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Henry Curtis on the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative
… In essence, the document focuses on strengthening the utility, providing federal tax credits to support crude palm oil biodiesel production, and emphasizes building large-scale central station generation facilities. It minimizes…
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MECO Roadblocks Residents’ Solar While Soliciting Big Renewable Projects (?!)
MECO to bring in renewables, change gridMaui NewsKAHULUI – Renewable energy will be a big part of Maui Electric Co.’s…
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Geothermal Test Well Slated for Early Next Year
Ormat Technologies Inc., which operates the state’s only geothermal plant in the Puna District on Hawaii island, said it hopes to begin drilling exploratory wells as early as next…
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Workshop on U.S. Dept of Energy Funding Opportunities
Staff from the Hawaii Technology Development Venture (HREDB) will present the Strategic Proposal Development workshop, a one-day program for energy companies on Maui on Tuesday, March 27. The workshop will…
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Feds Take Oversight of Ocean Energy Projects
The Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed under former President George Bush gives oversight of ocean energy technologies to the Federal government. Projects in Hawaii that could come…
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Is Avoided Cost to blame for high electric rates?
By Henry Curtis Synopsis: Utilities talk about energy prices but hide the data, making it impossible to verify whether public utilities are really concerned about the public or instead are…
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What is the relative cost of different types of electricity?
By Henry Curtis Synopsis: Only HECO and regulators are permitted to know the comparative costs of different types of energy. HECO presented an “Oahu Energy Price Comparison” at a…
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Electic Vehicle Chargers Come to Maui
By CHRIS HAMILTON for Maui News There may only be about 50 electric cars on Maui today, said Anne Ku, director of the University of Hawaii Maui College’s…
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Task force looks at vast Hawaii offshore energy potential
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…
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