Moving Beyond Hydrogen Fairytales. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Matt Moran. On the topic of hydrogen, there is a great deal of misinformation being circulated. Liquid hydrogen systems in particular are sometimes characterized as being a far-off vision that will require many years to deploy. The truth is there […]
Hawai’i Hydrogen Energy System (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
What it Means for Hawai’i. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Peter Sternlicht. This episode discusses the following topics 1. How hydrogen’s role in the future of public transportation is evolving today. 2. The challenge differences between transitioning to renewable electricity power and transitioning to renewable transportation fuels 3. The […]
Agrivoltaics (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
The Future of Farming. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Adam Strubeck. Hawai’i faces competing land uses for renewable energy generation and agriculture. Agrivoltaics is the combination of solar energy production and agriculture. Agrivoltaics research is rapidly advancing and could have major implications for the food-energy nexus. Traditional agrivoltaics involves […]
Top HECA 2023 Legislation (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Legislation for a Change. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Matthew Geyer. Hawaii Environmental Change Agents’ mission and its task force’s top bills everyone can take action on. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nXB3m62UWYrdK3lYBRDrQ9 Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories […]
Mana Pacific and the Moana Pledge (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Empowering Ancestral Knowledge, Willpower. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is John Miller. An introduction to Mana Pacific, a Hawaii sustainable business corporation, that develops, finances, and de-risks scalable island resiliency projects in Hawaii and the 22 Pacific Island Territories and Countries. Their unique product, called the Moana Pledge, is a […]
Environmental Whack-A-Mole (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Carbon Cash-Back for the Win. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Matthew Geyer. In the next legislative session a Carbon Cashback bill will be introduced. We discuss how this legislation would help. Carbon Cashback imposes a tax on all fossil fuels imported into Hawaii. The policy would increase the barrel […]
Hawaii EV Charging Scenarios (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Navigating a Changing Landscape. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Toby Kinkaid. 1.0. EV Charging in Hawaii – discussion of HECO’s new EV-J schedule designed to encourage EV Charging infrastructure. Major changes offered in this new schedule are Reduced Demand Charge (from $24/kW down to $2/kW), and low electricity prices […]
Da Rubbah Slippah Revolution (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Join the Movement. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Richard Ha. Richard Ha talks story about the Da Rubbah Slippah Group he has founded, its objectives, and what needs to done to implement them. This is a ‘call to action’ to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources with […]
Tracking Federal Energy Policy – BIL (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Adam Strubeck. The discussion introduces the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that provides for $550 Billion in new federal investment in America’s infrastructure and what its benefits could be for Hawaii. It also projects to add 2 million jobs per […]
Tracking Federal Energy Policy (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
The Inflation Reduction Act. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Adam Strubeck. An introduction to the $370 billion Federal Inflation Reduction Act and what its benefits could be for Hawaii residents. This legislation provides energy production tax credits, energy investment credits, and funding to agencies for grants and loan programs […]