FOR THE REST OF THE NATION TO TRANSITION INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY. HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC SAYS THIS BATTE STORAGE FACILITY WILL ALLOW FOR ENERGY PRODUCED BY SOLAR OR WIND TO BE USED… EVEN DURING PEAK EVENING HOURS OR OVERNIGHT.
MAX RODRIGUEZ REPORTS. IT’S DESCRIBED AS A CRUCIAL PIECE OF THE STATE’S PLAN TO REACH 100 PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2045… THE KAPOLEI ENERGY STORAGE– LESS THAN A YEAR FROM BEING FINISHED.
.. AND PROMISING TO BE THE CONSTANT LINK TO ALLOW ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES TO KEEP OUR LIGHTS ON AT HOME. REBECCA DAYHUFF MATSTSUSHIMA :”WE WILL BE ABLE TO STORE THE ENERGY DURING THE DAY HERE AND USE IT DURING THE EVENING WHEN TRADITIONALLY WE WOULD JUST BE TURNING ON LARGE FOSSIL FUEL UNITS SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS, IT WILL PROVIDE US ABOUT 10 % OF OUR EVENING PEAK POWER.” THE GOAL IS TO FIRE UP LESS AND LESS OF THE FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY PRODUCING FACILITIES– HAWAII’S LAST COAL POWER PLANT CLOSED ON SEPTEMBER FIRST.
THE KAPOLEI BATTERY STORAGE IS NOT AN ELECTRICITY PRODUCING FACILITY… BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE A STABLE SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY TO THE ISLAND– BY STORING POWER FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES LIKE GEOTHERMAL, SOLAR AND WIND. POLLY SHAW: “IF YOU THINK OF VOLTAGE FLUCTUATI ON THE GRID THIS COULD PROVIDE SOME STABILIZING SPURTS OF ENERGY AKIN TO A PACEMAKER ON A GRID, AND IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IF THE GRID WERE TO DEFAULT AND COLLAPSE IT CAN HELP HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC JUMP START THE GRID.
” SOME LAWMAKERS TAKING CLEAN ENERGY A STEP FURTHER…
SENATOR CHRIS LEE EYEING A GOAL OF REACHING ZERO EMISSION TRANSPORTATION BY CAR AND BY PLANE..
. A BILL VETOED BY GOVERNOR IGE EARLIER THIS YEAR– BUT WILL GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY. SEN. LEE: “PART OF WE WANT TO DO THIS COMING YEAR IS LAY OUT THE FRAMEWORK AND LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR DEPLOYING AND RAPIDLY EXPANDING EV CHARGING CAPACITY FOR EVERYBODY IN HAWAII. AND THAT INCLUDES IN COMMERCIAL SPACES, AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PLACES ERE YOU TYPICALLY JUST DON’T HAVE THAT KIND OF CAPACITY, MAX RODRIGUEZ KHON2 NEWS WORKING FOR HAWAII.
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