The Hawaii Renewable Energy Development Venture is seeking input from entrepreneurs, investors, and energy companies on development of its new energy accelerator program.

SPI Solar today announced it has acquired the rights to co-develop and construct 68 solar energy facilities across Hawaii totaling approximately 29 megawatts.

Simeon Tabieros of Kahului was the grand prize winner of a photovoltaic system valued at $15,000 from RevoluSun and Zippy’s Restaurants.

Maui Brewing Co. is partnering with Cogenra Solar on a solar cogeneration project at their Lahaina brewery.

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.

Maui Electric are seeking Public Utilities Commission approval on a program that would provide solar water heating savings at no upfront cost.

Hawaii is ranked No. 1 in the US for investment in energy savings performance contracting for public buildings per capita, according to the Energy Services Coalition.

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.

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.

Maui businesses and non-profits now have another solar power option as SolarCity, a national solar provider, expands services to Hawaii.

On Monday, July 28, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Maui Beach Hotel in Kahului, RevoluSun will provide a free solar energy seminar aimed at educating homeowners, individuals, and businesses who are looking at solar as a way of reducing their electricity bills.

According to the 2010 Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) annual ranking, Hawaiian Electric Company has again been named third out of 230 electric utilities nationally for the amount of solar power added to its system per customer in 2010.

With more than 2,500 “green” jobs on Maui, and an estimated additional 437 more jobs by 2012 coming from “green job” fields, UH Maui College’s Sustainable Living Institute of Maui (SLIM) and VITEC are partnering to prepare Maui’s workforce to make the transition.

Today, the County of Maui issued a Request for Proposals to furnish, deliver, install, operate, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems selling electricity to the county under a power purchase agreement to the Office of Economic Development of the County of Maui.

Sponsored by the Women in Technology division of the Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), the Maui-based app developer NSC Partners, has designed the first clean educational app on iPad.