Hawaii Energy Options

THIS BLOG HAS GONE INACTIVE WITH THE AUTHOR'S MOVE TO SACRAMENTO, CA IN 2012. It was created in 2008 to broaden the discussion on how to confront and overcome Hawaii's tremendous energy problem -- the state's overwhelming dependence on imported fossil fuel. The blog commented on several renewable energy options over time but focused often on OTEC -- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, a 21st century solution to Hawaii's energy dependence that deserves more attention.

Hawaii Energy Options

The First Post Here in Eight Years Must Mean Something's Pretty Important -- and IT IS! Hawaii's Solar Energy Credit Is Threatened! Sign This Petition!!

OTEC Receiving Renewed Attention around the World; Big Wind Continues Battling Its Way in the Legislature

Blame It on the Holidays; We Get Back to Business as Legislature Opens Session with Energy a Big Concern

Why Doesn’t Columnist Just Come Out and Say It? ‘Molokai Is Subservient to Oahu Residents’ Needs’

Buried Lead: Murdock Says Lanai Island Is for Sale; Big Wind Project Faces Climb up a Glass Mountain; Oil Costs Are Up Again, Drive Electricity Rates to All-Time High

Big Turbines Welcomed to Maui County, but Not the Whole County; Molokai Digs In Heels, Vows a Fight

Biofuel Contact’a Rejection Stirs Columnist’s Ire, but Questions Still Need Asking about Renewables’ Costs

PUC Draws a Line, Says Biofuel Plan Is Too Expensive

OTE Corporation Signs Memo of Understanding, Will Build and Operate 2 OTEC plants in The Bahamas

Is Hawaii the State that Says ‘No’ to Green Energy, or Does It Say ‘Yes’ When the Project Is the Right One?

Asia Pacific Energy Summit Convenes This Week as Resistance To Big Wind Builds Steam on Molokai

‘I Aloha Molokai’ Group Speaks Up & Out on Big Wind

PUC Rejects HECO on ‘Big Wind,’ Directs New RFP

Molokai & Lanai Residents, You’re Not Alone; Vermont Citizens are Fighting To Keep Giant Windmills Out, Too

OTEC Firm Gets ‘First Approval in Principle’ for its Plant; Action Potentially Clears Way for Insurance & Financing, Improves Chances Oahu Will See Facility Built Here Soon

Environmentalists Stepping Up to Fight ‘Green’ Projects

No Need To ‘See, Touch and Feel’ OTEC Generation

Editorial Gives OTEC Two Thumbs Up — At Last; Could OTEC Be Rising as ‘Big Wind’ Runs into Turbulence? UPDATE: Ku`oko`a Plan To Buy HEI Scores Big Ink

Memo to N.I. Residents: Oahu Power Rates Are High!

Media Finally Giving OTEC the Prominence It Deserves

Big Wind Public Info Process Shows Signs of Cracking

‘Kill Big Wind Project before It Kills Our Pocketbooks’

Pattern Energy ‘Won’t Go Forward’ if People Say No; HECO says Opposition Not Enough Reason To Stop

Big Projects Panel Let’s ‘Big Wind’ Off Easy

“Hey, Gang! Let’s Put On a Show and Call it ‘Big Wind’”

‘Big Wind’ Starting To Look Like a ‘Big Denial’

Hawaii’s ‘Tsunami of Isolation’ Dictates Innovation

PUC Rejects FOL’s Petition to Intervene in ‘Big Wind’