Renewable energy technologies, including bioenergy, provide the most effective means for reducing greenhouse gases and decreasing dependence on fossil fuels. Unfortunately, the proponents of intermittent technologies, particularly solar, have taken their eye off the fossil fuel problem, and attacked other renewables, like bioenergy and geothermal, firm renewable energy projects, that must be...
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November 12, 2020 By Guy Cellier I was hired by Prudential Timber as the project manager for the planting of trees along Hamakua after the demise of sugar. During this process, we planted more than 10 million trees on more than 25,000 acres of abandoned sugar cane land. This process provided work for machine operators, planting crews, professional foresters, local nurseries and paid regular...
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In June 2015, Governor David Ige signed House Bill No. 623 into law, setting a goal of powering Hawaii with 100% renewable energy by 2045. In order to achieve this clean energy target and diversify Hawaii’s renewable portfolio standard, we need to leverage a variety of renewable energy technologies, such as biomass, wind, solar and geothermal, all working in unison to replace fossil fuels....
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Nov. 4, 2020 By Mark Hildebrant For decades our leaders have been talking about diversifying our economy, yet their cumulative decisions have left us with an economy that is dependent on 10 million people travelling here yearly in carbon-dioxide factories and overwhelming our roads, neighborhoods and natural resources. New $122,400 taxpayer-funded bureaucrats, central planners picking winners...
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Former Hawaii governors George Ariyoshi, John Waihee, Ben Cayetano, and Neil Abercrombie have joined together to offer strong support of the Honua Ola Bioenergy facility and are urging the biomass plant be allowed to go forward and begin producing clean renewable energy for Hawaii. The former governors provided the following joint statement in support of Honua Ola.
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