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UPC Wind Secures Hawaiian Land Preservation

November 9, 2007 | 3 Comments

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Moloka'i, Hawaii [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] UPC Wind has pledged $50 million toward Ho'i I Ka Pono, a campaign led by the Moloka'i Community Service Council (MCSC) to purchase lands now owned by Molokai Properties Limited, (Molokai Ranch) for wind farm development.

"Once the community has regained control of the lands owned by Molokai Ranch, we will work directly with community members to lease a portion of the land to build a 21st century wind farm."

--Paul Gaynor, President and CEO, UPC Wind.

UPC Wind has already built the state of Hawaii's largest wind energy facility, the Maui-based 30-megawatt Kaheawa Wind Power project. The wind farm serves approximately 9 percent of Maui's annual electricity needs. A significant part of the Kaheawa project was the development of the nation's first and only Habitat Conservation Plan for a working wind energy project.

In addition to producing clean energy, a wind farm would provide lease revenue to the Moloka‘i community and keep the land rural and accessible for traditional uses such as farming, hunting and cultural practices. Karen M. Holt, Executive Director of the Moloka‘i Community Service Council says that this revenue "will help to ensure that we can manage these lands for generations to come."

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lisa-linowes-73730

November 9, 2007

There is an update to this story. See: http://www.windaction.org/news/12569

"Molokai Properties Limited (dba Molokai Ranch) CEO Peter Nicholas responded today to UPC Wind's announcement that it is pledging $50 million to the Molokai Community Service Council's "Buy the Ranch" campaign. ...In a letter addressed to MCSC President Glenn Izawa, Nicholas reiterated what he had said in a July letter published in The Molokai Times stating that the Ranch is not for sale."

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azel-beckner-18350

November 9, 2007

Variety is the main indication of a healthy competition in a field of endeavor. In wind energy there is only the single wind turbine design which seems to be everywhere. Can the design be altered by competition or revised to make a more efficient and productive machine?

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susumu-uchiyama-73727

November 13, 2007

We developed more efficient vertical shaft wind turbine for commercial size which is 1 to 2MW with about two times coefficient and about one third height compared to conventional propeller type. This world patented turbine is available for wind firm other than offshore. See our URL:www.etllc.org for details.

Susumu Uchiyama

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