Kahuku Wind Farm Case Goes Before Hawaii Supreme Court - Honolulu Civil Beat
Kahuku Wind Farm Case Goes Before Hawaii Supreme Court
The oral arguments Thursday were the first of three Hawaii’s highest court will hear involving renewable energy projects. Reading time: 5 minutes.
The fate of dozens of endangered hoary bats was at the center of state Supreme Court arguments on Thursday in a case that could stall the operations of a controversial wind farm in Kahuku and raise the stakes for other renewable energy projects in Hawaii.
The legal challenge was the latest manifestation of growing community opposition to the positioning of clean-energy projects, including the Na Pua Makani wind farm on Oahu’s North Shore and the Hu Honua bioenergy plant on the Big Island.