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Better Place today announced that it is activating the largest electric car charging network in Hawaii, offering drivers free charging through the end of 2012.

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) this week reported net income for the full year of 2011 was $138.2 million, up from $113.5 million for 2010.

Ben Sullivan, the Kauai County Energy Coordinator, will speak on Feb 16 at a presentation luncheon sponsored by the County of Maui and the Sustainable Living Institute of Maui.

Kihei Charter School’s Energy & Sustainability Learning Center is sponsoring a competition challenging Mauians to design visionary energy and sustainability exhibits.

Images of the first transport of wind turbines and tower componets of First Winds’ Kaheawa wind farm above Maalaea are now available.

Maui Electric Company has issued an advisory to inform the public of areas in Haiku that are experiencing a power outage.

Maui Electric Company today announced that a new e-notification service is available to inform customers about important information including announcements during extended power outages.

Greentech Media named the Maui Electric Vehicle Alliance (Maui EVA) one of the top five electric vehicle initiatives of the year.

A Hawaii couple took delivery today of the first Mitsubishi Motor’s 100% electric vehicle made especially for North America.

State officials joined Governor Neil Abercrombie and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization President Hideo Hato today in the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the State of Hawaii and NEDO.

Historic Hawai‘i Foundation (HHF) has announced five additions to the list of the Most Endangered Historic Places in Hawaii, including Ka’a Ahupua’a on Lanai, which is also the site of a planned wind farm.

Pacific Biodiesel is one of just seven companies in the nation to be recognized by the SJF Institute as a 2011 Green Jobs Award honoree.

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.(HEI), parent of American Savings Bank, today reported a strong third quarter performance due mainly to loan growth in the past four consecutive quarters combined with interim rate relief from regulators.

The University of Hawaii Maui College and the State of Hawaii Energy Office along with a consortium of partners met today at the Grand Wailea Hotel to launch the Maui Electric Vehicle Alliance (Maui EVA).

Hoping to help make solar energy investments more affordable, the State of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corporation yesterday launched GreenSun Hawaii, an innovative energy financing program.

The newly-formed Maui chapter of Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE) will be hold its inaugural meeting on the UH Maui College campus next month.

Mark Glick has been appointed administrator of the State Energy Office of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) which manages millions of dollars in statewide energy programs.

Pacific Biodiesel Inc. and Maui Pacific Solar, Inc. will receive a combined total of $115,156 in grants and $190,000 in loan guarantees for two very different energy projects.

Last Friday, Governor Neil Abercrombie announced several new appointments, and among them the appointment of a Maui-based energy consultant, Michael Champley, to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).

The Department of Energy has awarded nearly $300,000 to University of Hawaiʻi Maui College to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Hawaii.