Renewable Generation Research

KIUC initiated a comprehensive study in 2004 to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of renewable generation on the island of Kauai.  The first phase of the project was to evaluate all potential renewable technologies and, based upon a scoring matrix, identify the top five for a more in dept evaluation in the study's second phase.  The five technologies are, in alphabetic order, Biomass (direct burn of vegetation grown solely for that purpose), Hydro, Landfill gas (burning the methane by-product), Municipal Solid Waste incineration (burn the garbage that otherwise goes into the landfill), and Wind Turbines.