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		<title>Towers plan open for review; Collected data to be used to assess sites for wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A draft habitat conservation plan and environmental assessment are available for public review as part of an application by Castle &#038; Cooke Resorts for the construction and operation of seven meteorological towers on Lanai.
The towers will be used for as much as two years to collect data on wind patterns to assess whether sites could sustain a wind power generation facility.
The conservation plan and environmental assessment are part of Castle &#038; Cooke&#8217;s application for an &#8220;incidental take&#8221; permit, which is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lana&#39;i wind project identifies species it may affect</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Studies in connection with Castle &#038; Cooke Resorts LLC&#8217;s plans to operate seven meteorological towers on Lana&#8217;i to gather data for a proposed wind-energy farm have identified four flying animal species that may be affected by the project.
The company is seeking an incidental take permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and has prepared a draft habitat conservation plan and environmental assessment to minimize the effects on the endangered Hawaiian petrel (&#8217;ua&#8217;u), the endangered Hawaiian stilt (ae&#8217;o), the endangered .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire wind-farm developer urges Hawaii to declare energy emergency</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The billionaire developer of a planned Lana&#8217;i wind farm that would supply power to O&#8217;ahu is urging Gov. Linda Lingle to declare a state of emergency to combat soaring energy prices by fast-tracking big clean-energy projects.
David Murdock, who owns 98 percent of Lana&#8217;i and is chairman and CEO of Castle &#038; Cooke Inc., said his wind farm project that would supply up to 20 percent of O&#8217;ahu&#8217;s electricity needs will take five to seven years to gain regulatory approvals — .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kahuku, Barbers Point tops for wind</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kahuku and Barbers Point are the top areas on Oahu for wind development, a study released by Hawaiian Electric Co. shows.
The utility on Thursday released a study of wind development potential for the island, following an announcement in November that it would offer data collected about wind conditions and bird activities in Kahuku to interested wind developers.
Albany, N.Y.-based wind mapping company AWS Truewind used a remote desktop screening methodology to identify areas with high enough wind speeds and building capacity.
Oahu .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed energy rate hike sparks controversy</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 10:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[While everyone seems to want more sources of renewable energy on Maui, residents who spoke at a recent Public Utilities Commission hearing weren’t too thrilled with the idea of having to help pay for it.
Hawaiian Electric Co. and its subsidiaries, including Maui Electric Co., have asked the commission to approve an across-the-board monthly rate increase for each Maui County customer of about &#36;1.80 a month for renewable energy infrastructure.
But several of those who spoke at Maui Waena Intermediate School on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Customer may fund initiatives for HECO</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The average energy consumer could be required to help pay for Hawaiian Electric Co.’s alternative energy source initiatives, such as wind, solar and wave power.
Under a proposal before the state Public Utilities Commission, HECO and its subsidiaries, including Maui Electric Co., would be able to charge each customer about &#36;1 a month to defray the costs involved in building infrastructure for alternative energy projects, said Hawaiian Electric spokesman Peter Rosegg.
The renewable energy infrastructure surcharge would allow MECO to build new .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Community forum hosts talks about Molokai wind-farm</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Renewable energy is a Hawaiian value in that it aims at harnessing the gift of nature without depleting it. But is the greater community willing to tap Molokai’s steady wind resources at the sacrifice of building a large scale wind farm?
For the past several weeks, it has been the mission of Molokai youth to gauge the community’s acceptance of the potential wind farm. Forums have already been held in Kilohana, Kaunakakai, Ho`olehua and Maunaloa.
“Ask the hard questions,” youth organizer Matt .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Community group votes to pursue UPC Wind concept</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[At a community meeting last night on Molokai, something unusual happened: instead of a tense, emotional atmosphere plagued with the worries and hardened positions from the past, more than 80 community advocates came to a consensus: they are in favor of considering the proposed UPC Wind project. Two hours of discussion headed by activist Walter Ritte lead to a vote, “do we support the concept of supporting [UPC Wind?].” It was unanimous.
