Getting to 100 percent renewable energy in Hawaii by 20245 means granting energy access to “everyone, everywhere,” said Holmes Hummel, director of Clean Energy Works and former senior policy advisor in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Policy and International Affairs. “It gives me hope that 30 years after 2045, we may be able to celebrate an energy sector that is fossil-free worldwide,” she said. To do that, the International Energy Agency said that $1 trillion of energy investment capital must be deployed every year for over the next decade.
Even if all the remaining participating nations do their part to uphold the Paris Agreement, governments alone can’t substantially reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change.
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States are betting on battery storage facilities, such as Tesla and PGE, to even the flow of renewable power and replace the fossil fuel-based grid.
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One of Hawaii’s most gifted storytellers and business influencers puts a lei around the “Orchestra.”
What happens to a community when it feels accountable for and included in the clean energy transition? And how can we better engage those who have been disenfranchised for so long? The head of national climate justice non-profit Green For All and a long-standing energy equity advocate and corporate leader from Nevada join University of Hawaii’s Shalanda Baker for a discussion of the how’s and why’s of community inclusion and engagement as Hawaii pursues its 100% renewables mandate.
Ukulele virtuoso, Taimane, graces our stage with her her musical talents.
Hawaii has the opportunity to serve as a model for the rest of the world, but how are we going to live on the planet going forward? DBEDT Director Luis Salaveria takes a closer look at how solutions to our current sustainability problems may lie in the past. Get ready for a reality check on Hawaii’s path to a 100% renewable energy future.