Hawaii Energy Topics, Data and & Documents

Written by Guy Toyama and Ulrich Bonne

Thursday, 02 September 2010 19:09

To browse through all listed documents posted on Hawaii energy topics, please go to the Index at http://www.energyfuturehawaii.org/files/ or simply

browse through the content of the files and links, listed below in alphabetical order:

Ammonia Economy -- a Futuristic View by Carl E.Schoder. Describes uses of ammonia at all levels, including home fuel generators, converting PV, wind, geo energy to transportation fuel. Uploaded with permission from the WFS.
Ammonia-Fuel Annual Meetings -- 2010 Papers and presentations. Previous meetings 2004-2009 at http://energy.iastate.edu/renewable/ammonia/ammonia.htm
Ammonia Fuel Network, to help developers of ammonia (NH3) engines, fuel cells
"Green" ammonia plant: An analysis of its economic viability in Hawaii – PB-10-NH3-Plant-Econ-Viability.pdf

Batteries: See EnergyOne services below for nickel-zink batteries and other services.

Electricity conservation and efficiency program for Hawaii rate payers. Their 1% surcharge of used kWh generated $17M, of which $11.9M (or 70%) went directly to commercial and residential customers in the form of cash incentives and give-aways. Call 808-537-5577 or (toll free) 1-877-231-8222, or visit www.hawaiienergy.com/. To read the 2009 annual report to the PUC, click here.

Energy use graphics for global and EU countries; total and clean energy, now and years back -- see http://www.gapminder.org/videos/gapcasts/gapcast-10-energy/

and http://energy.publicdata.eu/ee/vis.html , respectively
FIT (Feed-in-Tariff) program by HELCO/HECO: see

Fuel Properties of NH3, C3H8, CH4 and H2 - i.e. ammonia, propane (~LPG), methane and hydrogen -- on a 1-page Table
Funding: EnergyOne in Kentucky offers PV energy via a Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”, whereby EnergyOne owns, installs and maintains the solar system at no cost to the client) or via an equipment purchase arrangement. Contact: 859-514-6717 or Brad Sloan This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Visit http://www.energyonetech.com/Services.html to read about their rapid EV charging systems, nickel-zink batteries and other services. See also above entry for Electricity conservation and efficiency program for Hawaii rate payers.

Hawaii PV FIT rates below
Funding: Loan program to finance photovoltaic systems for businesses, at effective, compounded, variable interest of 4%/year (Nov.2010) with 10% equity -- HEDCO-LDC-SBA-504-Loan.pdf Geothermal energy development for Hawaii, and generation of H2 and NH3 for storage -- interim report by the Geothermal Working Group, Jan. 2011
Hawaii County electricity generation sites – Big-Island-PowerProduction-2010.jpg

Hawaii crude oil and fuel use -- Hawaii-FuelOilUse-Aug-2009.pdf

Hawaii PV FIT rates: They appear to not be economically attractive for systems below 3 kW -- PB-10-FIT-HI-Economics.pdf and PB-10-FIT-HI-Economics.doc with an active spread sheet to estimate PV system costs vs. kW-size. Aug. 2010

HECo electricity generation sources -- HECo-PowerFacts-Jul-2009.pdf

HECO's FIT rates and agreement form were approved by the PUC on 13 Oct 2010; the three relevant documents from DOCKET NO. 2008-0273 were uploaded here -- PUC-FIT-Order-Docket-2008-0273-Abrev.pdf

HECO revenue: HECo wins PUC HECO revenue assurance concessions, but not without dissent: PUC Decoupling Demystified: PUC Commissioners Dissent -- PUC-HECO-Ruling-Kondo-Dissent.pdf
Hydrogen energy storage for homes -- H2-for-Homes.pdf 1 Sept 2010

Nissan North America and State of Hawaii Partner on Electric Vehicle Deployment. September 1, by Bruce Mulliken, Green Energy News, Vol.15 No.24 (2010). Hawaii has demonstrated policy leadership through the creation of a $4,500 state tax credit towards the purchase of an electric vehicle and a $500 state tax credit towards the purchase and installation of a home charging station. The state tax credit, paired with an available $7,500 federal tax credit, could bring the price of a Nissan LEAF, which carries a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $32,780, to as low as $20,780 for Hawaii consumers. --
Photovoltaic (PV) system lease for your home, with 0 $ down, when Solar City begins to serve Hawaii -- http://www.solarcity.com/residential/solar-lease.aspx
Utility win-win business model to reduce sales and make more money: Invest in consumer efficiency, get PUC approval for a rate hike to pay for investment, but small enough to still reduce total consumer bill -- a '09 Bus. Week Article by J.Carey
Wind Turbine for residential installation -- 6 ft diameter, ~ 2 kW, $6,495 msrp - includes Smart Box Controller, Battery and Inverter -- WindTronics