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Deputy State Energy Officer Stephen Walls walked into a Senate budget briefing this week and was caught completely off-guard by the news that the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office was being stripped from the state supplemental budget bill entirely. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.
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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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Negotiations are underway at COP28, the largest global climate talks yet. But the controversy over the influence of oil has cast a long shadow on the United Nations summit. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke to local policymakers and advocates about how the talks may affect Hawaiʻi's climate goals.
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The Biden administration announced the record-setting amount on Wednesday, noting that 58 projects across 44 states have been chosen to participate in the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program. Among those projects include two technology demonstrations proposed by the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office.
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Hawaiʻi officials said the state has a good shot at securing federal funding to jump-start new hydrogen infrastructure. Mark Glick, head of the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office, said the plan is to use renewable energy to produce hydrogen. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.
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Ten of Gov. Josh Green's administrative appointees have received state Senate committee recommendations so far — a crucial milestone before the nominees appear before the full Senate to be confirmed.
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When asked how he feels about his new role as the head of the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office, Mark Glick said he feels like "the luckiest person in the world to have this job at this time." HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke to him about Hawaiʻi's energy future.