Environment Hawaii

Volume 15, Number 3 September 2004

Planned Maui Wind Farm Changes Hands In Face of Litigation, Rising Costs

Burden some utility hookup requirements coupled with a federal lawsuit have caused Maui's premier wind energy project to once again change hands - for the fourth time in as many years. Earlier this year, Hawi Renewable Development sold its interest in the planned 20-megawatt wind farm at Ukumehame to UPC Wind Partners, LLC, a Massachusetts subsidiary of Europe's UPC Group.

- Teresa Dawson

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Hawaii environment Smith Development Kent Smith ECM, Inc. Hilton Unemori UPC Keith Avery Zond Pacific, Inc., Ukumehame Board of Land and Natural Resources Conservation District Use Permit Dierdre Mamiya Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands Sam Lemmo Enron Wind GE Wind Kaheawa Pastures Hawai'i Wind Energy Brian Hayashida U.S. District Court Robert Treiberg Richard Horn Kahua Ranch state tax credits U.S. District Judge Barry M. Kurren Maui County Maui Electric Company MECO Hawaiian Electric Company HECO Michele McLean Life of the Land Henry Curtis Vestas turbines



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	*Volume 15, Number 3 September 2004* Planned Maui Wind Farm Changes Hands In Face of Litigation, Rising Costs Burden some utility hookup requirements coupled with a federal lawsuit have caused Maui's premier wind energy project to once again change hands - for the fourth time in as many years. Earlier this year, Hawi Renewable Development sold its interest in the planned 20-megawatt wind farm at Ukumehame to UPC Wind Partners, LLC, a Massachusetts subsidiary of Europe's UPC Group. *- Teresa Dawson* To read the full article click here. Article Keywords Hawaii environment Smith Development Kent Smith ECM, Inc. Hilton Unemori UPC Keith Avery Zond Pacific, Inc., Ukumehame Board of Land and Natural Resources Conservation District Use Permit Dierdre Mamiya Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands Sam Lemmo Enron Wind GE Wind Kaheawa Pastures Hawai'i Wind Energy Brian Hayashida U.S. District Court Robert Treiberg Richard Horn Kahua Ranch state tax credits U.S. District Judge Barry M. Kurren Maui County Maui Electric Company MECO Hawaiian Electric Company HECO Michele McLean Life of the Land Henry Curtis Vestas turbines
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