Reports from County Renewable Energy Working Groups

At the Maui County Energy Expo, the Mayor’s Energy Alliance Working groups presented the reports they had been working on for two years.

Mayor Charmaine Tavares established the Maui County Energy Alliance in 2008 to address the formulation of policies and actions to break the cycle of fossil fuel dependence. Maui’s abundant natural resources, which include the sun, wind, ocean, fertile arable land, and geothermal potential, offer the real possibility of a broad portfolio of renewable energy sources. These will be harnessed to meet the Mayor’s goals for 2020 of meeting 95% of all energy needs in Maui Nui sustainably and achieving a
carbon‐neutral footprint.

The working groups are:
Working Group 1: Renewable Resource Development;
Working Group 2: Green Workforce Development and Education;
Working Group 3: Energy and Transportation Infrastructure;
Working Group 4: Energy Efficiency and Conservation in County facilities;
Working Group 5: Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Emissions.

Download the report.