Chair of the Energy and Environment Committee. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Nicole Lowen. Nicole Lowen, chair of the Energy and Environment Committee in the Hawaii House of Representatives, helps us examine current issues and bills under consideration, including the nuclear energy bills; the status of the Hu Honua […]
Geothermal (Inventing our Future)
What Would our Kūpuna Do. The host for this show is Richard Ha. The guest is Nicole Lautze. First we cover the history of Hawai’i Geothermal. There are five volcanoes on Hawai’i Island. From youngest to oldest: Kilauea, Mauna Loa, Maunakea, Hualalai, Kohala. From a risk/reward point of view, Maunakea is best site because it […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hawaii Geothermal Possibilities, Part 3 (Stan The Energy Man)
Geothermal, Hawaii’s Real Sustainability. The host for this show is Stan Osserman. The guests are Richard Ha and Peter Sternlicht. In February of 2022, Sustainable Energy Hawaii sponsored two webinars focusing on the potential for Hawaiian Geothermal energy. This comprehensive look was unique in many aspects, highlighting new technology, up to date geological science and […]
Sustainable Energy is the Winning Solution (Stan The Energy Man)
Sustainable Energy is the ONLY Answer. The host for this show is Stan Osserman. The guests are Richard Ha and Peter Sternlicht. Hawaii is positioned to lead the world in clean, sustainable energy, and has been for decades or longer! So why are we still so dependent on fossil fuels? We have the energy resources […]
Looking at Geothermal with Hawaiian Eyes (Stan The Energy Man)
Hawaii Needs to Make a Clean Energy Plan. The host for this show is Stan Osserman. The guests are Richard Ha and Peter Sternlicht. We live in complex times, and finding solutions that are sustainable and makes sense requires consensus, but some things are not negotiable. Clean energy will come at a cost, but it […]
Energy Justice on Hawaiʻi Island (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
Cooperative Energy, Geothermal, and More. The host for this show is Ali Andrews. The guests are Richard Ha and Jay Fidell. Hawaiʻi Island energy guru Richard Ha, and ThinkTechʻs own Jay Fidell, join us to discuss energy projects past, present, and future on Big Island, and their implications for Energy Justice on the island. The […]
The Logic of Green Hydrogen (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Are we Going to Decarbonize our World. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Toby Kinkaid. Logic, is unemotional and inescapable. Let’s take the hype out of the energy and state-of-the-world discussion and ask the tough questions: How do we solve Climate Disruption? The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […]
Hawaii’s Groundwater and Geothermal Limits (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Conscious Drilling is Critical. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Nicole Lautze. Water and energy are critical resources to our state. Both are threatened by climate change. UH is conducting two 5+ year-long projects on geothermal and groundwater resources. The groundwater project discovered more groundwater on Hawaii Island than current […]