A federal-state offshore renewable energy task force held its first meeting in Hawaii, which may have more wind energy resource within 50 miles of its coasts than any US state other than Alaska. The task force is patterned after others formed with 10 East Coast states and Oregon that allow the Bureau of Ocean Energy […]
Friends of Lana’i Opposes Interisland Cable
As part of Maui Tomorrow’s mission to facilitate discussion and air all sides of the debate over Big Wind and the Interisland power cable, today we reprint a Viewpoint from Friends of Lana’i, a group opposed to the Big Wind project. This does not necessarily reflect the views of Maui Tomorrow which has taken no […]
Kaheawa II Turbines On Maui Roads
Tri-Isle will be transporting the 14 Turbines for Kaheawa Wind Power II on roads between the harbor and Maalaea for the next 2 months. They’ll have police escort. These turbines can generate 21 megawatts of energy, enough to power about 7,700 Maui homes.
Auwahi Wind Project Specs
Sempra Generation intends to install 11 megawatt power storage A123 grid battery system at its wind project site on ‘Ulupalakua Ranch land. The Auwahi Wind Project was approved by the Maui Planning Commission on Nov. 8, 2011. It will consist of eight wind turbines, each 428 feet tall. The project will utilize a total of […]
Sempra Solar: Not Enough Time to Bid
Sempra’s Oahu Solar unlikely that leases etc will be in place in time for them to bid to take the place of the Moloka’i wind farm.
Foundation Names Lana’i Big Wind Site Historical
The site of a massive proposed wind farm in West Lanai where hundreds of archaeological and cultural sites have been identified has been named one of the state’s “most endangered historic places” for 2011 by the Historic Hawaii Foundation. Read more at the Maui News