What Can we Do to Accelerate Public Acceptance. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Melissa Pavlicek and Michael Colón. Melissa Pavlicek of the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association and MIchael Colon of Ulupono Initiative help us understand the status of EVs in Hawaii, the need to have more EVs on the […]
Save Money with Federal Tax Credits (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Decarbonize Using Inflation Reduction Act. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Adam Strubeck. The episode updates information about the $370 billion Federal Inflation Reduction Act and what its benefits could be for Hawai’i residents. This legislation provides energy production tax credits, energy investment credits, and funding to agencies for grants […]
Hawaiian Electric Partners on Smart Charging (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
A Program for Smart Charging App Development. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Timur Tufail. Timur Tufail, who’s the program manager for Smart Charge Hawaii helps us understand this program. We discuss: How are EVs and chargers doing in Hawaii. What’s the Hawaiian Electric program he’s working on. Who is […]
A Report on the EoT Programs at Hawaiian Electric (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Charge up and Plans for More Public Charging. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Yingwei Kaplan. Yingwei Kaplan, manager of Electrification of Transportation (EoT) Deployment and Operations at Hawaiian Electric, reports on the various EoT programs at Hawaiian Electric, including the Charge Up Commercial program and Hawaiian Electric’s planned public […]
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 […]
Use Cases for Electric Cars and Fuel Cell Cars (Community Matters)
The Increasing Popularity is Undeniable. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Tam Hunt and Noel Morin. Our guest Tam Hunt, a Hawaii attorney, helps us understand the appropriate use cases for Electric Cars and Fuel Cell Cars. He is a principal of Hawaii Renewable Solutions, LLC, a co-founder of Think […]
It’s More than Just Cobalt in the Congo (Global Connections)
It’s Global Economic Competition. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker of Pacific Forum helps us understand the larger foreign policy and global economic issues inherent in the acquisition of China Molybdenum’s acquisition of cobalt in the Congo, and how those issues involve and will affect the […]
Two trees and EV’s path to decarbonization (Code Green)
Trees and EV’s–the truly cool approach. The host for this episode is Howard Wiig. The guest for this episode is Brandon Hayashi. Brandon Hayashi has traveled the world seeking the most impact-filled paths to decarbonization. He’s created a completely innovative action plan to maximize the soft paths of trees and EV’s. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live […]
Electric Busses are coming to Hawaii (Community Matters)
But what is their future here. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guests for this episode are Erik Soderholm and Gabi Soderholm. Erik Soderholm of Soderholm Bus helps us understand why and how Electric Busses are coming to Hawaii and what is their future here. We discuss the pros and cons of […]