From Disappeared News by Henry Curtis Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) has asked the Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission to approve the HECO-Aina Koa Pono Biofuel Supply Contract (Docket 2011-0005). According to HECO, the technology that Aina Koa Pono will use has never been commercially proven. On August 23, 2011 the Consumer Advocate filed their Statement of […]
Big Wind to PUC: “Don’t Make Us Go Out to Bid”
July 26, 2011 Hawaiian Electric, with Castle & Cooke, petitioned the PUC to reverse their decision requiring HECO go out to bid on the company to develop the wind farm on Moloka’i. Hawaiian Electric is asking that the PUC either allow Castle & Cooke to develop the entire 400 mw wind farm on Lanai, or […]
Big Wind Faces Mounting Uncertainty
Civil Beat reporter Sophie Cocke reports that the Big Wind EIS will have to consider alternatives to the Big Wind project and that developers are eying Maui as a possible location for renewable project to feed Oahu’s voracious energy appetite. Read her article at Honolulu Civil Beat
Lt Gov. Schatz Supports Big Wind on Moloka’i
Extracted from:Wednesday, July 20, 2011 By The Molokai Dispatch Staff TMD: As you know, one thing on people’s minds is the Big Wind project. How do you feel about the Big Wind project and the proposals right now. SCHATZ: Let’s start with what we agree about. What we agree about is we ought to move […]
Pattern Energy Deal Blocked by PUC
From the Star Advertiser: The Public Utilities Commission ordered Hawaiian Electric Co. Thursday to seek new bidders to develop half of the large-scale wind energy project proposed for Molokai and Lanai. The order follows a series of events in which HECO dropped Boston-based First Wind LLC from the project because it missed a March deadline […]