Like Hawaii, rural communities in Alaska are separated by physical barriers on land or sea that make the transportation of fuel expensive. As a consequence, the energy burden faced by many of their citizens, particularly Alaska Natives, is high despite the state's great natural resources. It is not unusual for many Alaskans in rural communities to pay $800 per month for heating and electricity bills.

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Dr. Davis will be speaking about Native American perspectives toward renewable energy and how some of the lessons they have learned might have relevance for Hawaii. Please join us on May 23rd at 9 a.m. HST.

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We regret to inform you that our program “Colorado and Hawaii: Energy Islands in a Sea of Change,” scheduled for February 22nd, 2024, has been canceled. Unfortunately due to medical circumstances our principal speaker, Governor Ritter, will be unable to join us. We hope to reschedule this event for sometime soon, and we thank everyone for your support and interest in this program. Please keep a lookout for any emails regarding the rescheduling of this event and the announcement of any future events, we would love to see you there!

Stephen Walls, the HSEO deputy director, who is part of a new generation of energy planners in Hawaii, will discuss how the state energy planners are reassessing their thoughts and calculations - to develop new clean energy pathways to 2045.

Join us for a discussion on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), a two-hundred-year-old technology, that could power today’s fight against climate change.

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Managing fresh water In island states during a period of climate change. Perspectives from The Canary Islands and Hawaii.

In Hawaii, we tend to look at carbon dioxide in the air as a problem that contributes to global warming. In Iceland, people recognize it as a problem but also see it as an opportunity. Scientists and engineers there have turned their efforts at carbon sequestration into intellectual property that they now provide to power companies all over the world. The new technology is known as Carb Fix and the company of the same name provides information on how to remove plumes of carbon waste from the exhaust of power company smokestacks and turn it into limestone rock. A related technology called Direct Air Capture (DAC) filters carbon dioxide directly from the air from multiple locations. Both may be key to the way the world is going to deal with global warming. We will also be looking at how some 21st-century farmers in Hawaii are turning their efforts at carbon sequestration into an entirely new way of working the land. Please join us.

The Space Industry may be bringing a new era of high-paying jobs and technology to Hawaii. It also may Hawaii transition to a clean energy - green hydrogen future by 2045.

Hawaii’s location near the equator makes it one of the least expensive places to put satellites in orbit. This gives Hawaii a competitive advantage.

The next RENEW REBUILD HAWAII virtual forum focuses on microgrids in the context of hurricanes and resilience. Our speakers include:

• Kaitlyn Bunker, Ph.D., P.E., Principal for Rocky Mountain Institute’s Global South program

• Devin De Wulf, Community organizer for solar in New Orleans

• Allan Schurr, Chief Commercial Officer at Enchanted Rock

• Ken Aramaki, Director of Transmission, Distribution, and Interconnection Planning at Hawaiian Electric

• Paul Ponthieux, Director/CTO at Blue Planet Research.

When: Aug 24, 2021, 09:45 AM Hawaii

Register in advance for this meeting HERE

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The next RENEW REBUILD HAWAII virtual forum focuses on how Hawaii can learn from Norway’s experience. Our speakers include:

• Eugene Tian, Chief State of Hawaii Economist

• Anders Ødegård, Senior Technical Project Manager, SINTEF

• Ulf Hafseld, CEO of Hynion

• Mitch Ewan - Hydrogen Systems Program Manager, University of Hawaii’s Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (“HNEI”)

• Keith Malone - California Fuel Cell Partnership

• Paul Ponthieux Blue Planet Research

• Ida Taylor – Renewable Energy Specialist

"Our building interior spaces have to be transformed into- non virus transmitting environments. The long term retrofitting costs could be staggering as building owners and operators grapple with how to accomplish this.”

A workshop on the Three-Step Process