Molokai Community Service Center executive director Karen Holt was .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-energy company interested in Molokai Ranch</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The announcement that Molokai Ranch will shut down next week is causing some scrambling.
The owners of Kaheawa Wind Farm on Maui said they will try to bring community groups together soon to arrange a purchase of the ranch.
The wind farm is willing to pay &#36;50 million for the right to put windmills on parts of the open land.
However, unless community groups organize and find other investors, the &#36;50 million will not be enough.
Gov. Linda Lingle said the community will have .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lanai wind farm plan includes conservation project</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Castle &#038; Cooke wants to begin tests for a wind farm on Lanai and study how to prevent any resulting loss of endangered native bird species.
The two-year test project calls for the installation and operation of six weather towers strung with wires to keep them upright &#8212; lines posing a risk to flying birds.
Castle &#038; Cooke official Timothy Hill said the towers, about 50 meters in height and 8 inches in diameter, will be painted white and have curlicue-shaped objects .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Maui wind farm files PUC complaint</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ A Maui wind farm operator has filed a complaint against Maui Electric Co. and its parent, Hawaiian Electric Co., with the state Public Utilities Commission.
UPC Hawaii Holdings, which runs the Kaheawa Wind Power farm above Maalaea, is asking the commission to investigate the process the utility used in selecting a second wind farm project for the island.
UPC Hawaii had proposed expanding its current 20-turbine farm, which supplies 30 megawatts of power to Maui Electric, to add another 21 megawatts .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Goal set for Hawaii to greatly expand renewable energy</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hawai&#8217;i would get at least 70 percent of its energy from a renewable source by 2030, under a joint state and federal initiative announced today.
The state and the U.S. Department of Energy established the &#8220;Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative,&#8221; a partnership to put the state on a path to supplying most if its energy needs from &#8220;clean energy,&#8221; such as wind, solar, ocean, geothermal and bioenergy.
&#8220;This innovative, unprecedented partnership builds on the progress the state has made to increase energy independence .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kaheawa Wind Power announces plans for additional turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind farm representatives clarify issues and misconceptions about Kaheawa Wind Power project, and announce plans for another 14 turbines to be built adjacent to the current site. “The whole world is watching to see how far we can go.”
Ever since construction began on 20 massive wind turbines in the Kaheawa Wind Power farm in the pastures above Ma‘alaea Point in the fall of 2005, they have been a source of adulation, curiosity and controversy. Environmentalists fear for the safety of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaiian Electric to share wind, bird findings</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hawaiian Electric Co. said it plans to share its research on wind conditions and bird activities in Kahuku with interested wind energy developers.
HECO said it is willing to offer the data free to encourage renewable energy development in Hawai&#8217;i.
The information includes wind data collected at Kahuku sites in the 1980s and in 2007, along with an avian radar study.
The Honolulu Advertiser
14 November 2007
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		<title>Molokai Ranch says it&#39;s not for sale, despite &#36;50M pledge</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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A nonprofit group trying to raise money to buy out Moloka&#8217;i&#8217;s largest private landowner and stop a controversial luxury home development has received a &#36;50 million pledge from a company interested in building a wind power farm on the island.
UPC Wind, a Massachusetts-based firm that operates the Kaheawa Wind Power plant on Maui, said it would spend &#36;50 million to help the Moloka&#8217;i Community Service Council acquire the 64,000 acres of the Friendly Isle owned by Molokai Ranch.
Karen M. Holt, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Molokai Ranch responds to UPC Wind</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Molokai Properties Limited (dba Molokai Ranch) CEO Peter Nicholas responded today to UPC Wind&#8217;s announcement that it is pledging &#36;50 million to the Molokai Community Service Council&#8217;s &#8220;Buy the Ranch&#8221; campaign.
