Tuesday, May 26, 2015

USA, Hawaii:

Ormat's 25 MW Hawaii Geothermal Contract Should be Approved, Consultant Says (Pacific Business News)

Boston Pacific Co., the firm monitoring the bid process for the development of a 25 MW geothermal energy project on Hawaii’s Big Island, which was awarded to Nevada’s Ormat Technologies Inc., is recommending Hawaii regulators approve the selection.

Ormat already operates the 38 MW Puna Geothermal Venture plant on the Big Island.

Boston Pacific said in a letter this month to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission that the state agency should approve Ormat’s Moana Geothermal project because its bid was able to meet the threshold price of 12 cents per kilowatt hour.

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