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  • Appreciate Juneau's inexpensive power 17 May 2008 04:40 GMT
    ... I am visiting from Hawaii and see a lot of complaining about Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Does anyone appreciate the inexpensive electric you had before the downed power lines? I ...

  • My turn: AEL&P deserves thank you 17 May 2008 00:29 GMT
    ... I don't understand the outcry against Alaska Electric Light & Power over the Snettisham problem. One major failure in ... 17 in New York and 28 in Hawaii. AEL&P doesn't even own the Snettisham line. The ...

  • Hoku Scientific Inc. Is Climbing After Contract Approval 15 May 2008 23:31 GMT
    ... announced after the bell Thursday that the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved a contract for Hawaiian Electric Co The Only 3 Options Strategies You'll ... Strategies You'll Ever Need mpany to purchase power from a photovoltaic power system that Hoku Solar ...

  • Public Utilities Commission Approves Hoku Solar-Hawaiian Electric Contract for Photovoltaic Project 15 May 2008 20:43 GMT
    ... HI--(Marketwire - May 15, 2008) - The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has approved a contract ... contract for Hawaiian Electric Company to purchase power from a photovoltaic (PV) power system that ... project to increase its use of renewable energy and gain experience with photovoltaic development, economics, performance, ...

  • House Armed Services panel approves $712 billion defense package 15 May 2008 15:52 GMT
    ... The full panel endorsed without opposition the Seapower Subcommittee's proposal to provide full or partial ... to require the Navy to consider using nuclear power in future amphibious assault ships, in ... another $33 million. Subcommittee Chairman Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, noted that his panel approved $3.3 billion for ...

  • Nobel Peace Prize: Al Gore's Nine Convenient Lies Beat Burmese Monks 14 May 2008 17:49 GMT
    ... blacks”. •Shirin Ebadi (2003) who defends Iran’s nuclear program as “economically justified”. •Jimmy E. Carter ... for Food scam keeping Saddam Hussein in power, enriching dozens of UN officials, journalists and ... Walden is the publisher and editor of Hawaii Free Press, a Big Island-based newspaper. He can ...

  • Hoku Scientific faces financial setback 14 May 2008 14:39 GMT
    ... & Co. has fallen through. The Kapolei-based alternative-energy technology developer said it is requesting the issuance ... support Hoku's construction and start-up costs: Solarfun Power Hong Kong Ltd. , Japan-based Sanyo Electric ... and installs turnkey photovoltaic power systems in Hawaii, earned $1.9 million in the six months ...

  • DOE Selects Projects for up to $50 Million of Federal Funding to Modernize the Nation's Electricity Grid 14 May 2008 12:57 GMT
    ... April 21, 2008 — U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy ... at least 15 percent at distribution feeders—the power lines delivering electricity to consumers—and are part ... million federal/$4 million non-federal) The University of Hawaii, in cooperation with General Electric, Hawaiian Electric ...

  • Akaka's Plea to President: Address Plans for Iraq, America's Veterans, Global Warming and Education 14 May 2008 12:56 GMT
    ... Iraq, the treatment of our nation’s veterans, energy independence, global warming, education, and healthcare. In his ... experts agree that the invasion and resulting power vacuum has left America more vulnerable to ... we have not. The future security of Hawaii and the United States depends on making ...

  • 6-cent gas leap creates a record 14 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... of people, toppled buildings and knocked out power lines. "We know that some power and ... a lot of bounce in it." The Energy Department expects prices to peak at a monthly ... many regions, including parts of California and Hawaii, are already paying that much. Demand for ...

  • A Deeper Black 13 May 2008 23:52 GMT
    ... of identity politics, misses the candidate's essential power. Likewise, Obama's wife, Michelle, is not merely a ... . His favorite character is Omar, the coal-black antihero who prowls the streets of West ... really black because he was raised in Hawaii by a white mother and does not scream ...

  • World Carbon Dioxide Levels 13 May 2008 22:54 GMT
    ... Scientists at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii say that CO2 levels in the atmosphere ... even consider building new runways and coal-fired power stations at this juncture in history is ... since 2000, reversing a trend of increasing energy efficiency since the 1970s. ...

