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.
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The success of DOE’s SPARK initiative will depend on how prepared organizations are to execute once the funding arrives, writes Al Eliasen, Spatial Business […]
- New Mexico has the nation’s best DER interconnection policy: reportby Brian Martucci on May 28, 2026 at 7:11 pm
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- The Guardian view on energy shocks: winter is coming – and Labour needs a plan | Editorialby Editorial on May 28, 2026 at 5:44 pm
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- Hyperscalers didn’t set out to be power companies. The grid left them no choice.by Shaun Walsh on May 28, 2026 at 3:00 pm
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- Oregon PUC approves PGE’s large-load tariff framework for data centersby Marlene Wilden on May 28, 2026 at 2:42 pm
The order shifts more infrastructure costs and interconnection obligations to hyperscale customers while positioning Oregon’s 2025 POWER Act as an early test […]
- Virginia senator suggests SCC judge recuse herself from NextEra-Dominion mergerby Diana DiGangi on May 28, 2026 at 2:21 pm
The state senator also objects to the merger itself, calling it “extremely concerning” in an environment of “rising utility bills and unprecedented grid […]
- MISO pushes back on utility complaint over competitive transmission biddingby Ethan Howland on May 28, 2026 at 1:05 pm
The grid operator stopped short of taking a position on the complaint itself. States and consumer advocates oppose it, while at least one major data center […]
- ‘Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report saysby Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent on May 28, 2026 at 1:01 pm
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- Blair’s fossil fuel ideas ‘bizarre’ in face of energy and climate crises, experts sayby Fiona Harvey Environment editor on May 28, 2026 at 12:41 pm
Energy specialists say abandoning net zero and increasing oil and gas drilling would cause more instability for BritonsUK politics live – latest […]
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- What the streaming wars can teach utilities about the AI data center boomby Abbey O’Brien on May 27, 2026 at 2:39 pm
Utilities can avoid making the same mistakes major studios made in the Netflix era, but only if they view the AI boom as a systemwide modernization challenge […]
- Demand management, data center flexibility boost regional reliability: NERCby Brian Martucci on May 27, 2026 at 2:28 pm
The reliability watchdog dropped its forecast for ERCOT’s net internal demand by 3.7 GW, or 4.6%, compared with last summer, “because more data centers can […]
- Power to the people: how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising US utility costsby Ben Tracy of Climate Central on May 27, 2026 at 11:30 am
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- Landlord inaction on energy upgrades stops renters saving $20bn on power bills in a decadeby Petra Stock on May 26, 2026 at 2:01 pm
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- Ofgem should tell it straight: electricity prices are set to stay high for years | Nils Pratleyby Nils Pratley on May 26, 2026 at 7:00 am
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- BHP ‘laughing’ at Australia’s key climate policy while pocketing hundreds of millions in tax breaks, Pocock saysby Christopher Knaus, Adam Morton, Dan Jervis-Bardy and Graham Readfearn on May 26, 2026 at 4:46 am
Outrage as leaked documents reveal mining giant’s backsliding on commitments to slash emissionsAdam Morton: Big Mining gets a $4bn tax break to use fossil […]
- UK needs to urgently install air conditioning in schools and care homes, climate campaigners sayby Helena Horton on May 25, 2026 at 2:43 pm
Government should fit solar panels to power air con units where vulnerable people live, say green advocatesAs the country baked in record May temperatures, […]
- A Louisiana state senator helped secure Meta’s largest datacenter. Then he sold the land beside itby Garrett Hazelwood on May 25, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Jay Morris denies experts’ claims that he violated ethics rules over land deals near the site of Meta’s Hyperion datacenterThis story is from Floodlight, a […]
- The BHP files: World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents revealby Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton on May 25, 2026 at 10:30 am
Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay […]
- Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate pushby Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton on May 25, 2026 at 10:30 am
Exclusive: BHP once dubbed climate change an ‘existential’ threat. But leaked documents show it has backtracked on decarbonisation at a vast network of […]
- Australian taxpayers subsidise Big Mining’s use of fossil fuel to the tune of $4bn a year. It’s a strange way to tackle emissions | Adam Mortonby Adam Morton on May 25, 2026 at 10:30 am
Given the scale of its contribution to global heating, the world’s biggest miner has a duty to invest heavily in solutions that could have a global […]
- Exclusive: Leaked documents show BHP’s climate backtrack - podcastby Presented by Nour Haydar, with Christopher Knaus. Produced by Miles Herbert and Joe Koning who also did the sound design and mix. Hannah Parkes is the executive producer on May 25, 2026 at 10:30 am
Nour Haydar speaks with Christopher Knaus about the BHP files – the cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners – which […]
- BHP defies its own climate strategy to spend hundreds of millions on polluting diesel trucks in Pilbaraby Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton on May 25, 2026 at 10:30 am
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- BHP quietly scrapped plan to build Pilbara plant that would have drastically cut emissionsby Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton on May 25, 2026 at 10:30 am
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- Scotland’s ‘green datacentres’ policy ignores emissions impact of AI, analysis showsby Aisha Down on May 24, 2026 at 11:01 pm
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- The Guardian view on Britain’s coming energy shock: mini-measures won’t suffice | Editorialby Editorial on May 22, 2026 at 4:59 pm
Consumer giveaways may soften the blow from the the war on Iran. But Britain’s vulnerability demands deeper state intervention and a faster transitionRachel […]
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