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 […]
Inverter Based Resources and NERC (Perspectives on Energy)
Preparing IBRs for New Regulations. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. Now that NERC is changing regulations to include Inverter Based Resources (IBR) that were once outside of their applicability, there is plenty of concern and worry among Generator Owners and Generator Operators as to how they will comply with these reliability standards […]
Have we Forgotten to Plan the City of the Future (View from the North)
How Does Planning Compare in the US and Canada. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, formerly a city planner in Calgary, Alberta, helps us understand City planning and re/development for the city of the future. Cities have changed because of remote work, downtowns have changed. […]
Canada is a Huge Energy Producer and Consumer (View from the North)
What Energy Does it Produce and Consume. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. In Canada, there are diverse and reliable renewable and non-renewable energy sources: oil, natural gas, hydroelectricity, coal, nuclear (uranium), solar, wind, tidal and biomass. Canada is the fifth largest energy producer in the world and […]
Renewable Energy Zones (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Energy Supports Community Lifelines. The host for this show is Mitch Ewan. The guest is Ken Aramaki. The discussion introduces the Hawaiian Electric Community Oahu Renewable Energy Zones planning process and its Community Engagement Plan for Oahu; what it is, and why it is needed to meet the State’s energy goals. Hawaii Electric will soon […]
HI Clean Energy Initiative 13 Years Later (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
Looking for Progress Wherever we Can. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Marco Mangelsdorf. Thirteen years after the HCEI was inked, where are we? We compare the stated goals with the present reality. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6lQsvQmOsP0QUupA452eOm2 ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from […]
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) […]
Energy Justice Takes Root (Energy Justice in Hawaii)
Three Communities Speak Out. The host for this show is Ali Andrews. The guests are Todd Yamashita, Kapua Keliikoa-Kamai and Tevita Ka’ili. How community organizing shifts from opposing renewable energy projects that don’t match community values to building up projects that do match community values, focusing on the Hoahu community energy project and how other […]
Keeping up with Solar on the Big Island (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Kim Keahiolalo. Kim Keahiolalo helps us understand Keeping up with Solar on the Big Island, Things have not slowed down. We discuss solar and other renewables on the Big Island, the success, challenges and what it looks like for the future. […]
Sustainable Energy Hawaii (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
Spreading the word on Sustainable Energy. The host for this episode is Mitch Ewan. The guests for this episode are Peter Sternlicht and Noelani Kalipi. “Talk story” about what SEH is all about and what their goals are. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Hawaii time most weekdays, […]