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Friday, October 24, 2014 |
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Wind Power Drives Electricity Prices Up
By NCPA @ 12:21 AM :: 4381 Views :: Energy
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...in nine of the 10 states most reliant on wind power, electricity prices are rising at least five times faster than the national average....
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
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Aiona: Lower the Cost of Energy
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 4872 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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“All solutions which lower the cost of energy must be on the table,” said Aiona....
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
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UHERO: PV Growth in Hawaii?
By UHERO @ 6:43 AM :: 4065 Views :: Energy
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Under the current rate structure, DG providers are providing “cheap” electricity while consuming “expensive” electricity....
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Thursday, October 9, 2014 |
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Wind Industry Admits It Needs Handout to Compete
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:14 PM :: 5811 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...The wind production tax credit, a generous $23 per-megawatt-hour tax credit the producer receives for 10 years, expired last year....
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Thursday, October 2, 2014 |
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DBEDT Applauds PUC’s Approval of 'Green' Subprime Loan Securitization Program
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 3966 Views :: Energy
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A Green Infrastructure Fee, which was previously approved by the PUC, will be used to secure the bonds....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
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Rate Hikes Coming as HECO Plans to Waste Big Money on Batteries
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 4528 Views :: Energy
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...up to 200 megawatts of energy storage for Oahu....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
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Solar City Horror Stories
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 PM :: 7996 Views :: Energy
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...Leeds is pushing $500 a month with no way out for the next two decades....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
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Wind Turbine or Tree? Certain Bats Might Not Know
By Video @ 4:12 PM :: 5678 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...video surveillance cameras watch bats flying at night near wind turbines....
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
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Will Solar Scammers Undermine Subprime GEMS Loan Program?
By News Release @ 9:59 PM :: 5040 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...state lawmakers are still concerned about the costs customers would have to pay in order to update their rooftop inverters....
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Sunday, September 21, 2014 |
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Timing Isn't Everything: How to Lose Your Solar Tax Credit
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6157 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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This week’s illustration of how timing is important involves the Hawaii Renewable Energy Technologies credit....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii LNG Shipping Options
By Michael Hansen @ 11:31 PM :: 9473 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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From the point of view of shipping, there are several issues which will impinge on HECO’s planning to transition from liquid petroleum fuels to LNG....
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Saturday, September 6, 2014 |
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HECO Prepares to Disconnect Unapproved Solar Systems
By News Release @ 4:53 AM :: 4891 Views :: Energy
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...PUC rules give the utility authority to shut off the system and lock it to prevent interconnection....
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Thursday, September 4, 2014 |
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Refinery Switch: HECO Dumps Par Petroleum for Chevron
By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 6373 Views :: Energy
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...to help Hawaiian Electric meet more stringent federal Environmental Protection Agency air emission requirements known as Mercury and Air Toxics Standards....
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Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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Tuna Monument: Faleomavaega Slow on the Draw
By Selected News Articles @ 8:20 PM :: 8322 Views :: Energy, National News, Politicians, Small Business
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...it took nearly a month for the ailing delegate to file a formal letter with Obama pleading with him not to take any action that would harm American Samoa....
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
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HECO Submits Power Supply Improvement Plan
By News Release @ 11:46 PM :: 6015 Views :: Energy
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“[HECO] will come up with some lofty goals, that are good for the future, but nobody’s there to keep them accountable down the road.”
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Sunday, August 24, 2014 |
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Cutting Energy Costs: Methanol Beats LNG for Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:22 AM :: 6774 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Methanol is competitive with LNG in cryogenic containers currently contemplated for Hawaii....
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
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Hawaii and U.S. Territories aim to increase fuel diversity with LNG imports
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 5748 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...These islands may soon be able to diversify their energy sources to include natural gas, because of relatively low natural gas prices and new shipping technology....
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Friday, August 8, 2014 |
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Breaking HECO's Monopoly with Community Choice Aggregation?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:15 PM :: 4384 Views :: Energy
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...the CCA approach was discussed at the “Electric Utilities: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be” conference....
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 |
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Navy Paying 69% More With $334M Solar Project
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 6577 Views :: Energy, Military
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... the Navy is paying $0.44 per kwh ....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
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HECO Proposes 'Demand Response' Billing, Remote Shutoff
By News Release @ 4:53 PM :: 5078 Views :: Energy
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Under the programs, customers receive financial incentives for shifting energy use to certain times of the day....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
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The Jones Act and the Energy Price Hawaii Pays for Protectionism
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:12 PM :: 7637 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Cost of Living
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...electricity prices in Hawaii are nearly double those in the state with the next highest prices because Hawaii generates 75% of its electricity from petroleum and must rely on Jones Act vessels for all domestic oil shipments....
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Monday, July 21, 2014 |
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Hawaii's highest-in-the-nation energy costs stay intact by politics, monopoly
By Malia Zimmerman @ 10:27 AM :: 5368 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Former Hawaii state Sen. Fred Hemmings says politicians allowing monopoly control of Hawaii's energy market are largely responsible for high costs....
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Friday, July 18, 2014 |
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KIUC to hit 50% Renewables in 2015
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 6011 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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KIUC’s rates decreased 1.6 percent since 2008. By comparison, rates on Oahu have risen 21.5 percent over the same period....
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Monday, July 14, 2014 |
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Report: Hawaii Highest Energy Costs, Lowest Consumption
By News Release @ 1:06 PM :: 4751 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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WalletHub -- 2014's Most & Least Energy-Expensive States.
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Monday, July 14, 2014 |
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How U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize Fossil Fuels in Russia, Saudi Arabia While Being Penalized at Home
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:59 PM :: 4188 Views :: Energy
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...the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that offers billions of taxpayer dollars for development of fossil fuels in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Mexico and other countries....
