FAQs

What are the benefits of renewable energies in general?

  1. Emissions are low.
  2. Reduced cost of fuel to generate electricity.
  3. Reduced reliance on imported oil and exposure to the volatile world oil price market.
  4. Risk management through diversifying the portfolio of electricity generation options.
  5. Job creation and economic benefits.
  6. Environmental benefits, including reduced pollution, reduced global warming, and the threat of oil spills from transporting fossil fuels to the various Hawaiian Islands.
  7. State-owned geothermal resource generates geothermal royalties to the state.

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