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.
- Xcel defends storage ownership in distributed capacity pilotby Robert Walton on January 14, 2026 at 8:00 pm
The Minnesota utility floated modifications to its Capacity*Connect proposal, but it maintained it should own the batteries as it builds out the program. […]
- Why winning the AI race requires systems intelligence, not just electric capacityby Evan Caron on January 14, 2026 at 3:54 pm
The future won’t belong to the nations with the most generating capacity, but to those with the best grid coordination, writes Evan Caron, co-founder of […]
- Appeals court vacates FERC decision on PJM capacity results for Delmarva zoneby Ethan Howland on January 14, 2026 at 2:46 pm
The court ordered the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to revisit a complaint over $183 million in “anomalous” capacity costs for parts of Delaware, […]
- Illinois AG files objections to ComEd data center agreements at FERCby Ethan Howland on January 14, 2026 at 12:59 pm
The agreements are based on payment models in which the offtaker promises to pay a minimum and post security if its usage does not match its commitment. The […]
- New York Gov. Hochul expands nuclear aspirations to 8-GW fleetby Robert Walton on January 14, 2026 at 10:49 am
On Tuesday, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul called for adding 5 GW of nuclear capacity to the state’s 3.4-GW fleet. The state’s new energy plan cast nuclear […]
- SolarMax Technologies to deploy three utility-scale BESS projects in Texas, Puerto Ricoby Brian Martucci on January 13, 2026 at 5:59 pm
The combined 400-MW/1-GWh deployments advance a strategic shift toward larger commercial installations amid regulatory and policy changes, the company has said.
- Trump administration clarifies scope of tariff refunds ahead of Supreme Court rulingby Phil Neuffer on January 13, 2026 at 4:05 pm
Government lawyers said in a separate case that if the Supreme Court determines IEEPA tariffs to be illegal and orders refunds, the administration would make […]
- America’s energy innovation crossroads: Why federal investment matters nowby Evan Chapman on January 13, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Meeting the United States’ energy challenges will require a federal investment of $25 billion for Department of Energy R&D by 2030, writes Clean Tomorrow […]
- Judge grants (another) injunction to offshore developer amid Trump’s war on windby Meris Lutz on January 13, 2026 at 2:35 pm
Some analysts predicted a similar outcome on Jan. 16 in a separate case that would allow Dominion to continue construction on its 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia […]
- EPA final rule on NOx limits emphasizes cost savings to turbine ownersby Ethan Howland on January 13, 2026 at 1:39 pm
The agency did not assess the economic impacts of better health from reducing nitrogen oxide in setting the new standard, which is nearly 90% less stringent […]
- 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