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Monday, December 9, 2013 |
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United States Should Embrace Its Energy Superpower Status
By NCPA @ 10:42 AM :: 3482 Views :: Energy
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U.S. energy policy should be changed to reflect its newfound energy abundance....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Senator Schatz is Wrong about Wind Energy -- Part 2
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 8:32 PM :: 4207 Views :: Energy
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The quotes below are a sample of the responses I received to part 1 ....
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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A New Way to Look at Energy Subsidies
By NCPA @ 2:04 PM :: 3282 Views :: Energy
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It is easy to manipulate the numbers when it comes to talking about subsidies....
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Friday, November 29, 2013 |
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UHERO: The Confusing World of PV
By UHERO @ 4:09 PM :: 5392 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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This UHERO 101 intends to clarify some of the rate and policy aspects of PV in Hawai‘i, and explores the two opposite driving forces of PV adoption....
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Thursday, November 28, 2013 |
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HECO Offers Deal to Solar Customers Caught in Limbo
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 4332 Views :: Energy
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Hawaiian Electric is helping customers whose rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations were underway in September when the utility revised its interconnection procedures....
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
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United States to Become World's Largest Oil Producer
By NCPA @ 12:49 PM :: 3737 Views :: Energy
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The United States will surpass Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world's top oil producer by 2015, and be close to energy self-sufficiency in the next two decades, amid booming output from shale formations....
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Monday, November 25, 2013 |
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Panos: Senator Schatz is Wrong about Wind Energy
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 7:10 PM :: 4176 Views :: Energy
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...thanks to Senator Schatz’s flawed advocacy, our electricity costs will increase....
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Sunday, November 24, 2013 |
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Wind Farms: If you thought your bill was going to drop, you're Disappointed
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 PM :: 4568 Views :: Energy
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“If you heard the message as, ‘Your bill is going to drop,’ those people feel a sense of disappointment,” said Doug McLeod, Maui County’s energy commissioner....
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Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
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UHERO: Solar Tax Credits Boost Profitability of Investment for Rich
By UHERO @ 1:44 PM :: 5174 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...the vast majority of installations are demanded by households with the median income and higher....
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Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
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Lloyds of London Lawsuit Reveals Story Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fires
By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 AM :: 11579 Views :: Energy
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The lawsuit states that a second fire—also previously described by First Wind management as ‘small’--resulted in $2,000,000 in damages....
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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New Survey Shows 96% Support for Solar Energy in Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:46 PM :: 3560 Views :: Energy
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85 percent believe efforts should be made to make renewable energy such as solar power more affordable for consumers....
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Continue Dramatic Decline in 2013
By NCPA @ 1:25 PM :: 3887 Views :: Energy, Environment
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United States has reduced more carbon dioxide emissions this century than any other nation. The U.S. emissions decline is due in large part to technological advances in natural gas production ....
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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Task Force: Both Hawaii Refineries May be Closed in Seven Years
By News Release @ 12:46 PM :: 3967 Views :: Energy
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Once again, Abercrombie tells Hawaii refineries to 'drop dead'....
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Sunday, November 17, 2013 |
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UHERO: Biofuel Scheme Enriches Landowners, Soaks Consumers
By UHERO @ 6:32 PM :: 6463 Views :: Energy, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...impacts to gross state product are negative (up to -$63 million)....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Smart Meters: KIUC Members to Vote on Proposal to Tax Conspiracy Theorists
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 3815 Views :: Energy
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About 10 percent of KIUC’s 30,000 customers have opted out of the smart meter program....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Fracking Reverses Decline in U.S. Energy Production
By NCPA @ 11:13 AM :: 3182 Views :: Energy
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A few short years ago, many analysts argued that oil was nearly tapped out and America needed to plan for a post-petroleum future. What's changed? In a word: fracking....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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State Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Geothermal Rights Case
By Robert Thomas @ 9:37 PM :: 5233 Views :: Energy, Land Use
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declined to review the Intermediate Court of Appeals' decision in In re Campbell, the case involving Land Court registration (Torrens title) and mineral and metallic mining rights....
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Sunday, November 10, 2013 |
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KIUC Gets Solar 37% Cheaper than HECO
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 5809 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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The net cost of electricity that will be generated by the array will be at 10 cents and 13.5 cents per kilowatt hour....
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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Playing with Fire: Kahuku Windfarm to Install Molten Magnesium Batteries
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 AM :: 8922 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...magnesium melts at 1202 degrees Fahrenheit and antimony melts at 1166 degrees Fahrenheit.....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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Proposed Kahuku Windfarm Would Kill Endangered Birds, Bats
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 6187 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A public scoping meeting will be held on November 13, 2013, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Kahuku Village Association Community Center....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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No Blackout: RevoluSun Exposed
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 11985 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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The revolution will not be televised, but on television last night, the RevoluSun was not blacked out....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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HECO Pushes 9 Secret Solar Projects at Whopping 15.8 Cents Per KWH
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 6679 Views :: Democratic Party, Energy, Ethics
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How many of the secret 9 contracts will funnel money out of your pocket via Solar City into the coffers of the National Democratic Party and its candidates?
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013 |
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Molokai Ranch Reveals Alt-Energy Plan
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 5703 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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Molokai Ranch, CEO, Clay Rumboa accompanied by Ranch Staff and the Ranch’s new developer, Princeton Energy Group based in San Francisco, California, presented ....
