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Hawaii has committed to developing renewable energy to supply 70 percent or more of Hawaii's energy needs by 2030. [4] [5] [6] Hawaii requires solar water heaters for new homes, except for those in areas with poor solar energy resources, homes using other renewable energy sources, and homes employing on-demand gas-fired water heaters. [7]
This is a list of U.S. states by renewable energy consumption as a share of state total energy consumption. [1] List. State % renew. ... Hawaii: 13.5% Idaho: 28.7% ...
The state with the lowest per capita energy use is Rhode Island, at 161 million BTU per year, and the highest is Louisiana, at 908 million BTU per year. Energy use and prices often have an inverse relationship; Hawaii uses some of the least energy per capita but pays the highest price on average, while Louisiana pays the least on average. [75]
Hawaiian Electric's consolidated renewable portfolio standard—which it said represents renewable energy used by customers as a percentage of total utility sales—in 2021 was at 38.4 %, up from ...
Feb. 16—Higher solar energy and wind production, along with lower consumer demand, enabled Hawaiian Electric to reach a 34.5 % consolidated renewable portfolio standard in 2020 and exceed the ...
A 2013 study of five tourism sectors in Hawai’i assessed total waste accumulation and resource consumption and estimated that the tourism industry was responsible for “21.7% of the island’s total energy consumption, 44.7% of the island-wide water consumption, and 10.7% of the island-wide waste generation”. [8]
Dec. 10—Hawaiian Electric is starting contract negotiations with developers of 15 renewable energy projects across the state that will "further reduce Hawaii's dependence on imported oil for ...
The project located at the Natural Energy Laboratories of Hawaii is a 2 MW solar thermal project interconnected into the Hawaiian Electric Industries grid under a Power Purchase Agreement. 2009: La Ola Solar Farm on Lanai was dedicated in January, with a design capacity of 1.5 MW (1.2 MW AC ). [ 48 ]