Rooftop solar installations across Hawaiian Electric’s service areas continued to expand in 2024, with 7, 976 new systems added, bringing the total to 113, 999. This marks a 7.5 % increase from the ...

For a moment there, it looked like Hawaii had found the ideal resolution to the rooftop solar wars raging around the country. The problem is that no one really agrees on how to price the services of ...

Hawaiian Electric said Tuesday that almost half of all Oahu single-­family homes have been outfitted with rooftop solar systems — even as Hawaii’s solar industry faces a rocky, uncertain future with ...

The price that most Hawaii electrical utility customers pay for, or in some cases receive payment for, grid stability is being wrestled over at the state Legislature. A pair of bills sought by the ...

There’s no way around it: Installing solar panels is expensive. In Hawaii, a typical 8-kilowatt residential system costs $25,851 before any financial incentives. After considering the federal solar ...

A Canada-based renewable energy developer recently announced commercial operation of a solar power paired with energy storage project in Hawaii, along with providing updates on two agrivoltaic ...

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Hawaii homeowners are rushing to get solar panels installed on their rooftops before a federal tax credit expires at the end of the year. Due to the passage in July of H.R.1, the “big, beautiful bill, ...

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