On January 28, 2008, Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii and the U.S. Department of Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, a partnership to expand the use of renewable energy in Hawaii. The Initiative includes a goal to meet at least 70 percent of the state’s energy needs with renewable production by 2030 through sources including wind, solar, and geothermal energy as well as expanded biofuel production. Other goals include increasing energy efficiency programs, meeting all energy needs with renewable production on the smaller islands, and increasing the state’s overall energy security.
The Clean Energy Initiative builds on the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, which calls for 10 percent renewable energy by 2010, 15 percent by 2015, and 20 percent by 2020.
Press Release [1]
Memorandum of Understanding [2]
Links:
[1] http://hawaii.gov/gov/news/releases/2008/hawaii-and-u.s.-department-of-energy-partner-to
[2] http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/hawaii_mou.pdf