Ground Water Use Reporting Outreach, Field Verification and Compliance on Maui and Molokai. What is the project? Reporting outreach and well verification, advice to owners. In 2017 about 25% of Molokai wells reporting water use and 33% of Maui wells. Reasons: Lost wells, abandoned wells, don’t know to report, don’t want to report. Who is […]
What Happened to Oil Prices? (Energy In America)
Jay Fidell and Lou Pugliaresi, President of EPRINC, an energy think tanh in Washington, D.C,, discuss what happened to oil prices, and why, and what does that mean for Hawaii’s drivers and electric power consumers? The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Lucian Pugliaresi. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live […]
Lithium Battery Deep Dive (Stan The Energy Man)
The battery for your camera and the battery for your Tesla have a lot in common, but they are certainly not the same!. We will be discussing the different functions a battery performs, besides just storing energy (like helping smooth power in a system), we’ll talk about the wide range of battery chemistries among the […]
Terms and Conditions – hidden in plain sight (The Cyber Underground)
Agreeing to the Terms and Conditions. What you don’t know CAN hurt you!. We all have to agree to the terms and conditions before using any service or software. Have you ever read these? There are loopholes that allow an invasion of your privacy at an unprecedented level. The host for this episode is Dave […]
Rewnewables Coming Clean in 2019 (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
Lots of developments and prospect in Hawaii. A discussion of PGV, Hu Honua, Many new MWs of PV plus storage, PV permit counts, RETITC, Tax credit for storage only The new R word—resiliency, The C word—curtailments The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Marco Mangelsdorf. ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]
New fire sprinkler bill – It’s not over yet. (Condo Insider)
A new Fire sprinkler bill is in the work for Hawaii condo owners. Since the last bill regulating fire sprinklers in Hawaii condominiums and high rises failed to pass, condo owners, legislators and emergency personnel have been hard at work trying to come up with an alternative. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from […]
Hawaii’s Ninth Island (Business In Hawaii)
Las Vegas. Reginald “Reg” E. Baker is a sole business consulting practitioner now, and began his business career in Honolulu in tax consulting with Ernst & Whinney. Along the way he won the Hawaii Small Business Award twice, especially in reaching out to small firms and military veterans — as he is a Vietnam War […]
Life Is Being Extraordinary (Sister Power)
https://www.gofundme.com/adaptive-surfing-world-tour Ann Yoshida – Paralympic Athlete. Born and raised in Hawai’i, she has always had a love of outdoor activities, especially water sports. Since February 2000, after an accident left her paralyzed, she has been competitive in various adaptive sports. However specializing in water sports such as Adaptive Surfing, Spring Kayak and Va’a. The host […]
Daily Advisory 12/28/18
Today’s Daily Advisory Happy New Year from everyone at ThinkTech Hawaii! Daily Tech Tip Gmail Addresses aren’t One Trick Ponies Did you know you can get addressed to your Gmail account at firstnamelastname@gmail.com but you could ALSO use firstname.lastname@gmail.com? Dots don’t matter in Gmail addresses so if you have johnsmith@gmail.com (sorry John Smith) you could […]
Developments in Clean Transportation (Hawaii, State Of Clean Energy)
2019 promises to be an active year in clean transportation. Nissan to provide free fast charging for Leaf EVs purchased after November 1 2018, Solar plus storage project added to Oahu renewable energy project lineup. Maui Electric to buy charging station network. Many new battery technologies are in the pipeline. The host for this episode […]