The campaign aims to raise money to purchase all of the land owned by MPL, the island&#8217;s biggest private landowner. Supporters of the campaign are critical of MPL&#8217;s Master Land Use Plan, which includes development of 200 acres at La &#8216;au Point and placement of more than 50,000 acres of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>UPC Wind seeks support of Governor’s Advisory Council</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Molokai Governor&#8217;s Advisory Council met last Tuesday at Kulana &#8216;Oiwi Center to hear a proposal from UPC Wind. The company would like to erect windmills on Homestead land on the West End, and has been traveling to community groups all over the island for the past several weeks. The group says that it will not go forward with its proposal without community support of the project.
The scope of questions at the meeting ranged from aviation concerns — the proposed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>UPC Wind will address Governor’s Council on Molokai</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Noelani Kalipi, director of government and community relations for UPC Hawai‘i Wind Partners, will brief the council on the company’s wind farm proposal for Molokai as part of an effort to decrease Hawai‘i’s reliance on fossil fuels by increasing wind energy generation.  UPC Hawai‘i Wind developed and operates Hawai‘i’s largest utility-scale wind farm, Kaheawa Wind Power on Maui, which supplies power to Maui Electric Company.
Governor Linda Lingle created community advisory councils to give the neighbor islands a stronger voice .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmills proposed for Homestead land; UPC Wind  takes first steps in developing wind farms on Molokai</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The discussion of energy alternatives continues to blow strong on Molokai. Last week Wednesday, representatives from UPC Wind met up with Hawaiian homesteaders in Ho`olehua to seek approval to build two meteorological towers (met-towers) on homestead lands.
The towers will record wind speed, direction, and other weather data which will ultimately help decide if a wind farm would be feasible on homestead land.
Although UPC representatives are confident that the selected areas will provide enough wind for the project, they say that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Homesteaders to weight wind farm benefits</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has been to Hoolehua knows how windy it can get up there; how bearable the breeze can make a summer evening. But one company wants to examine another use for the cool gusts that stream through the high area, most of which is Hawaiian homestead land.
Representatives from UPC Wind Partners Hawaii met with a few dozen of the area&#8217;s homesteaders last Wednesday to discuss its plan to put up nineteen 180-foot tall wind towers in the area. The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Big Isle wind farm generates power, but bill&#39;s about the same</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new wind farm on the Big Island&#8217;s South Point is steadily producing power for Big Island residents. But it&#8217;s not steadily shrinking local electricity bills.
Pakini Nui Wind Farm&#8217;s 14 wind turbines came online four months ago, adding 21 megawatts of capacity to the Big Island, or enough power for more than 10,000 homes.
&#8220;Pakini Nui has got a lot of good wind,&#8221; said Warren Lee, Hawai&#8217;i Electric Light Co.&#8217;s president. &#8220;They&#8217;re producing quite a bit of energy for the HELCO .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Buy The Ranch campaign gives false hope</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I can only describe the plan proposed by the Molokai Community Services Council and Karen Holt to purchase and operate Molokai Ranch as a cruel way of diverting the community&#8217;s attention away from the benefits and objectives of the Community-Based Master Land Use Plan for Molokai Ranch.
Giving the community false hope that MCSC can achieve this objective is grossly misleading for the following reasons:
Molokai Properties Limited or Molokai Ranch is not for sale
The company, its directors and shareholders are committed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind companies consider Molokai ranch land</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Soaring fuel prices and steady tradewinds are making wind the new oil in Hawaii. As wind companies scramble to gain a foothold across the state, Molokai Ranch land is emerging as a sought after resource.
During a Hawaii State Office of Planning meeting on Molokai in late May, it was revealed that there are two wind companies competing for the build-out of wind farms on Molokai Ranch land.
One of the companies, UPC Wind, is an industry leader in alternative clean energy, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council to consider zoning changes to allow wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposed change to the Big Island&#8217;s zoning law that would allow construction of wind energy facilities in open zoned districts will be discussed by the Hawaii County Council&#8217;s Planning Committee Tuesday in Kailua-Kona.
