Energy

A family-owned North Carolina-based manufacturer is calling upon the US federal government and governors from five states to probe the reasons why Hoku Corporation and its major partner in the project, Tianwei have failed to pay its debts and review its investment practices into foreign owned businesses....

HBE is a consortium of three of Hawaii's largest landowners and three venture capital companies....

Solar October 14 -- Early Education October 16 ....

The United States is overtaking Russia as the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas, a startling shift that is reshaping markets and eroding the clout of traditional energy-rich nations, says the Wall Street Journal....

About 10 percent of the utility's 30,000 customers have opted not to use the smart meters. KIUC estimates the cost of reading and servicing those 3,000 meters to be about $340,000 a year....

Hawaii is the first sub-national government to sign onto the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership, presented Friday by the Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum to the United Nations Secretary General....

If policymakers are committed to reducing global carbon dioxide emissions, then they will have to get serious about promoting sources of electricity production that can compete with coal on price....

The report acknowledges, finally, that the temperature has plateaued for 16 years now, which the scientists admit they can’t explain....

...students from Campbell High School came in force today to the State Capitol to demand air conditioning for their oven-like classrooms....

...ratepayers complaining of bills as high a $1600 and frequent power outages caused by termite-ridden overhead power poles are suing the State of Hawaii ....

Barclays will provide crude oil and feed stocks to the refinery on a real time basis....

UHERO's ongoing research is looking at ways to cost-effectively achieve GHG reduction and meet the state's clean energy goals....

REFF-West is the largest renewable energy finance conference focused on West Coast energy issues. It is hosted by the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events....

Silver Excellence Award in the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) category for H-POWER by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)....

$100 million to acquire a portfolio of land leases and lease royalties from solar projects from Hawaii to New York....

...the state would need to rely upon liquefied natural gas (LNG) brought in from the U.S. mainland ... to mitigate the high costs associated with generating electricity from liquid petroleum fuels....

Blue Planet Foundation first annual Energy Report Card for Hawai‘i....

We would like to invite to you apply for up to $1M....

Hawaii ranks first in the nation for energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) investment per capita....

The new policy outlines the State of Hawaii’s commitment to make long-term investments in technology to enable an integrated system based on clean energy resources....

How to Divide Hawaiians from their Money?  Put the charges on their electric bill....

The new threshold for a possible interconnection study is 100% of the daytime minimum circuit load, increased from 75% ....

The challenge facing Hawaii can be visualized through two charts which focus on renewable generation in 2012....

Hawaiian Electric Company will deactivate its Honolulu Power Plant on Jan. 31, 2014....

The Hawaiian Electric Companies today began a search for suppliers of cleaner fuels, including ultra-low sulfur diesel....

"Despite the continued increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, the annual-mean global temperature has not risen in the twenty-first century challenging the prevailing view that anthropogenic forcing causes climate warming."

the EPA on August 6 finally revealed the amount of ethanol that is expected to be blended into gasoline in 2013....

Waste-to-energy and Geothermal power plants are among the best choices....

BOEM’s Pacific Region is responsible for managing the development of ... renewable energy resources (wind, wave, ocean current) on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii....

U.S. proven reserves of crude oil and lease condensate totaled 29.5 billion barrels in 2011, a 15 percent increase....

For decades, a specter has haunted the U.S. economy: surging gas prices....

Awakuni has served as chief counsel for the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) since 2011....

U.S. wind turbines kill 1.4 million birds and bats every year, while producing just 3 percent of U.S. electricity....

The study, done by the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh, marked the first time that a drilling company let government scientists inject special tracers into the fracking fluid and then continue regular monitoring....

As much as an additional 12 cents/kilowatt hour could be added to each HECO bill on O`ahu, just for the undersea cable, according to an Integrated Resource Planning Final Report filed recently with the PUC....

Sue and Settle process has left Hawaii burdened with an EPA mandated ‘Regional Haze’ plan which forces human emitters to make up for emissions from Kilauea Volcano....

The feedstock for the biofuel is anticipated to be woody biomass-based....

Renewable fuel credit prices rose to record highs recently, reigniting the debate over repealing the federal government's ethanol mandate....

States with more homeowners and businesses “going solar” share these policies....

Gas is not only cleaner than coal, but the United States has become the largest producer of natural gas....

This company holds a BBB rating of “F” due in part to failing to answer 45 of 87 complaints against the business....

...we’ve set a course to provide even more low-cost clean energy to our customers....