BeyondKONA: Energy
Not since the Industrial Age has the opportunity for change in energy been as great as it is today. There is now a transformation from dirty, extraction-based fossil-fuel energy fuels now imported into Hawai’i, but choices we make as to acceptable “renewable energy” options will have positive or negative consequences and costs to Hawaii’s population and environment.
One thing is certain: $5 trillion dollars annually in global taxpayer subsidies of the fossil fuel (dirty energy) sector is unsustainable, and by any measurement, economically and environmentally, a costly and false economy. (2016-17 World Bank – IMF reports).
Zero emissions energy sources are driving new cost and performance efficiencies and environmental benefits for Hawai’i and that can propel the state’s transformation to a clean energy driven global economy. Hawaii’s abundant sun, wind, water, and geothermal energy assets are Hawaii’s mana.
- 7 states sue Trump administration over TotalEnergies offshore wind lease buyoutby Diana DiGangi on June 3, 2026 at 2:44 pm
The lawsuit calls the deal a “sham settlement agreement to unlawfully cancel an offshore wind lease and redirect the money paid for the lease to a separate, […]
- DTE Energy partners with LG to deploy 6 GWh of battery storageby Robert Walton on June 3, 2026 at 1:22 pm
By 2042, DTE expects to have more than 2.9 GW of energy storage on its system, more than doubling its current storage capacity.
- Constellation’s Three Mile Island nuclear restart gets boost with FERC waiverby Ethan Howland on June 3, 2026 at 12:35 pm
Constellation Energy will be able to transfer capacity interconnection rights, enabling the nuclear unit to potentially deliver all its power when it restarts, […]
- Google to fund 100-MW virtual power plant in PJM in ‘first-of-its-kind’ dealby Meris Lutz on June 3, 2026 at 12:23 pm
Google has worked to make its data centers flexible, the company’s global head of data center energy told Utility Dive, but it’s often faster and more […]
- Massachusetts ‘vehicle-to-everything’ demonstration hints at EV batteries’ grid potentialby Brian Martucci on June 2, 2026 at 4:55 pm
Certain light-duty vehicles have the potential to earn around $3,000 per summer, and school buses $12,000, by enrolling in the state’s virtual power plant, a […]
- What’s on the mind of EEI conference attendees? Labor, AI, affordability and more.by Meris Lutz on June 2, 2026 at 3:22 pm
Utility Dive talked to registrants before the conference to hear how industry changes are impacting their work.
- Data centers can raise temperatures, energy burdens in nearby neighborhoods: ASU studyby Robert Freedman on June 2, 2026 at 3:15 pm
Each one-degree increase in temperature will drive a higher use of air conditioning, which in turn will put more heat into the area, creating “a feedback […]
- DOE issues guidance ending gas-to-electric appliance rebatesby Diana DiGangi on June 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm
The Department of Energy will instead allow rebates for “upgrading HVAC and appliances only from existing electric equipment to more efficient electric […]
- SEC proposes rule rescinding Biden-era climate risk disclosuresby Lamar Johnson on June 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm
The agency’s proposal calls the 2024 climate disclosure rules “a dramatic overreach of the Commission’s statutory authority and, independently, unsound […]
- What does it take to restore a nuclear power plant?by Patrick White on June 2, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Restarting previously closed nuclear plants could be one of the most cost-effective ways to supply large amounts of firm, clean electricity, writes Patrick […]
- Approval for Solar Farm and Energy Storage System Secures Green Energy for Yorkshireby Electric Energy Online on September 8, 2025 at 10:56 pm
- PSC Lowers Costs for Distributed Solar Industryby Electric Energy Online on September 8, 2025 at 10:56 pm