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Monday, November 4, 2013 |
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State: Geothermal Rights Case 'is no minor land dispute'
By Robert Thomas @ 5:31 PM :: 5634 Views :: Energy, Land Use
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What's so important about the State's claimed reservation of mineral and metallic mines that had made it put up this kind of resistance?
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Big Wind’s Dirty Secret: Radioactive Waste
By NCPA @ 3:00 PM :: 5654 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...between 4.9 million and 6.1 million pounds of radioactive waste were created to make these wind turbines....
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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WSJ on Solar City: Cronyism in Full Force
By NCPA @ 3:26 PM :: 6682 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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The increase in their stock prices has raised his net worth by more than $5 billion over the past year....
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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HECO Warns Solar Contractors over Deceptive Sales Practices
By NCPA @ 3:23 PM :: 5519 Views :: Energy
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A solar vendor is telling prospective customers that it has a "special arrangement" with Hawaiian Electric....
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
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HECO Solar Project Pays More Wholesale than Mainland Retail Rates
By News Release @ 9:45 PM :: 5741 Views :: Energy
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This level of savings is equivalent to a 20-year power purchase agreement with a price of 14.5 cents per kilowatt-hour. This compares to 8.9 cents per kwh RETAIL in Washington State....
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
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Campbell Estate Files Response to State in Geothermal, Mineral Rights Case
By Robert Thomas @ 4:17 PM :: 4975 Views :: Energy, Land Use
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Here's the Response to Application for Writ of Certiorari by the State of Hawaii, which opposes the State's cert app....
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Monday, October 21, 2013 |
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Let the Wind Production Tax Credit Die Down Immediately
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:43 PM :: 3797 Views :: Energy
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As the federal budget debate continues to heat up, one of the contentious energy policy battles is over the extension of the wind production tax credit....
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Saturday, October 19, 2013 |
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Installing a Solar PV System? Check with HECO first
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 7:50 PM :: 5822 Views :: Energy
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On September 6, 2013, HECO announced a change to its rules for connecting new PV systems to the electricity grid....
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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Supreme Court Asked: Who Owns Geothermal Rights in Hawaii?
By Robert Thomas @ 6:29 PM :: 6734 Views :: Energy, Land Use
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The rub is that here, it is the State of Hawaii that is claiming the interest, the right to mineral and metallic mines (including geothermal rights) on several large parcels....
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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Fall-out from Hoku’s failed polysilicon project heats-up
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 6284 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Tax Credits
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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....
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
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Study: Wind Power Costs Taxpayers Billions of Dollars
By Selected News Articles @ 8:38 PM :: 3337 Views :: Energy
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...the wind lobby is set to receive another extension on massive subsidies with little results to show for it....
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Monday, October 14, 2013 |
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Ratepayers Soaked to Enrich Landowners as PUC Approves 10M Gallon HECO Biofuel Contract
By News Release @ 5:42 PM :: 5282 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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HBE is a consortium of three of Hawaii's largest landowners and three venture capital companies....
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Monday, October 7, 2013 |
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United States Becomes Largest Oil-and-Gas Producer
By NCPA @ 1:15 PM :: 3320 Views :: Energy
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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....
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Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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KIUC Seeks PUC Approval for Monthly Meter Charges
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 4530 Views :: Energy
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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....
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Monday, September 30, 2013 |
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Global Warming: Abercrombie Signs Majuro Declaration
By News Release @ 9:41 PM :: 4937 Views :: Energy, Environment
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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....
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Monday, September 30, 2013 |
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Wind and Solar Can't Save Climate
By NCPA @ 12:15 PM :: 4964 Views :: Energy, Environment
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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....
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Friday, September 27, 2013 |
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New Global Warming Report: Less Scary, More Politics
By NCPA @ 11:36 PM :: 5055 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The report acknowledges, finally, that the temperature has plateaued for 16 years now, which the scientists admit they can’t explain....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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PHOTOS: Campbell HS Students Rally for AC
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 5749 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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...students from Campbell High School came in force today to the State Capitol to demand air conditioning for their oven-like classrooms....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Ratepayers Challenge Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 AM :: 4318 Views :: Energy
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...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 ....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
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Par Petroleum Completes Acquisition of Tesoro Refinery
By News Release @ 5:44 PM :: 5052 Views :: Energy
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Barclays will provide crude oil and feed stocks to the refinery on a real time basis....
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Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Angered by Electric Bill, Hilo Man Chains Himself to HELCO Front Door
By Video @ 7:41 PM :: 6778 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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'Helco Prisoner’ says his electric bills were $1000 to $1600 per month.
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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UHERO: Hawaii's Energy Future
By UHERO @ 11:01 PM :: 4931 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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UHERO's ongoing research is looking at ways to cost-effectively achieve GHG reduction and meet the state's clean energy goals....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
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'Green' Financiers: Hawaii has most 'diverse' tax credit, subsidy opportunities
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 4231 Views :: Energy
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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....
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
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H-Power Recognized for Excellence in Waste to Energy
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 4414 Views :: Energy
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Silver Excellence Award in the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) category for H-POWER by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)....
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
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NY Bank Collects Royalties on Hawaii Windfarms
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 4200 Views :: Energy
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$100 million to acquire a portfolio of land leases and lease royalties from solar projects from Hawaii to New York....
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Saturday, September 14, 2013 |
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