North Shore residents used to be mostly OK with the Waimea Bay wind farm. Now they’re not so sure.

There is no public health threat from the discharge at the facility, which expects to start generating power by burning wood sometime in December.

Some residents and environmental groups continue fighting the conversion of an old coal-powered plant into a wood-burning facility.

But experts say there is a silver lining: higher fuel prices will make renewable energy sources in Hawaii even more competitive.

A facility that plans to burn 30 truckloads of eucalyptus logs daily requires massive amounts of water for cooling.

In a “conservation conundrum,” projects to produce more clean energy are a threat to Hawaii’s only native land mammal.

UPDATED: The Maui Electric Company expects the project to be in service by the end of 2019.

Among the biggest splits between the two Democratic contenders is whether natural gas should be part of the state’s energy future.

Hawaii Electric Light Co. has plenty of power despite the shutdown of the plant which was damaged by lava.

An environmental group says a national ad by Verizon Communications misleads viewers about the company’s policies.

Lava flows threaten the plant’s destruction along with the property of many who have complained about the facility.

UPDATE: Two wells at the plant have been covered with lava, but there’s been no release of the poisonous gas hydrogen sulfide.