Tag: Hawaii
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NextEra Energy has big solar plans for U.S. Navy in Hawaii
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, plans to continue a project to build, own and operate approximately 17 MW of solar facilities on three separate military installations on Oahu. “The Department of Defense and the U.S. Navy have set aggressive goals for the use of renewable energy sourcesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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REC Solar connects Hawaii’s largest solar project (5 percent of Kauai’s energy)
REC Solar announced the interconnection of a 12 MW AC solar array for Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). The utility-scale system is the largest in the state of Hawaii and REC Solar’s largest project to date. Located in Anahola, Kaua‘i, the 60-acre PV system will generate 20 percent of the island’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Hawaii residents asked to choose ‘self-supply’ or ‘grid-supply’ in next move to smart grid
Starting today, renewable-energy project developers seeking interconnection to the HECO companies’ utility grids will face two new PUC-driven tariff requirements, termed “self-supply” and “grid supply”, that will replace the NEM program and pave the way for so-called smart grid functionality. Out goes the NEM program, which led to Hawaii’s massiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Hawaii commits to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045
Hawaii enacted a law this week that requires all of the state’s electricity to be produced from renewable energy sources no later than 2045. The new policy, Act 97, makes Hawaii the first state in the nation to adopt a 100 percent renewable requirement, further solidifying Hawaii’s role as aRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Agriculture Census: Conservation and Energy
The bulk of solar energy production occurred in orchards, on sugarcane and hay farms, and on…