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Why can't Hawaii use geothermal energy?
by triceratops 5y ago
Why can't Hawaii use geothermal energy?
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- retrac 5y agoHawaii does have a geothermal plant. It got covered in lava during a 2018 eruption and took two years to dig back out. Not sure if that's a freak incident or ill portent for its viability in Hawaii. Pre-eruption it supplied about 10% of the state's electricity. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puna_Geothermal_Venture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puna_Geothermal_Venture
- letitbeirie 5y agoHawaii (the island) can and does, but most of Hawaii (the state)'s electric demand is on Oahu where they haven't found any geothermal that's viable for making power. [0] https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/clean-energy-hawaii/our-clean-energy-portfolio/renewable-energy-sources/geothermal https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/clean-energy-hawaii/our-cle...