Energy

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green discusses recovering after the Kona low storm, rising oil prices due to the Iran War, and the realities of incorporating liquefied natural gas as an energy source.

The proposal, shared by Gov. Josh Green's Office on Tuesday morning, details plans to overhaul Oʻahu's energy grid to run on a new fossil fuel.

A former University of Hawaiʻi professor claims that the Hawaiʻi State Energy Offices liquefied natural gas report contains serious errors.

Five community health centers are asking for state support to finance new solar microgrids. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke to leaders at the centers about how this initiative would help them weather rising costs.

UH religions professor Michel Mohr shares details about an upcoming conference on the universal appeal of Buddhism; Hawaiʻi comedian Charlene Kaye returns home for a set at the Blue Note

Over the past two years, Pono Pacific and the Hawaiʻi Agriculture Research Center have grown camelina at a handful of test sites across the islands in the hopes of fine-tuning local cultivation of the crop for biofuel production.

The Senate is attempting to recoup funds by reducing sweeping income tax cuts that went into effect last year and by reevaluating tax credits for things like renewable energy.

Not having access to electricity during a blackout can make you feel — literally and figuratively — powerless. The Power Back Project is working to help Maui community members keep their essential devices online during outages.

Kristine Altwies, former head of Hawaiʻi's lead international adoption agency, shares concerns about protections for adoptees without U.S. citizenship; Maj. Gen. Kelly K. McKeague discusses efforts to retrieve a sunken Japanese ship that carried hundreds of American prisoners of war

Mark Glick, chief energy officer of the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office, explains how the Strait of Hormuz shutdown affects Hawaiʻi's crude oil shipments from the Middle East.