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Evaluating the stocks of Hawaiian Electric, Bank of Hawaii and Hawaiian Airlines

2013-02-06 04:01:41| Airlines - Topix.net

Robert Howe has been playing the markets since he was in high school. In 1973, he inherited $5,000 from his aunt and his father suggested he buy stock with the windfall.

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Hawaii sets 'breakthrough' framework for new solar power

2013-01-31 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: Hawaii's love affair with rooftop solar energy has turned into a gold rush. In 2012, as many permits for new solar units were issued on the island of Oahu alone as in the entire state over the last decade. That, inevitably, has led to gridlock. Homeowners and businesses in some areas have been required to conduct expensive studies before hooking up new solar power to the electrical grid, which utility operators fear could become saturated with unpredictable do-it-yourself power. Solar power...

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Hawaii Leads the Way with Cutting-Edge Solar Energy Policy

2013-01-29 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Today, national organizations Earthjustice and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) commended the Hawaiian Electric (HECO) utilities path-breaking plans to enable more rooftop solar systems to connect to the grid. The utilities and clean energy stakeholders laid out a new and innovative Proactive Approach to planning for rooftop solar growth as part of a multi-party working group convened by the Hawai?i Public Utilities Commission (PUC), which just concluded its deliberations last week....

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Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute Issues Contract for Energy Storage System

2013-01-28 18:24:00| Transmission & Distribution World

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. has been awarded a firm contract with the Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa to supply a 2-Megawatt (MW) ALTI-ESS Advantage energy storage system for a grid stability demonstration project.

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