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Cleantech Investment, Green Economy Board Game

September 26th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan

A friend of CleanTechica, Scott Cooney of GreenBusinessOwner.com, has developed a green economy board game, which will be launching for the holiday season later this year. In the game, players are impact investors shooting for the best triple bottom line return on their investments in the state of Hawai'i, where, currently, 90% of the state's electricity comes from burning diesel fuel.


Geothermal Plant Supplies ~20% of Hawaii’s Electricity

September 2nd, 2011 | by Andrew

Living on active volcanic islands has its downsides and its upsides. When it comes to the plus side, there's the potential to use geothermal energy to produce significant amounts of cheap, clean, renewable electrical power. And that's what's happening on the 'Big Island' of Hawaii, where Ormat Technologies' Puna Geothermal Venture is producing about 20% of the electricity consumed on the island, which removes the need to buy and burn some 144,000 barrels of oil a year


Oʻahu Could Supply 25% of Its Electricity Demand from Onshore Wind & Solar Energy

March 22nd, 2011 | by Important Media Cross-Post

500 MW of wind power and 100 MW of solar power could supply more than 25% of O’ahu’s projected electricity demand, a new study, the Oʻahu Wind Integration Study (OWIS), conducted by Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, General Electric (GE) Company, and the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) shows



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