Column: Geothermal is in isles’ energy interest

Hawaii has a track record for developing geothermal — both on a small scale in Hawaii but also in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Innovations Development Group (IDG), a Native Hawaiian company, at the invitation of the Maori queen, helped implement a model for tapping the geothermal resources underneath land owned by local Maori landowners that delivered benefits in several forms to the community while contributing firm, cost-effective, renewable energy to the national electricity grid. One plant is already operational and another is poised to go online soon.

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