Council Chairman Pete Hoffmann, Kohala, said Thursday the proposed resolution requests Planning Director Chris Yuen to review a proposed amendment to the county&#8217;s zoning ordinance that would allow wind energy facilities in open zoned districts.
Should the resolution be approved by the committee and later by the full .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Native bird thriving on Lana&#39;i</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The concept of finding seabirds in upland forests is an odd one, but it&#8217;s a feature of the Hawaiian environment.
Pristine white-tailed tropic birds, koa&#8217;e kea, nest on high inland cliffs. Slate-backed Newell&#8217;s shearwaters, &#8216;a&#8217;o, nest in burrows on wooded hillsides.
And now there&#8217;s the find of a large population of Hawaiian petrels, &#8216;ua&#8217;u, in the small central forest of Lana&#8217;i.
These birds had historically been known from the island, but they were believed to be gone due to loss of habitat and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clarke: Lanai power line to Oahu feasible</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former Hawaiian Electric Industries Chairman Bob Clarke says the transmission of electricity from Lanai to Oahu by undersea cable is feasible because the ocean isn&#8217;t as deep as on some other paths considered in the past.
Castle &#038; Cooke, which owns most of Lanai, said last week it not only has hired a Mainland company to build a solar power farm for Lanai&#8217;s electric needs, but it is also seriously considering a massive wind power farm with the idea of selling .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lanai could get &#36;750-million windfarm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Castle &#038; Cooke Inc. yesterday said it may build a &#36;750 million wind farm on Lana&#8217;i that could provide 15 percent to 20 percent of O&#8217;ahu&#8217;s power needs.
The company, which owns 98 percent of Lana&#8217;i, is conducting wind and other feasibility studies in preparation for a decision on whether to build what would be the state&#8217;s largest wind farm, said Castle &#038; Cooke President Harry Saunders.
&#8220;Our intention is to go forward,&#8221; Saunders said yesterday. &#8220;We&#8217;re hoping to have a &#8216;go&#8217; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaiian breezes unreliable for power</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[With its ocean breezes, ample sunlight, pounding waves and a continuously erupting volcano, Hawaii seems blessed with the means to produce clean electricity and achieve energy independence.
But that isn&#8217;t anywhere close to happening. For one thing, the technology isn&#8217;t quite ready.
      The big drawback with wind and solar energy, for example, is that the flow of electricity stops when the breeze dies down and the sun sets. Since there is no good way to store .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hawai&#39;i not finding it easy to tap alternative energy</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HAWI, Hawai&#8217;i &#8212; Down a dirt road on America&#8217;s southernmost island, 16 windmills tilt their sleek blades toward the ocean, as dependent on the whims of Hawai&#8217;i&#8217;s tropical breeze as residents are on the electricity they help produce.
The Hawi wind farm on the Big Island makes clean and affordable energy, but the 100-foot-tall wind turbines stop when the air is still.
Most forms of renewable energy face a similar difficulty nationwide &#8212; they&#8217;re cleaner than oil and coal but fall short .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Another row of turbines possible</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kaheawa Wind Power has begun preliminary work that could lead to a near doubling of its production of electricity on Maui.
If Kaheawa adds another 27 megawatts to the 30 MW it can make now, and when Shell WindEnergy Inc. completes its 40-MW wind farm at Ulupalakua, Maui conceivably could have wind capacity equal to more than a third of peak demand, now a little more than 200 MW but growing.
Most of the time, Maui Electric Co. needs much less than .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Permit sought for wind towers</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[
Kaheawa Wind Power II LLC has applied for a state conservation district use permit to install four 200-foot-tall meteorological measurement towers to gather data on wind speed and direction for possible expansion of its wind farm above Ukumehame.
The towers, which would be secured by guy wires, would take measurements for at least six months, according to the company&#8217;s permit application.
Kaheawa Wind Power operates 20 1.5-megawatt wind turbines in the same area that produces 30 megawatts for Maui Electric Co. An .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>HECO still pursuing Kahuku wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Question: What ever happened to Hawaiian Electric Co.&#8217;s plans to investigate putting a wind energy farm in the Kahuku area?
