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Next Meeting: To be announced Available: Small Wind Electric Systems: A Hawaii Consumer's Guide available from http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/37629.pdf (PDF file, 1.4 Mb). The consumer guide provides information to help consumers determine if a small wind electric system can provide all or a portion of the energy needed for a home or business, based on wind resource, energy needs, and economics. Include sections on how to: make a home more energy efficient; choose the correct turbine size; identify the parts of a wind electric system; determine whether enough wind resource exists; choose the best site for a turbine; connect a system to the utility grid; and whether it's possible to become independent of the utility grid using wind energy. In addition, each guide includes contacts for more information. Anemometer Loan Program: > Application Form (MS Word Document, 39 kb) > Agreement (MS Word Document, 39 kb) Wind maps finalized; cd-ROMS available Bumper stickers available Hawaii Wind Working Group Objectives: To provide a forum for information exchange among member organizations; To provide accurate, technically sound information on wind energy to the public and decisionmakers; To provide Hawaii organizations with access to Federal and other resources for the support of wind energy; To encourage the development of technically and economically feasible wind projects in an environmentally, socially, culturally, and aesthetically appropriate manner. Participants: Akamai Energy Inc. Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Na Kupuna O Maui County of Hawaii County of Kauai County of Maui Electrotek Concepts, Inc. GE Wind enXco Global Energy Concepts, Inc. Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. Hawaii Natural Energy Institute Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance Hawaii State Energy Office Hawaiian Electric Company Hawaii State Department of Defense Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory The Leighty Foundation Maui Community College Maui Electric Company, Ltd. MCK Family Partners National Wind Coordinating Committee National Wind Technology Center Nebraska Public Power District NELHA Pacific Power and Environmental Sierra Club UPC Hawaii Wind Partners, LLC Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance - Public Utilities Commission Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism - Strategic Industries Division Hawaii State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs - Division of Consumer Advocacy Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources - Planning Division Sustainable Kauai Mission U.S. Air Force U.S. Army U.S. Army/National Guard U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Navy Wind Utility Consulting

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Previous Meetings: Hawaii Mini-WEATS (Wind Energy Applications and Training Symposium), Maui Community College, July 20-21, 2005 July 15, 2005 October 14, 2004: Minutes (wwg-mtg-041014.html) are available on-line. January 6th, 2004: Minutes (wwg-mtg-040106.html) are available on-line. March 6, 2003: Minutes (wwg-mtg-030306.html) are available on-line. July 22, 2002: The meeting discussed the development of a "wish list" of activities to be undertaken as part of the the Wind Powering America program. The draft plan (with the draft strategic plan for the Wind Working Group as a whole) is available for review in either Microsoft Word (draftplan020730.doc, 546 kb) or as an Adobe Acrobat document in portable document format (draftplan020730.pdf, 629 kb). April 8, 2002: The first meeting of the Hawaii Wind Working Group. Handouts from the presentations are available on-line. For more information: Contact either one of the co-chairs: Art Seki Director of Technology Hawaiian Electric Company P.O. Box 2750 Honolulu, HI 96840-0001 arthur.seki @ heco.com Maurice Kaya Chief Technology Officer Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism P.O. Box 2359 Honolulu, HI 96804 mkaya @ dbedt.hawaii.gov

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