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About 93% of the energy we use – for electricity, jet planes, ships and autos – comes from imported oil. We send more dollars out of Hawaii for energy every day.

It is not safe to depend so much on a single source of energy so far beyond our control. We need diverse energy sources, with more that are under local control.

How do we power our future?


What are biofuels?

 Why the urgency?

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Hawaii’s Energy Sources

Hawaii has the potential to achieve 500 megawatts of added electricity from renewable sources in the next 5 to 10 years. That's more than triple the amount we have now.

RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOURCES

100 MW Wind Energy
80 MW Pumped Storage Hydro
50 MW* Biofuel in
New Plant
83 MW Biofuel or Bio-
diesel in Existing Plants
85 MW Solar Energy
40 MW Garbage to
Energy
30 MW Geothermal
25 MW Biomass
7 MW Landfill Gas
Future Potential: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), Wave Power,
Hydrogen
500 MW Total Clean,
Renewable,
LOCAL energy

*Update: Hawaiian Electric has now committed to 110 MW.