Energy at The Verge: Looking Forward in 2017 (ThinkTech on OC16)
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Jay Fidell and Raya Salter take a look at the Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit in Waikiki. The focus of the event was renewable energy goal achievement for the state, and how that will impact the economy and infrastructure. The Summit included Alan Oshima of Hawaii Electric Companies, Brian Kealoha, of Hawaii Energy, Erik Kvam, of Hawaii Energy Law, Jan Tenbruggencate, of KIUC, Gov. David Age, Mayor Alan Arakawa, Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Rep. Chris Lee, Randy Iwase, Lorraine Akiba and Jay Griffin, of the Public Utility Commission, David Bissell, CEO of KIUC, David Lassner, President of University of Hawaii, Mark Dunkerley, CEO of Hawaiian Airlines and Connie Lau, of Hawaii Electric Industries, among other. Topics included Models for Utility Ownership, US and Hawaii Power Markets, Microgrids, Zero Energy Buildings, Leadership, Tool for Clean Energy Integration, Cultivating Innovation, Dealing with Climate Change, Energy Justice, Transition under Trump, Systems for Rural Areas, Clean Energy Investment Equity, Energy Efficiency, Challenges in Tourism, Block Chain for Energy, ARC – a platform for Cleaner Buildings, Biomimicry, Adaptive Intelligence, Decentralizing the Grid, Renewable Peaker Plants, Clean Transportation, Cognitive eAI, Utility Scale Storage, Land Use and Energy, Hydrogen Tech, Offshore Wind, Community Based Renewables, Global Energy Perspectives and much more. They also got a chance to talk to some of the energy companies there including Smartflower Pacific, Primo Wind, Perkins Coie, Granite Power, RBI Solar, Highview Power Storage, Energy Efficient LED Lighting, Hawaiian Electric, and Amber Kinetics.
Original Air Date July 9, 2017. Episode 328.
The hosts for this episode are Jay Fidell and Raya Salter.
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