Hawai’i Today
Explore with us the current events, both global and local, that impact life in Hawai’i Today. “In depth” analysis of the challenges and potential solutions are addressed, with a focus on activating community solutions that will nurture and sustain a lifestyle unique to all who live in Hawai’i.
Texas; National Leader in Renewable Energy?
Today’s the Grand Old Party (GOP) more or less stands for the Gas Oil Pollution party, with the United States’ primary petrochemical production states of Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma leading the pack in historic Big Oil investment, and wielding the political power for blocking an enabling national policy on the road to a national clean […]
A Third Russian Revolution?
You say you want a revolution,Well, you know we all wanna change the world.. First there was the Russian Revolution in 1917 when several groups loosely afflicted with what would later become Russia’s Communist Party overthrew Russia’s last royal family, Nicholas II, czar and absolute ruler of Russia. Two world wars and one cold war […]
Blowin’ In The Wind
update: 05-31-23 HEADLINE: U.S. battery storage capacity increased by 52% year over year, to 10.8 GW by the end of Q1 — source; S&P Global When it comes to Hawaii’s wind power potential, Bob Dylan got it right …“the answer my friend is blowin in the wind…” background It’s no secret that increases in demand […]
Hawaiian Electric; forward into the past
For the past 10 years, the utility’s transition decisions to renewable energy have been notable, not so much in terms of actions, but in overall inaction. The system has historically worked well, for the most part, but time, technology, and necessity have turned obsolete utility operating assumptions on their head. Increased demand for electrical energy is […]