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Title: Hawaii's geothermal program

Abstract

This paper reports that in a forest on the island of Hawaii, legal and regulatory activity has postponed the start-up of a small new power plant and imperilled the design and construction of several facilities like it. The same old story Hardly. The power plants at stake are not nuclear or coal- or even oil-fired, but geothermal, widely considered one of the more environmentally benign ways of generating electricity. In a further twist, the opposition is coming not only from the usual citizens; and environmental groups, but also from worshippers of a native good and, it has been alleged, growers of marijuana, a lucrative local crop. The clash occurs just as geothermal power sources have finally proven commercially viable, experts say, adding that technological advances and industry trends in the United States and elsewhere seem to factor great expansion in its use.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5462697
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 29:2; Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9235
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; SURVEYS; HAWAII; PLANNING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEDERAL REGION IX; NORTH AMERICA; POWER PLANTS; RESOURCES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; USA; 150800* - Geothermal Power Plants; 150100 - Geothermal Energy- Resources & Availability; 299000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation

Citation Formats

Zorpette, G. Hawaii's geothermal program. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.1109/6.109604.
Zorpette, G. Hawaii's geothermal program. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/6.109604
Zorpette, G. 1992. "Hawaii's geothermal program". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/6.109604.
@article{osti_5462697,
title = {Hawaii's geothermal program},
author = {Zorpette, G},
abstractNote = {This paper reports that in a forest on the island of Hawaii, legal and regulatory activity has postponed the start-up of a small new power plant and imperilled the design and construction of several facilities like it. The same old story Hardly. The power plants at stake are not nuclear or coal- or even oil-fired, but geothermal, widely considered one of the more environmentally benign ways of generating electricity. In a further twist, the opposition is coming not only from the usual citizens; and environmental groups, but also from worshippers of a native good and, it has been alleged, growers of marijuana, a lucrative local crop. The clash occurs just as geothermal power sources have finally proven commercially viable, experts say, adding that technological advances and industry trends in the United States and elsewhere seem to factor great expansion in its use.},
doi = {10.1109/6.109604},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5462697}, journal = {IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)},
issn = {0018-9235},
number = ,
volume = 29:2,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1992}
}