`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

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

Send EIS Comments on Iao Stream Fix

Comments can be submitted through May 9 to be included in an environmental impact statement being prepared for a project to correct a design deficiency that has led to major erosion in the Iao Stream flood control project in Wailuku. The fixes in the project, designed to reduce flood risk

Mayor on Public Access Trails at PATH meeting

Mayor Alan Arakawa will speak on public access issues Tuesday afternoon during the launch of a speakers program by Public Access Trails Hawaii, a hikers’ group that has filed a lawsuit to reopen a horse trail formerly used to reach Haleakala Crater. The event will start at 4:30 p.m. at

PATH Wants to Re-Open Haleakala Trail

Probably one of the most historically important trails on Maui is also probably the one least known and is certainly the one most at risk of never being walked on by the public again. Haleakala Trail runs from the top of Olinda to the Haleakala Crater rim across land owned

Kahului Airport Plan Meeting

A public meeting on the Kahului Airport master plan update is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 19 at the Kaunoa Senior Center in Spreckelsville. The update will assess the capacity of existing airport facilities and determine if they are adequate to meet future demands. The state Department of

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

Save Honolua Concerned About Land Sale

By TAMARA PALTIN A lot has changed since the Save Honolua Coalition formed in 2007, but the mission remains the same: maintain open space, public access and revitalize the ecosystem of the Honolua ahupuaa through community-based management utilizing Hawaiian values and practices. SHC has been working with Maui Land &

Auwahi EIS Comments: Mayer

1 April 6, 2011 From: Professor (Emeritus) Dick Mayer, To: Applicant: Auwahi Wind Energy LLC, 101 Ash St, HQ 14, San Diego, CA 92101 Attn: Joan Heredia (619) 696-1824 jheredia@sempraglobal.com Accepting Authority: County of Maui, Planning Commission / Department, 250 South High Street, Wailuku, HI 96793 planning@mauicounty.gov Attn: Joe Prutch,

Sempra Signs MECO Contract for 21MW Wind Power

Sempra Generation has entered into a 20 year contract to sell 21MW of wind energy to Maui Electric Company from the Auwahi Wind project on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Construction of the wind farm is expected to begin in early 2012 and will be located on the Ulupalakua Ranch