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Puna Geothermal Venture reports its facility tripped offline Wednesday afternoon; power interrupted in Waikoloa, Kailua, Kaloko, Captain Cook, Kuakini, Waiakea Uka and Lower Puna

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At 11:05 a.m. today, approximately 6,300 HELCO customers experienced a 2 minute power outage when Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) tripped off line. Additional HELCO generation was started and service to all customers was restored by 11:07 a.m.

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HELCO will seek geothermal technologies that provide firm, fully dispatchable capability, that is, the ability for the utility to schedule and control the output power from the geothermal plant. This will help maintain reliability and at the same time help to manage intermittent resources such as wind and solar photovoltaic power. HELCO hopes to add […]

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The Puna Geothermal Venture power plant in Kapoho suffered a possible lightning strike Tuesday (Nov 8) tripping the plant offline and causing some hydrogen sulfide gas to be vented.

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At the Pahoa H.S. awards ceremony: (top left) Tiana-Marie Kahealani Araujo-Thornton, Lei Kyna Ganiron, and Kaleikini; (bottom left), Fuafetoimailelagi-FiaSalemeanai Valinda-Sue Wilson, Krissel, Anne Alcon Lagua, Denarose Fukushima and Rex Fiesta.

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KAPOHO — Puna Geothermal Venture last year provided the Big Island with 18 percent of its energy, making the county the state’s leader in renewable energy. “The Big Island has a far, far higher rate than the rest of the state,” said Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona. “Clean energy is our future.”

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