Resources and Helpful Links

General Information

Hawaii Renewable Energy Projects Directory

Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative

Hawaii Flood Hazard Assessment Tool

Hawaii Statewide GIS program

OHA Papakilo cultural/historical database

National Renewable Energy Laboratory 

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency link for renewable energy on contaminated lands 

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory

Property and TMK Information

City & County of Honolulu, Honolulu Land Information System (HoLIS)

County of Maui Tax Map Information 

County of Hawaii Real Property Tax Site 

County of Kauai Real Property Tax Maps

 

Biomass Links

County of Kauai Important Agricultural Lands Study

 

Geothermal Links

GeothermEx, Inc., 2000. Update of the Statewide Geothermal Resource Assessment of Hawaii   (go to the Geothermal tab)

GeothermEx, Inc., 2005. Assessment of Energy Reserves and Costs of Geothermal Resources in Hawaii (go to the Geothermal tab)

University of Hawaii Geothermal Collection  

National Geothermal Data System

OpenEI Geothermal Energy Wiki and Regulatory Roadmap

 

Hydroelectric Links

Hydroelectric Power Assessment – State of Hawaii Section 905(b) WRDA 1986 Analysis Report Reconnaissance.  (go to the Hydro/Ocean tab)  Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, May 2011

National Hydropower Asset Assessment Program report for Hawaii

 

Ocean Energy Links

Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy Center

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

Pacific Island Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) Voyager Map

SEASUN Power Systems, 1992. Wave Energy Resource and Economic Assessment for the State of Hawaii    (go to the Hydro/Ocean tab)

NOAA Charts  

NOAA Digital Coast

NOAA National Data Buoy Center

SeaSketch: The Hawaii Ocean Uses Atlas

Wave Energy Resources Along the Hawaiian Island Chain, 2009

Wave Power Analysis for Representative Hawaiian Island Sites, 2012

 

Solar Links

Conversion table for solar units

HECO Locational Value Maps, showing PV penetration by circuit for HECO, MECO and HELCO   (go to Clean Energy > Integration Tools and Resources > Locational Value Maps)

PVWatts performance calculator

 

Wind Links

American Wind Energy Association

Distributed Wind Policy Comparison Tool

Federal Aviation Administration Wind Turbine Obstruction Evaluation