Moloka’i Big Wind Project Falls Apart

From Civil Beat by Sophe Cocke The owners of Molokai Ranch have backed out of plans to lease thousands of acres of land to a large-scale wind farm…

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Sempra U.S. Gas & Power And BP Wind Energy Complete Hawaii Wind Farm

Dec 27, 2012 ULUPALAKUA, Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy today announced the full commercial operation of the 21…

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Auwahi Wind Farm Transmission Line Going In

A photo well worth viewing at  Maui News

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Interisland Cable/Renewable Energy EIS Public Testimony

Amended Notice of Intent under the National Environmental Policy Act to Prepare the Hawai‘i Clean Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement In 2010, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced…

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Maui Island Oahu’s Best Bet for Wind Energy?

Sophe Cocke writing for Civil Beat suggests First Wind is eying more wind sites on Maui for use on Oahu through the proposed interisland cable: “Gaynor…

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First Wind Explains Kaheawa Wind Operations

By KEKOA KALUHIWA A June 15 letter writer asked why the wind turbines on Maui aren’t ever turning at the same time. While the 14 new turbines in the makai…

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BP Wind Energy Joins Sempra For Maui Project

Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy recently announced plans to jointly develop the Auwahi Wind farm on Maui. This is the fifth project developed under a strategic…

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Who is Pattern Energy (Moloka’i Wind Farm)

WHO IS PATTERN ENERGY? FROM:   http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/9431 By Miriam Raftery April 23, 2012 (Ocotillo) – The wind industry has been likened to the wildcatters during the oil boom – risk takers…

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Is Wind Really Hawaii’s Low Cost Option?

Civil Beat discusses the report ranking various renewable energy costs Wind energy is at the top of the list of energy sources that Hawaii should be tapping to…

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Big Wind Pattern’s New Alias

First it was just Pattern Energy. Then it was Molokai Renewables, after Pattern joined forces with Biological Capital to hopefully build the wind farm. Now, based on a review of…

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