Hawaii’s sea turtle ready to experience life
Hawaii’s green sea turtle population is about to get a boost. After being bred in captivity, Sea Life Park will release five of the endangered animals into the wild this Saturday. Like kids ready to be sent off to college, the five juvenile Honu are ready to experience life on their own. Raised from little [...]
EPA honors Kauai group
A Kauai group is one of 12 being recognized nationally by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for improving environmental quality within the community. The Anahola Homesteaders Council was awarded the first annual Environmental Justice Achievement Award for its “outstanding leadership in improving community environmental quality,” the EPA said in a statement Monday. The council is [...]
UH to recycle 1.5M pounds of electronics
The University of Hawaii collected 1.5 million pounds of eWaste last week. The university said 75 shipping containers filled with broken and obsolete electronic equipment would be recycled or properly disposed of, instead of ending up in Hawaii landfills. The eWaste Disposal Days program collected items from public and private schools and universities; city, county, [...]
Tori Richard to install $1M solar system
Tori Richard Ltd. is installing a $1.1 million photovoltaic system that will supply the manufacturer and retailer with almost all of its needed power. The project is being installed by Suntech Hawaii and will include the installation of 682 modules on the roof of the Tori Richards headquarters on Moonui Street in Kalihi. Suntech Hawaii [...]
Alternative Energy Suddenly Faces Headwinds
For all the support that the presidential candidates are expressing for renewable energy, alternative energies like wind and solar are facing big new challenges because of the credit freeze and the plunge in oil and natural gas prices. Shares of alternative energy companies have fallen even more sharply than the rest of the stock market [...]
Proposed ND wind farm one of world’s largest
BISMARCK, N.D. – A proposed 2,000-megawatt wind farm in northwestern North Dakota would be one of the world’s largest energy projects, although new electric transmission lines are needed for it to be built, state regulators say. “The numbers that you see being thrown around as potential development in North Dakota are truly eye-popping,” Public Service [...]
Pacific Clean Energy Summit Set for Hawaii
HONOLULU—Hawai‘i’s Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism today announced that Hawai‘i will host the 7th Annual Korea-Pacific U.S. States Joint Conference in Honolulu at the Sheraton Waikiki, August 31-September 2, 2009. The state will also use this opportunity to launch the inaugural Asia-Pacific Clean Energy Summit & Expo to provide nations throughout the region [...]
State, HECO announce renewable energy deal
Gov. Linda Lingle and Hawaiian Electric Co. on Monday announced a sweeping new agreement aimed at fast-tracking the state’s renewable energy goals. The agreement, which the governor called “historical and transformational,” includes multiple commitments from both the state and the utility to reduce regulatory roadblocks to reach the state’s energy independence goals more quickly. The [...]
Hoku to install power system
Hoku Solar will install a photovoltaic power system for a wet-suit manufacturer in Haleiwa on Oahu’s North Shore. Hoku Solar, a subsidiary of Hoku Scientific (Nasdaq: HOKU), will install the 34-kilowatt system at the Xcel Building that will generate more than 53,500 kilowatt hours of renewable solar electricity per year. The system will generate enough [...]
Feds propose listing 48 Hawaiian species
HONOLULU (AP) — The federal government took a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list on Tuesday, proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species, including plants, two birds and a fly, that live only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
