Japan tsunami grazes Americas but impact light

Tsunamis triggered by Japan’s devastating earthquake that prompted thousands to flee the Pacific coast of North and South America caused flooding as far away as Chile on Saturday, but damage was limited. The tsunami lost much of its energy as it moved thousands of miles (km) across the Pacific Ocean, although governments took no chances and ordered... 

Castle & Cooke and SunPower Dedicate Hawai’i’s Largest Solar Power System

Castle & Cooke Hawai’i and SunPower Corporation, a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, are dedicating today the 1.2-megawatt La Ola Solar Farm on Lana’i in Hawai’i. La Ola, which is translated from Hawaiian as “sun that gives life,” is located on a 10-acre site in south Lana’i... 

XsunX Announces Sales Contract to Supply 15 Megawatts of Its ASI-120 Thin Film Solar Modules

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar manufacturing facilities in Oregon, announced today that it had entered into a two-year supply contract for the sale of fifteen (15) megawatts of it ASI-120 TFPV solar modules to a full service solar power company specializing in... 

Chevron Energy Solutions Expands Into Hawaii

Chevron Energy Solutions announced today the opening of a new office in Honolulu and its selection by the State of Hawaii as one of the state’s pre-qualified energy service companies. This selection allows the company to perform energy services — including developing and installing cost-reducing energy efficiency improvements and renewable... 

ilumisys Announces Channel Partner Agreement with IHNcorp, Ecogreen Solutions

ilumisys, Inc., developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, announces that IHNcorp and Ecogreen Solutions Inc. are now channel partners and retrofit suppliers of ilumisys lighting. Orange County-based IHNcorp and its subsidiary Ecogreen Solutions Inc. now offer the ilumisys line of alternative energy lighting products... 

Rooftop Solar Power Now the Best Investment Under the Sun

With today’s passage of the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 — which includes the best incentives for solar power in a generation — Akeena Solar, Inc., one of the nation’s leading designers and installers of solar power systems, believes the key elements are now in place for unprecedented growth in residential solar adoption. “Finally,... 

Aloha Petroleum, Ltd. Selects CBX to Design a New Convenience Store Prototype

Aloha Petroleum, Ltd., a privately held oil marketer, has selected CBX, the strategic branding, design, and consultancy agency based in New York, to design a prototypical convenience store, beginning with a new, ground-up unit to open on Oahu in 2009. Currently, Aloha Petroleum serves Hawaii with more than 30 company-operated Island Mini-Mart convenience... 

Reducing Carbon Footprint with Sunrise Solar

Sunrise Solar Corp. introduces new carbon offset strategies for investors. With 40% of carbon dioxide emissions coming from electricity generation, solar energy solutions deliver a very high carbon offset to solar energy investors. The need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions has become so severe that in some states, such as Hawaii, legislatures have... 

Hawaii Water Service Company Completes Acquisition of Waikoloa Water and Wastewater Systems

Hawaii Water Service Company, a subsidiary of California Water Service Group, completed its acquisition of Waikoloa Resort Utilities, Inc., Waikoloa Water Company, Inc., and Waikoloa Sanitary Sewer Company, Inc. (collectively known as West Hawaii Utilities), which provide water and wastewater services to homes, condominiums, hotels, golf courses, and... 

Knife River Outsources Fuel Management to FuelQuest

FuelQuest, Inc., the leading on-demand software and services company for the global downstream energy industry, announced today that Knife River Corporation has chosen FuelQuest’s Fuel Management Services to provide centralized control and management of its fuel procurement. As the eighth largest aggregates producer in the U.S., Knife River operates...