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 […]
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. […]
Pattern Energy Moves on Moloka’i
The original 2008 agreement between HECO, First Wind and Castle & Cooke allows each company to build a 200 megawatt (MW) wind farm on Lanai and Molokai, respectively, as a part of the state’s renewable energy program. The agreement also states that one wind developer can complete a larger project encompassing both islands should the […]
Abercrombie: Eminent Domain for Moloka’i Wind Farm
In an internal memo, Pacific Business News is reporting that Governor Niel Abercrombie is willing to have the state confiscate the land if the owner of Molokai Ranch tries to stand in the way of a proposed 200-megawatt wind farm on Molokai. Steve Morgan of the Moloka’i Dispatch suggests benefits that could be negotiated for […]