The Friends of Lana’i filed a petition with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday to reopen the competitive bidding process for the “Big Wind” project on Lanai and Molokai to transmit electricity via undersea cables to Oahu. The Petition The Friends of Lana’i press release: Friends of Lāna‘i (FOL) today petitioned Hawaii’s Public Utilities […]
First Wind vs Pattern Energy Squabble
First Wind CEO Paul Gaynor criticizes Castle & Cooke’s decision give 200 megawatts of its wind allocation for the “Big Wind-interisland cable” project to Pattern Energy for a wind farm on Molokai. The Big Wind project seeks to bring 400 mw of wind energy from Molokai and Lanai to Oahu via an undersea cable. The […]
NY Times Writes About Lana’i & Moloka’i Wind Projects
“The official name given by the state government is the “Hawaii Interisland Renewable Energy Program — Wind.” The state’s dominant utility, Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. (HECO), prefers the more neutral “Interisland Wind.” Some critics call it the “Oahu Industrial Wind Power Plant on Lanai.” Still others know it simply as “Big Wind.” Regardless of its […]
Concerns Expressed About Auwahi Wind Farm
Sempra Generation and Ulupalakua Ranch reps held a public meeting on the proposed Auwahi Wind Farm and transmission line slated for the area above La Perouse. The project will use 15 430 feet high turbines are intended to generate 22MW daily which is expected to supply from 6-10% of Maui’s energy. Makena Resident Judith Michaels […]
Big Wind = Big Money
Henry Curtis’ take on the interisland electric cable, the proposed windfarms and history of the existing Maui Windfarm: Disappearednews.coml
`Aha Ki`ole Survey Says No Windmills
From the Moloka’i Dispatch “`Aha Ki`ole held a public survey from March 8-26, giving the people of Molokai the opportunity to state whether they supported windmill development on Molokai or not. The survey combined with, but was not limited to an open registration for `Aha Ki`ole membership, which is open to all moku of Molokai. […]