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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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HECO Public Meetings to Discuss Plan for Massive Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 4851 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...Hawaiian Electric Company will host a public meeting on Monday, Aug. 7, at McKinley High School....
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii Energy Costs--Low Usage vs High Rates
By Selected News Articles @ 9:23 PM :: 5233 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii ranks 37th in monthly energy cost....
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 |
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Secy Perry calls the Jones Act an impediment to energy independence
By Michael Hansen @ 10:16 PM :: 5040 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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“Regarding our ability to retrieve energy, we don’t need anybody. Transportation may be our biggest impediment.”
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Saturday, June 24, 2017 |
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Offshore Wind Turbines Blamed For Killing Whales
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 PM :: 6400 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The noise generated by wind turbines affected the sonar that whales use to navigate, causing them to beach themselves....
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Thursday, June 22, 2017 |
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Hawaii Homes Lowest Average CO2 Production in USA
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 4230 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii also stood out as having one of the lowest average home size of all states....
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Monday, June 19, 2017 |
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Cool Schools? DoE Working to Avoid Installing Air Conditioners
By News Release @ 5:33 PM :: 4934 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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"The department has made every effort to find solutions to cooling our classrooms in ways that are not only cost-efficient but also energy efficient..."
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Thursday, June 15, 2017 |
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No Jones Act Tankers to Carry LNG
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:54 AM :: 5074 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...Currently no Jones Act-eligible tankers are capable of carrying LNG....
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Sunday, June 4, 2017 |
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Human Casualties at the Legislature, Part 2
By Tom Yamachika @ 11:31 PM :: 6378 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...fifteen senators wanted to stick their thumbs in the Governor’s eye....
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Thursday, June 1, 2017 |
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Paris Protocol: Devastating Economic Costs, Essentially Zero Environmental Benefits
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:59 PM :: 8264 Views :: Energy, Environment, Economy
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...policies like those resulting from the Paris agreement will have little impact on global temperatures....
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017 |
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Whistleblowers: Sunrun Faked Hawaii Sales Data to Boost IPO
By Selected News Articles @ 5:09 AM :: 7325 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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...employees in Hawaii didn’t process cancellations representing about 40 percent of total orders in Hawaii between May 2015-October 2015....
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Sunday, May 21, 2017 |
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GEMS: A Raid by Any Other Name…
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5496 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Taxes
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GEMS, as a program, has been a miserable failure, resulting primarily in a large wad of cash that is just sitting in the bank. That’s why our legislature got the bright idea to “use” it to prop up another miserable failure – the “Cool the Schools” initiative....
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Friday, May 12, 2017 |
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Wind Power Is ‘Neither Clean Nor Green’
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 6223 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“There is a limit to how much energy you can extract from a moving fluid, the Betz limit, and wind turbines are already close to it ….
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Friday, May 12, 2017 |
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Largest US Solar Panel Maker Files for Bankruptcy After Receiving $206 Million in Subsidies
By Selected News Articles @ 10:16 PM :: 4004 Views :: Energy
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...Not everyone in the solar industry agrees increased tariffs would be a good thing....
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Friday, May 12, 2017 |
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Trump administration chooses growth over Jones Act protectionism
By Michael Hansen @ 12:01 AM :: 7413 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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... Trump is not so protectionist after all ....
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Friday, May 5, 2017 |
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West Kauai Water Settlement opens door to ‘Renewable Energy Project’ on DHHL Land
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 5294 Views :: DHHL, Energy
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"...KIUC could increase its renewable portfolio by ten percent or more with pumped storage hydro...." --DHHL
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Saturday, April 22, 2017 |
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HECO Touts Green Energy Progress on Earth Day
By News Release @ 4:45 AM :: 4736 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...in 2016 26 percent of the electricity used by customers came from renewable resources - up from 23 percent the year before....
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Friday, April 7, 2017 |
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Ige Energy Code: Increase Home Construction Costs by $4700 per unit
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 4935 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Gov. Ige’s signing of the new IECC will pave the way for the eventual adoption of the code by Hawai‘i’s counties, requiring that all new commercial and residential construction meet the code....
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Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
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UHERO: Electric Car Batteries Part of Plan to Go 100% Renewable
By UHERO @ 5:58 PM :: 3737 Views :: Energy
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...plan to achieve 100% renewable power on Oahu by 2045, subject to a 5% limit on biofuel....
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
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Cover-up: How Wind Farms Hide Bird and Bat Kills
By Selected News Articles @ 1:29 AM :: 5885 Views :: Energy, Environment
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If it were not for groups like Audubon and the Sierra Club etc. making millions off dead eagles and endangered species through mitigation, these groups would probably have a completely different opinion about wind energy’s “incidental take” permits....
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Sunday, March 19, 2017 |
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Election Results: KIUC Co-op Board
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 4877 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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KIUC mailed 25,703 ballots and received 6,088, for a turnout of 23.7 percent, more than last year’s 21 percent turnout....
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 |
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Hawaiian Electric Renewable Electricity Lags on Oahu—Reaches 26% Statewide
By News Release @ 12:16 AM :: 4215 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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The Hawaiian Electric Companies reached a nearly 26 percent Renewable Portfolio Standard in 2016, up from 23 percent the year before....