Answer: The ridge lines above Kahuku remain under consideration for wind energy generation &#8212; either by a HECO subsidiary or another investor, HECO spokesman Peter Rosegg said.
&#8220;For Oahu, that North Shore area is the most attractive place in terms of quality of wind regime,&#8221; Rosegg said.
Kahe Point on the Waianae Coast actually has slightly stronger, more reliable winds, but residents there .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BLNR allows talks on wind farm&#39;s growth</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU &#8220;“ A request to negotiate a lease for state land on the Kealaloloa Ridge for expansion of the Kaheawa Wind Power plant was approved Friday but with strict conditions for additional studies on environmental and visual impacts.
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources also made clear that the authorization for the state Land Division to initiate negotiations for a direct lease did not mean a lease will be granted, Land Board Chairman Peter Young said.
Approval of a lease .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kaheawa Wind Power seeks to generate lease for major expansion</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU &#8220;“ With 20 1.5-megawatt wind generators in place, Kaheawa Wind Power is seeking a lease to expand on 325 acres on the slopes above McGregor Point.
The lease request has raised concerns over environmental and visual impacts that have generated criticism from some residents of Maui, according to a report being submitted today to the state Board of Land and Natural Resources.
Kaheawa Wind Power is seeking a negotiated lease for state land adjoining the 200-acre wind farm that went into .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Still Blowing in the Wind; Windmills Aren&#39;t Much Help with Energy Supplies</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[For more than 13 centuries, mankind has been trying to capture the wind for energy production and other uses. In agrarian societies, even into the 19th century such intermittent unpredictable energy was still useful for pumping water, grinding grain, and other forms of drudgery. The history of energy development from those days is heading for more electrical energy use which is highly refined, highly controlled, and much more reliable.
Whether in the workplace, the home, or the vehicles which move us, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New Maui wind farm seeks to double in size</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just a few months after the state&#8217;s largest wind farm started spinning electrical power on Maui, its owners are considering doubling it in size.
In June, Kaheawa Wind Power began operating 20 wind turbines that can generate up to 30 megawatts of electricity on the windy slopes above Maalaea Harbor.
Now the company is asking the state Board of Land and Natural Resources for a lease on a 325-acre parcel of state land immediately west of the 200-acre parcel it currently occupies.
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kahuku top pick again for wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[honoluluadvertiser.com
By Mike Gordon and Greg Wiles
Advertiser Staff Writers
An Oregon company wants to build Hawai&#8217;i&#8217;s most powerful wind farm along the Kahuku coast, not far from the green hills where Hawaiian Electric Co. is re-evaluating the area for a wind farm after failing nearby with an earlier project.
West Wind Works LLC wants to build 20 turbines capable of producing 50 megawatts of power on 1,100 acres at the northernmost point of O&#8217;ahu, including in an area near the abandoned Kahuku Airfield, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii to get more wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[milwaukee.bizjournals.com
Hawaii is about to get another major wind power project, and the details about it will be announced this week at the State Capitol.
Senate Energy Chairman Kalani English and House Energy Chairwoman Hermina Morita will join Warren Bollmeier, president of the Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance at noon Wednesday (Honolulu Room 325) to announce plans for a &#8220;wind farm to cut the Big Island&#8217;s dependence on imported fossil fuel, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide electrical energy for more than 10,000 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wildfire erupts again</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[mauinews.com
 By CLAUDINE SAN NICOLAS, Staff Writer
MAALAEA &#8220;“ A wildfire ignited in the West Maui Mountains for the second weekend in a row, this time torching approximately 500 acres of brush just west of last week&#8217;s massive fire.
Authorities believe the fire started in the area of tower No. 9 at the Kaheawa wind farm, just above 2,500 feet elevation on Kealaloloa Ridge.
One lane of Honoapiilani Highway was shut down for a short time at about 1:30 p.m. but was quickly .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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