More developments on the renewable energy front: Hoku Solar has inked an agreement with Alexander & Baldwin to build a 7.2 megawatt solar farm on Kauai — enough to power about 480 homes. 

hawaiilandblog:

Power generated by the Port Allen Solar Farm will be sold by A&B to the island’s electrical utility company, Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) under a 20-year agreement recently approved by the Hawai’i Public Utilities Commission.

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