New power!

While at the beach I saw huge things being off loaded a cargo ship yesterday. It turns out Maui just a got a load of new wind turbines that are desined to join the ones in the farm above Ma’alaea harbor. Later while driving to Kehei I passed this very long truck taking blades towards the base station.
Maui currently gets 10% of electric power from the wind, and this will double that. Also on the books is a wave power station that will make a nice dent too. The goal is 70% for the state of Hawaii which seems doable considering the wealth of available power here from sun, wind, wave and geothermal.
It makes paying the electric bill a little less criminal when I see these being built.