檀香山之星广告商:生物量植物拒绝可能会花费209个工作岗位
2020年8月27日
由Dave Segal.
Hu Honua Bioenergy said the state Public Utility Commission’s decision Thursday to reject an amended power purchase agreement for a biomass project on the Big Island will result in imminent layoffs of 64 current Hu Honua employees and contractors and the loss of an additional 145 positions to be filled. Those ancillary jobs consist of positions in trucking, forestry and support services on the Big Island, the company said.
大岛电力公司夏威夷电气灯公司试图放弃竞争竞标,长期停滞不前,近3.5亿美元HU Honua Biomass项目。Hu Honua,该植物将生产21.5兆瓦的权力,这是霍鲁阿奥拉生物能源的beplay体育app苹果beplay全网下载beplay体育不真实beplay体育中心下载业务。Helco之间的协议,现在称为夏威夷电气,胡锦鲁呼吁购买该电力,以购买沿着Hamakua海岸和其他木材种植的桉树生长。
“因为委员会的决定刚刚发布,我们正在研究它以确定我们将如何进行,”霍诺在星期五发布到檀香山之星广告商的一份声明中。“Understandably, we are disappointed by the PUC’s decision, especially considering that more than $350 million has been spent on a state-of-the-art renewable energy facility that was anticipated to be completed and ready to commence operations in 2020 and the more than 200 well-paying jobs that would have existed for the next 30 years.”
PUC解除了未经损害修订的电力购买协议,意味着胡锦鲁州可能会在下次要求可再生能源项目提案中竞争。
Helco和Hu Honua之间的协议受到土地的非营利环境组织生活的挑战,该土地的挑战,该土地致辞违反了州法律批准了2017年的电力购买协议。2019年5月,国家最高法院同意并驳回了Helco之间的协议and Hu Honua, writing in its order that when the PUC approved the power purchase agreement, it failed to “explicitly consider” the state’s goal of reducing
温室气体,是国家法律所必需的。
最高法院裁决指示PUC举行证据听证会。胡锦华州表示,它一直在等待一年多的时间来证明其植物业务将导致温室气体显着减少,为夏威夷岛带来众多其他益处。
“相反,似乎PUC已选择违反最高法院的指示,以举行听证会,并考虑胡锦鲁州关于减少GHG的证据,”胡锦华州说。“PUC的行动基本上扭转了其两次先前的PPA和豁免批准,允许该项目继续进行,胡锦鲁州依靠花费数亿美元。”
Hu Honua said the PUC’s action not only forecloses the opportunity for the company to have its GHG reduction considered at an evidentiary hearing, “but also precludes all the benefits of Hu Honua’s locally produced renewable energy, resulting in the prolonged use of imported fossil fuel on Hawai‘i Island that Hu Honua’s firm renewable energy was designed to replace.”
夏威夷电气发言人Jim Kelly表示,自该项目首次提出的12年前提出,可再生能源景观和经济学显着不同。他说,即使没有胡锦鲁,拟议和现有的可再生能源项目 - 风,地热,网格规模和屋顶太阳能,水电,能源存储 - 将使夏威夷岛能够在此结束时使用可再生资源来产生几乎所有的电力十年。
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