Hawaii integrated energy assessment. Volume II. Alternate energy technologies for Hawaii

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5905399

This study examines in detail each of the technologies considered appropriate to Hawaii and thought to be feasible within the next twenty-five years. Although the emphasis is placed on technologies powered by indigenous energy sources, coal and nuclear fission were also evaluated as possible alternatives to oil. Among end-use technologies only the electric vehicle is evaluated for its possible role in reducing consumption of petroleum-base fuels in Hawaii. The evaluations are intended to provide the following information based on data available at the end of 1980: characterization of the energy resource and its upper limit, if any; a general description of the technology as it would apply to Hawaii; estimates of the probable future capital and operating costs; present status of development; a probable schedule of future commercial penetration; and the potential environmental, social, and institutional constraints on its use that need to be considered.

• Research Organization: Hawaii State Dept. of Planning and Economic Development, Honolulu (USA); Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5905399
• Report Number(s): DOE/TIC-2003962
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290000* -- Energy Planning & Policy
BIOMASS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
CONVERSION
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
ENERGY
ENERGY CONVERSION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY STORAGE
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
HAWAII
HEATING
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
LEVELS
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR POWER
OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
POWER
POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
PUMPED STORAGE
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATING
STORAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
UNDERWATER
USA
VEHICLES
WATER HEATING
WESTERN REGION
WIND POWER