The utility firm Maui Electric Company is aiming to purchase electricity from two newly proposed large-scale solar energy projects, which if built will be the first of their kind on Maui, according to a recent press statement from Maui Electric Company. The company filed contracts for the proposals last week with … [continued]
Some top clean electricity reading for your Tuesday (& more?) pleasure: Solar America’s Top Solar Cities Rankings Might Surprise You (Also: Top 10 Cities For Solar Power) Vivint Solar Employee Sent to ‘Casual’ Roundtable Meeting Gets a Shock Colorado Utility To Bring Solar Power To Low-Income Families Yingli Solar Profits Rise 53.4% in 2014, Ships Over 3.3 … [continued]
Hawaiian and Nissan Leaf magic combine to make possible a climb to heaven’s morning — for the Leaf’s driver, a Maui resident, that is. Neil Wagner woke predawn to become part of the famed sunrise over the volcano in Haleakalā National Park. Imagine the lone darkness and ascending climb of … [continued]
Top solar energy news from around the interwebs: Solar Projects Kyocera Solar Power Generating Systems Help the Maldive Islands Meet Renewable Energy Goals “Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) along with Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Wakachiku Construction Co., Ltd. announced that the companies are working to install 675kW of Kyocera’s solar power … [continued]
Sempra US Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy are collaborating on a 21-MW wind farm installation in southeastern Maui. It may be completed by the end of the year. Eight Siemens turbines will generate the power, already purchased under a PPA by the Maui Electric Company. Additionally, a … [continued]
Just finished my new solar energy project roundup of the week, so on to wind…. Here are the 7 big ones I’ve seen this week (other than what we’ve covered.. or are about to cover): 1. 21-MW Hawaii wind project to lean on 11-MW lithium ion battery bank. A123 … [continued]
I go through dozens of sources and thousands of articles so you don’t have to 😀 Here’s some cool clean energy, EV, and LED project news from the past week or so: 1. 3 New Wind Projects in U.S. Order Wind Turbines “Vestas has received a 59 MW order from … [continued]
Hawaii is a clean energy leader, and it is now looking to more efficiently use that clean energy with the development of a world-leading smart grid demonstration project on Maui Island, Hawaii. The project, a project of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), is based on the … [continued]
Recognizing the potential for algae as an energy crop, a Hawaiian conglomerate has come together to pursue the joint development of a commercial-scale microalgae facility on Maui to produce lipid oil for conversion to biodiesel and other products, such as animal feed. While a number of factors still need to … [continued]
