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Hawaii is the one I don't get. Every building there should be festooned with panels. They have the best opportunity to be a world leader in electrification.
by HoldOnAMinute 6mo ago
Hawaii is the one I don't get. Every building there should be festooned with panels. They have the best opportunity to be a world leader in electrification.
Instead they import bunker fuel. The tankers dock at the power station, which then burns it, to power the island.
- lazide 6mo agoThe vast majority of natives have very little capital. The industries with more capital (mostly tourism) don’t usually have a lot of land, or would prefer to use it for tourism activities. They also tend to be seasonal, which messes up the math. But yes, it is silly.
- MisterTea 6mo agoWasn't there an article years ago about how there was so much PV in Hawaii the power grid went negative causing problems for its operators?
- Aurornis 6mo ago> Every building there should be festooned with panels The dataset used in this blog is for ground-mounted solar. Rooftop solar would be excluded.
- mbfg 6mo agoWhat are all the tables and plots for rooftop solar presented in the article then? I am confused.