New battery cheaper and smaller

Elon Musk introduced lithium-ion battery named Powerwall – a wall-mounted energy storage unit that can hold 10 kilowatt hours of electric energy, and deliver it at an average of 2…

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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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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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County to Allow LED Street Lights

Maui County spends $2 million a year for street lighting. Changing to LED lights could halve that.  But as the ordinance is written now, LED lights are not allowed. …

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