Energy

Recent power outages from this month's storms have sent ripples through the health care system. People who rely on in-home medical devices are especially vulnerable.

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi shares the latest on Oʻahu's storm recovery effort; The Dept. of Transportation is working on road repairs after a landslide near Waimea Bay

After a week of back-and-forth, the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office has an answer about whether there was an error in its liquefied natural gas study.

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.