  • Regulatory Roundup: Renewables guidelines, cost recovery steps included in broad Florida energy bill 13 May 2008 22:48 GMT
    ... for greenhouse gas emissions. California, New Jersey, Hawaii and Washington have already passed similar measures. ... that operate collectively as Electric Electric The Senate Substitute for House Bill ... were sustained May 2 and 3. The energy portion of H.B. 2412 combines the second vetoed ...

  • What's the Law? Photographer shooed 13 May 2008 21:46 GMT
    ... protect national security. The U.S. Department of Energy can also prohibit photography of designated nuclear facilities, although the publicly visible areas of ... its trade secrets. Legal Aid Society of Hawaii operates statewide. Practice areas include housing, public ...

  • Hoku Scientific, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter Ended March 31, 2008 13 May 2008 11:56 GMT
    ... is a diversified clean energy technologies company with three business units: Hoku Materials, ... turnkey photovoltaic systems and related services in Hawaii. Hoku Fuel Cells has developed proprietary fuel ... Global Expertise Wafer Division Ltd., Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd., and Solarfun Power Hong Kong ...

  • Shimkus, Costello spar on energy 13 May 2008 11:11 GMT
    ... his efforts for the exploration of alternative energy sources and to de-emphasize the United States' heavy ... said that before Democrats took over majority power in the House and Senate in January ... San Francisco and Santa Barbara, Calif., and Hawaii. Right said the market is very volatile. ...

  • China threat. What threat? 13 May 2008 10:52 GMT
    ... Chinese are investing in both diesel-powered and nuclear-powered submarines - a clear signal that they ... 18,000 troops stationed in Alaska, 60,000 in Hawaii, 37,000 in Japan, 5,000 on Guam, and 30,000 ... highly sophisticated technology of the world's sole superpower, let alone a military threat to it. ...

  • CO2 levels highest for 650,000 years 13 May 2008 10:52 GMT
    ... May 13 2008. Cooling towers at Eggborough power station, near Selby. Photograph: John Giles/PA The ... Scientists at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii say that CO2 levels in the atmosphere ... since 2000, reversing a trend of increasing energy efficiency since the 1970s. Martin Parry will be ...

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts' Continues Robert Kaplan's Travels Begun with 'Imperial Grunts' to Military Hot Spots Around the Globe 13 May 2008 10:50 GMT
    ... far, shows the U.S. as an imperial power. That makes the Bush Administration unhappy, Kaplan ... African Sahel, Thailand, on a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine from Hawaii to Guam, Algeria with the Army's Green Berets, ...

  • Ahmadinejad battles on the home front 13 May 2008 10:33 GMT
    ... and political scientist at the University of Hawaii. The president and his allies in the Majlis ... is only answerable to Iran's actual executive power, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran's 2004 ... elections," Farhi said. That list includes former nuclear negotiators Hassan Rowhani and Ali Larijani, both ...

  • World carbon dioxide levels highest for 650,000 years, says US report 13 May 2008 09:55 GMT
    ... May 13 2008. Cooling towers at Eggborough power station, near Selby. Photograph: John Giles/PA The ... Scientists at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii say that CO2 levels in the atmosphere ... since 2000, reversing a trend of increasing energy efficiency since the 1970s. Martin Parry will be ...

  • Green campaigners speak out as CO2 in atmosphere hits record levels 13 May 2008 08:48 GMT
    ... campaigners yesterday claimed building new airports and coal-fired power stations was an "unpardonable folly" as figures showed ... levels. Scientists at Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii said atmospheric levels of the climate change gas ...

  • Gas prices up another 12 cents in Bay State 13 May 2008 06:36 GMT
    ... 8,700 people, toppled buildings and knocked out power lines. "We know that some power and ... and the Oil Price Information Service. The Energy Department expects prices to peak at a monthly ... many regions, including parts of California and Hawaii, are already paying that much. Demand for ...

  • More on Ethanol Production 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... added value should count toward meeting renewable energy goals. Unfortunately, Hawaii counts the total ethanol produced, instead of ... burning of bagasse, as well as hydro-electrical power and possibly the burning of garbage. I ...

  • The People of the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve Tell Their Story 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... only a mild wind. To us in Hawaii, we know that a walk-in freezer is ... It has oil-fired electricity to provide heat, power, light, and to provide other electrical needs ... Place. Michael R. Fox, Ph.D., is the energy and science writer for Hawaii Reporter. He has ...


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