Reprinted from Maui Weekly: Anaergia Plan Morphs Again Most of the changes are significant and add, modify or remove major components. December 26, 2013 Jeff Stark – Chair, Maui Recycling Group Public Education Committee , Maui Weekly On Sunday, Dec. 8, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) ran a full-page paid advertisement in The Maui […]
Henry Curtis: History of Interisland Cable
From Ililani Media … By 1982 the U.S. Department of Energy had concluded that an interisland electric line was necessary to transmit geothermal power to the other islands. Hawaiian Electric Company became the prime contractor, and the utility picked Parsons Hawaii as the systems integration manager. The State considered and rejected the idea of conducting […]
Waste to Energy Presentation
County Council presents Natural Resources Defense Council on Waste to Energy Monday Oct 14 1:30pm 8th floor Council Chamber
U.N. Climate Panel Endorses Ceiling on Global Emissions
According to the NY Times: The world’s top climate scientists on Friday formally embraced an upper limit on greenhouse gases for the first time, establishing a target level at which humanity must stop spewing them into the atmosphere or face irreversible climatic changes. Going well beyond its four previous analyses of the emissions problem, the […]
EMF from Submarine Cables and Oahu-Maui Island Routing Options
NextGen’s write-up of the meeting held to discuss the Interisland electric cable can be read here: NEEH Presentation on Sept 18, 2013
I Aloha Moloka’i: Bottom Up Energy Planning
From the Civil Beat article by Larry Tool “IAM is a nonprofit, volunteer community organization, originally formed to oppose the Big Wind turbines slated for Molokai’s West End. Two years ago we were approached by Molokai Ranch, our largest landowner. The Ranch wanted to discuss other issues of concern to the community. We promised we […]