star Advertiser Energy experts have shown, in numerous publicly available studies, that Big Wind can help Hawaii achieve 40 percent renewable energy by 2030, and can provide savings for ratepayers. Mike Bond, a founder of the anti-wind group I Aloha Molokai, has raised questions about the […]
OTEC Being Revived
After a successful 1979 demonstration project using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (exploiting ocean temperature differences to generate firm power), dropping oil prices cause interest in OTEC to wane. OTEC is back with a demonstration project at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii at Keahole Point in Kona. Plans are to create a 5MW demonstration project […]
Maui County & Life of the Land Intervene in HECO Case
The Public Utilities Commission granted Maui County and Life of the Land intervenor status in the review of Hawaiian Electric Co.’s proposal to charge customers for a $4 million study on “Big Wind.” According to the Maui News article by Harry Eager: Henry Curtis of Life of the Land said customers should not be forced […]
EPA – Shut Down Older, Dirty Coal Plants
Will this impact the Pu’unene Coal fired generator? Details of new EPA regulations, released Thursday, mandate reductions in power-plant emissions. ‘Old, decrepit plants’ without pollution controls must shut down, which some analysts say just accelerates the inevitable switchover from coal to natural gas. “New Jobs-Cleaner Air,” published by University of Massachusetts economists in February, found […]