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Over half a million dollars in federal funding is coming to Hawaiʻi to promote clean energy in the agricultural sector. Four Hawaiʻi businesses and farms will receive money from the USDA through the Rural Energy For American Program.
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Hawaiian Electric is moving ahead with plans to add more firm renewable power to Maui's energy grid. The utility chosen Ameresco Inc. to develop a biofuel-powered generator. The facility would be built on HECO property at Waena, across from the Central Maui Landfill.
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A youth-led climate change lawsuit against the state Department of Transportation is scheduled to go to trial this summer. The state is asking lawmakers for more than $2 million to fight it. Sen. Karl Rhoads said he would rather see that money go toward implementing policies that reduce emissions. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.
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In an update from the utility, it says steel poles will replace destroyed wooden ones for overhead powerlines in a temporary grid that will be replaced once rebuilding plans are finalized.
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Stormy weather has downed lines and cut power to a number of Hawaiian Electric customers on O’ahu over the past month. But a series of unfortunate events on Jan. 8 wiped out the utility's reserves, causing rolling blackouts and a call for conservation. It was the first power shortfall event on Oʻahu since 2015. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote checks in on the island's grid reliability.
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Gov. Josh Green was hopeful about the future of hydrogen in his State of the State address last year. Hawaiʻi had bid on a piece of a $7 billion U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop a regional hydrogen hub, but the state failed to make the final cut. Chief Energy Officer Mark Glick spoke to The Conversation about what comes next.
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We discuss reactions to Gov. Green's State of the State address; the State Energy Office gives an update on where things stand with the future of hydrogen in Hawaiʻi; a Maui pie shop talks about how they were impacted by the wildfires; and the director of a new documentary about the Hōkūle‘a reflects on relearning the language of the navigator
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A new report from the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office paints a stark picture of Hawaiʻi's progress to cut out fossil fuels. It's over 350 pages, but the key takeaway is simple: Unless the state takes aggressive action now, it will fall short of its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2045. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote explains.
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The Kapolei Energy Storage facility on Oʻahu is officially online. With a storage capacity of 565 megawatt-hours, it's the largest storage project in the state.
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The moratorium aims to provide relief to those displaced or impacted by the Aug. 8 wildfires in Lahaina and Upcountry Maui.