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Sunday, July 13, 2014 |
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Would You Be Shocked?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6130 Views :: Energy, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii's power prices are among the highest in the nation as well. Not surprisingly, one of the big reasons for this is taxation....
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Saturday, July 12, 2014 |
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Navy to Burn $334M on Oahu Solar Projects
By News Release @ 6:57 AM :: 6232 Views :: Energy, Military
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Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, is being awarded $334,135,534 for firm-fixed-price task order....
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014 |
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51,700 LED Streetlights to be Financed by 'Public-Private Partnership'
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 5468 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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The city is preparing a request for proposal to form a public-private-partnership that will replace all 51,700 city streetlights with LEDs....
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014 |
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State Touts First $3M in Sub Prime 'Green' Energy Loans
By News Release @ 2:34 AM :: 4890 Views :: Energy
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$88 million in energy financing statewide....
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
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Report: 65% of Rooftop Solar Owned by Finance Companies
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 4652 Views :: Energy
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Year-over-year growth in the residential sector (60%) outpaced the overall U.S. market (41%) for the first time....
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Saturday, June 14, 2014 |
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Solar City: Tax Subsidies For Them, Big Bills For Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 PM :: 6115 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Solar City collects for itself tax subsidies intended for its consumers, who are left vulnerable to sudden spikes in their electricity bills....
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Friday, June 13, 2014 |
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Hawaii wind player gets comeuppance in Maine
By News Release @ 6:03 PM :: 5915 Views :: Energy
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Maine’s supreme court struck a major blow to First Wind when it overturned regulators’ approval....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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Hawaii Ranks #4 in Gasoline Taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 PM :: 7207 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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California is in 1st place with the highest rate of 52.89 cents per gallon, and is followed closely by New York (49.86 cents/gallon), Connecticut (49.3 cents/gallon), and Hawaii (48.05 cents/gallon)....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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DBEDT: Obama Orders Mainland to Follow Hawaii's Expensive Energy Policies
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 6367 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Other states are being ordered to follow Hawaii's example and give lots of money to green energy scammers who in turn give campaign contributions to the politicians who made their scams possible...
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii Refinery Converts to Lower Cost Mexican Oil
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 5701 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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“By the end of the first quarter, we had worked through the high-cost crude inventory...."
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Monday, June 2, 2014 |
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Pentagon wrestles with false climate predictions as military funds shifted to green agenda
By Selected News Articles @ 2:34 PM :: 6479 Views :: Energy, Environment, Military
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Ten years ago, the Pentagon paid for a climate study that put forth many scary scenarios....
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Monday, June 2, 2014 |
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Obama's Cap-and-Trade to Worsen Poverty
By NCPA @ 2:33 PM :: 5636 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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...the EPA's new cap-and-trade regulations will make the poor a lot poorer....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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IDG Geothermal Scammers Could Score $0.195 per Kwh Sandwich Profits
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 AM :: 8365 Views :: Energy, Ethics, OHA, Cost of Living
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“In New Zealand we are trying to make new geothermal power stations work, competing with other forms of generation at probably 7.5 cents per KWh."
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Obama Is Bypassing Congress Again. This Time It's Going to Cost You.
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:42 AM :: 4975 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the Environmental Protection Agency, which will release its carbon-dioxide regulations for existing power plants on Monday....
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Friday, May 23, 2014 |
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UHERO: Natural Gas is Cheaper and Cleaner
By UHERO @ 4:51 AM :: 4136 Views :: Energy
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...HECO released an RFP in March for 800,000 tons of containerized LNG per year over 15 years, beginning in 2016 or 2017....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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Solar Power is Too Expensive
By NCPA @ 12:52 PM :: 3829 Views :: Energy
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...it costs nearly twice as much to produce as natural gas....
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
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Calling all Cronies: Hawaii to Burn $150M on Subprime Energy Loan GEMS
By News Release @ 12:35 AM :: 5585 Views :: Energy
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Hawaii GEMS program will focus on making solar power accessible to renters and homeowners with low credit scores....
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Monday, May 12, 2014 |
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Molokai Ranch Achieving Success with … Ranching
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 8844 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Agriculture, Tourism
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Moloka'i Ranch is launching initiatives to achieve sustainability, starting with the re-establishment of ranching operations....
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Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
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Hawaii Exiting Inflated Asian Oil Markets, Will Buy from Mexico
By Selected News Articles @ 6:14 AM :: 5489 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Petroleos Mexicanos said it will export crude to the U.S. state of Hawaii for the first time and that the initial shipment will be delivered in July....
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 |
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Statewide Hearings on Hawaii ‘Clean’ Energy Set for May
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 4149 Views :: Energy
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Comments on the Draft PEIS should be submitted by July 17, 2014....
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 |
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The World's Resources Aren't Running Out
By NCPA @ 3:26 PM :: 6351 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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...the amount of land required to grow food has decreased by 65 percent over the last 50 years across the world....
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 |
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The Many Problems with Ethanol
By NCPA @ 3:25 PM :: 5961 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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Just one 25-gallon tank of ethanol requires 450 pounds of corn -- the same amount of calories it would take to feed one person for an entire year....
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Monday, May 5, 2014 |
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Hawaii State Task Force Recommends Jones Act Exemption
By Michael Hansen @ 11:44 PM :: 8232 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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What might be the situation if one or both refineries closed ....
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Friday, May 2, 2014 |
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Ordered by State: HECO to Waste Millions on Worthless Batteries
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 4746 Views :: Energy
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...Hawaiian Electric is seeking proposals for one or more large-scale energy storage systems able to store 60 to 200 megawatts for up to 30 minutes....
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