The company says it’s the first of multiple projects that will let renters and condo residents buy electricity from remotely located solar farms.

The movement on Mauna Kea is motivating others to assert collective power over land-use decisions, even at the last minute.

A regulatory scheme designed to create savings for consumers is unfolding even as Hawaiian Electric proposes a rate increase for Oahu.

Carbon emissions from planes are only now starting to get some of the attention as other troubling side effects caused by soaring numbers of tourists.

Employing new technology to absorb excess electricity that could overwhelm the grid, researchers and energy regulators have found a way to boost Molokai’s solar energy supply.

To replace a coal plant set to close in 2022, HECO is seeking private developers to build a new wave of renewable energy generation and storage facilities around the islands.

The facility shut down and was damaged during last year’s volcanic eruption. Some residents would prefer it stay closed.

North Shore windmills expect to kill more endangered bats and birds than originally expected.

Hawaii’s rural drivers, already burdened with higher costs to drive, think a mileage tax would hit them the hardest. Actually, they’d benefit.

Hawaii’s economy is thoroughly dominated by tourism. But alternative energy and research-and-development offers some of the best chances for creating new, higher paying jobs.