10-25-2013, 11:10 PM
Is everyone clear this is Heco, not Helco, and that the proposed project is on Oahu, not on the Big Island?
According to Helco figures this summer, over 40% of the electricity they sold in Hawai'i County was from renewable sources, such as solar, wind, geo, hydro, etc. And we're on target to hit 50% by 2015.
In the same time frame Oahu was at about 11%, IIRC. They have some serious catching up to do.
Plus, need it be said, hooking one large feed into the grid is much different than hoooking hundreds of small grid-tie feeds in. The logistics are entirely different.
According to Helco figures this summer, over 40% of the electricity they sold in Hawai'i County was from renewable sources, such as solar, wind, geo, hydro, etc. And we're on target to hit 50% by 2015.
In the same time frame Oahu was at about 11%, IIRC. They have some serious catching up to do.
Plus, need it be said, hooking one large feed into the grid is much different than hoooking hundreds of small grid-tie feeds in. The logistics are entirely different.