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Sunday, February 26, 2017 |
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Study: Wind Turbines Could Make This Endangered Bat Go Extinct
By Selected News Articles @ 9:42 PM :: 5728 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The new study found the endangered hoary bat populations could decline by 90 percent in the next 50 years as more wind turbines are built....
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Thursday, February 16, 2017 |
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Wind Farms Kill 5 Million Bats Per Year
By Jack Dini @ 5:36 PM :: 5549 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...researchers have determined that an average of 15.5 bats are killed at each individual wind turbine site every year....
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Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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Most 2016 GEMS Loans Went to One Insider
By Andrew Walden @ 9:12 PM :: 6706 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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In its 2016 Annual Report to the Legislature (pg4), HGIA explains it could write more loans if only its Board had more insiders....
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Thursday, February 9, 2017 |
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Streetlights: Kauai First to Complete LED Conversion
By News Release @ 1:46 PM :: 4894 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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The change is expected to save the county approximately $400,000 annually....
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Thursday, February 9, 2017 |
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Saturday, February 4, 2017 |
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SB1056: Seawater Air Conditioning to Become New High Tech Tax Credit Scam?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 7225 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...the sea water air conditioning business can use the funds to pay management highly inflated salaries, purchase other business opportunities, build sea water air conditioning plants outside of the State, or for any other purpose....
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017 |
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HECO Solar Deal: Wholesale Rate Finally Equals Average Mainland Retail Rate
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 5367 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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For the first time ever, green energy schemers in Hawaii are getting a wholesale rate equal to the average mainland retail rate—10.42 cents per kWh....
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Thursday, January 19, 2017 |
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Full Text: UH Sued over Biofuel Lab Explosion
By Selected News Articles @ 10:42 PM :: 4848 Views :: Energy, Higher Education
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Ekins-Coward worked for the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute....
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Thursday, January 19, 2017 |
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On Life Support? HECO Wants to Give You $20
By News Release @ 10:35 PM :: 5389 Views :: Energy, Health Care, Cost of Living
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Up to 2,000 customers dependent on life support equipment or increased heating and cooling needs due to a medical condition verified by a physician....
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 |
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Wind Turbines Are Killing Way More Bats Than Any Expected
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 AM :: 6404 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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In the last five years, America’s wind turbines killed more than three times as many birds as the BP oil spill did....
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
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KIUC Signs 20MW ‘Peaker’ Battery Deal
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 5058 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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It will be the largest solar-plus-utility-scale-battery system in the state of Hawaiʻi and one of the biggest storage systems in the world....
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Friday, January 6, 2017 |
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Hawaiian Electric seeks onshore wind farm developers on Oahu
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 4951 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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The purpose of this announcement is to show that insufficient wind projects are proposed for Oahu thus justifying an inter-island cable ....
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Thursday, January 5, 2017 |
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Dean Nishina Appointed Consumer Advocate
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 5514 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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Nishina previously served in the role from December 2009 to January 2011....
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Friday, December 23, 2016 |
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016 |
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KIUC Nominating Committee Selects 6 Candidates for Board Election
By News Release @ 9:29 AM :: 5061 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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Members can also run for the cooperative’s board by submitting a petition with the names of at least 35 members by the close of business on Tuesday, January 3, 2017....
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Sunday, December 18, 2016 |
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EPA Finds No Widespread Water Pollution From Fracking
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:55 AM :: 5202 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...a landmark report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, released earlier this month....
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Friday, December 16, 2016 |
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HECO Demands 7% Rate Hike–Blames Green Energy Schemers
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 4980 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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Company cites spending $900M in grid upgrades for reliability, renewable energy....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 |
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Hu Honua: Green Power Plant Hits HELCO With $450M Antitrust Suit
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 PM :: 5176 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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The lawsuit by Hu Honua Bioenergy accuses Hawaii Electric Light of refusing to agree to extensions....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 |
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Trump Picks Montana Rep Zinke for Interior Secretary
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 9485 Views :: Akaka Bill, Energy, National News, Land Use
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...Rep Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is a member of the House Natural Resources Committee....
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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KIUC Electric Rates Down 18%
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 5097 Views :: Kauai County, Energy
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The average price per kilowatt hour for KIUC members is down 18 percent in 2016 when compared to 2008....
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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Trump’s Pick for EPA Has a History of Fighting the Agency
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:28 PM :: 6069 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture
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Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....
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Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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How Many Nene do Windfarms Really Kill?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:03 PM :: 6342 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...18 Nene killed by the Kaheawa Pastures turbines with ridiculously small search areas and infrequent search intervals....
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Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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Exposed: How Windfarms Hide Millions of Bird Deaths
By Selected News Articles @ 7:19 PM :: 6219 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...these turbines are contributing to species extinction faster than any other source of energy....
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Friday, November 18, 2016 |
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Hawaii to be Stuck With Another Crackpot Project Nobody Else Wants: Floating wind farm?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 AM :: 3987 Views :: Energy
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Norwegian energy giant Statoil is mulling a floating wind farm in Hawaii, its first offshore foray in the U.S. since abandoning a test project off Maine three years ago....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016 |
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016 |
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Island Energy Completes Acquisition Of Chevron's Hawaii Assets
By News Release @ 5:59 AM :: 3700 Views :: Energy
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Island Energy Services, LLC ("Island Energy"), an entity controlled by One Rock Capital Partners, LP, yesterday completed its acquisition of Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s refining, distribution and retail assets located in Hawaii....
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