U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

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Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative

A photograph of Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner and Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, who are wearing leis. They are standing behind a podium in front of the state seal of Hawaii, framed by two American flags.

Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner and Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle speaking announcing the Memorandum of Understanding.

A close-up photograph of Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner, wearing a lei, speaking with Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle.

The Assistant Secretary speaks to the Hawaii Governor during the news conference.

Working together with DOE, the State of Hawaii is aiming to have 70% of its energy needs supplied by renewable resources by the year 2030—reducing their overall consumption of crude oil by up to 72%. On January 28th, 2008, the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative was kicked off by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State of Hawaii and DOE. See the EERE press release, the DOE press release, and the full text of the MOU (PDF 108 KB). Download Adobe Reader.

Videos

The following videos discuss the events of the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative.

Media Coverage

The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative has received considerable attention from the media. The following stories cover the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative.