| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Hawaii bill could nix plans for an offshore wind farm developer
Credit: By Duane Shimogawa | KITV | Mar 4, 2022 | www.kitv.com ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Three developers are planning to build offshore wind energy farms near the Hawaiian Islands. But a Hawaii bill that state lawmakers advanced on Friday may prevent one of those projects from being built.
Senate bill 2535 would allow offshore wind farms to be built no closer than 12 miles to the shoreline of any Hawaiian Island.
Hawaiian Electric say it is reviewing three lease requests from two different developers for offshore wind farms in Hawaii.
Two of those projects appear to either meet or exceed the 12-mile setback established by this bill. The developer of a third proposed project appears to be requesting a lease for project that would start about nine miles from the shore.
Under the requirements of this bill, the project would be potentially eliminated.
The bill now heads to a vote by the full Senate. That vote is scheduled for Tuesday, March 8.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Funding |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=103109 ]
