The State of Hawai‘i and the U.S. are developing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction regulations in parallel. The State requires that economy-wide GHG emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by the year 2020 and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is developing new source performance...

This study uses Hawaii as an illustrative case study in state level tax credits for PV. We examine the role of HawaiiÕs tax credit policy in PV deployment, including distributional and tax payer impacts. Hawaii is interesting because its electricity rates are nearly four times the national...

This study assesses the economic and greenhouse gas emissions impacts of a proposed 400MW wind farm in Hawaii. Due to its island setting, this project is a hybrid between an onshore and offshore wind development. The turbines are planned for the island(s) of Lanai and, potentially, Molokai. The...

This article examines land-use, market and welfare implications of lignocellulosic bioethanol production in Hawai?i to satisfy 10% and 20% of the StateÕs gasoline demand in line with the StateÕs ethanol blending mandate and Alternative Fuels Standard (AFS). A static computable general...