Climate Change News: Hawaii Shuts Down Last Coal-Fired Power Plant – By Ashley Palya (IB Times) / Sept 3, 2022
In a move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, officials in Hawaii said Thursday that the state’s only coal-fired power plant has shut down. Hawaii passed a law in 2020 that banned the use of coal by 2023 and plans to run on 100% renewable energy by 2045.
The AES Hawaii Power Plant in Oahu, which produced up to 20% of the electricity on the state’s most populated island, closed this week after opening in 1992.
“It really is about reducing greenhouse gasses,” Hawaii Gov. David Ige told the Associated Press.
“And this coal facility is one of the largest emitters. Taking it offline means that we’ll stop the 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases that were emitted annually.”
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