Maui Resident Uses Only Solar Power

“Jason King’s solar-powered home is perched amidst his manicured lawn and gardens. Atop his luxury hale…

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HB 1520 Will Help Residents Install Solar

House Bill 1520 requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider implementing on-bill financing that would allow residents to pay off clean energy purchases — like solar water…

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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….

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Concerns Expressed About Auwahi Wind Farm

Sempra Generation and Ulupalakua Ranch reps held a public meeting on the proposed Auwahi Wind Farm and transmission line slated for the area above La Perouse. The project will use…

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Big Wind = Big Money

Henry Curtis’ take on the interisland electric cable, the proposed windfarms and history of the existing Maui Windfarm: Disappearednews.coml

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`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…

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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,…

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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

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Auwahi EIS Comments: Mayer

1 April 6, 2011 From: Professor (Emeritus) Dick Mayer, To: Applicant:…

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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…

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