by Stu E.D. | Feb 11, 2015 | Hawaii, Solar Power
The failure of a grid-connected storage system at a solar farm in Hawaii is part of the learning process the US island state is undergoing to integrate more PV using storage, according to analyst Dean Frankel at Lux Research. A so-called “accelerated capacity fade”...
by Stu E.D. | Feb 11, 2015 | Farming, Hawaii
The US state of Hawaii is using selective breeding to win the war against the destructive varroa mite, which is crippling honey bee populations around the world. The overall significance of honeybees is often overlooked, but keeping up natural bee populations is...
by Stu E.D. | Feb 10, 2015 | Farming, Food, Hawaii, Kauai
LIHUE — Eric Hansen, the coordinator and farm coach for Go Farm Hawaii at Kauai Community College, was elated with his finds of collards and dinosaurs. The different types of kale emerged after Hansen whacked down a garden plot, the same one that will be used for the...
by Stu E.D. | Feb 9, 2015 | Environment, Hawaii
At its first meeting of the year on Jan. 8, the Board of Regents (BOR) Budget and Finance Committee unanimously voiced support for divestment from fossil fuels. The conversation continued with the full board on Jan. 22 addressing the appointment of a task group and...
by Stu E.D. | Feb 8, 2015 | Farming, Food, Hawaii, Kauai
POIPU — May Valenciano, sous chef at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa, wants something like it at her own home on Kauai’s Westside. “I have to talk to my husband about that,” Valenciano said Tuesday during the blessing of the hydroponic garden at the Grand Hyatt...
by Stu E.D. | Feb 7, 2015 | Food, Hawaii, Kauai
LIHUE — University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Kauai Master Gardeners, together with Malama Kauai, launched Village Harvest late last year, a new program that grows fresh produce and donates it to schools, after-school programs and...
