KEKAHA, Kauai — The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, the island’s community-owned electricity company, has signed final agreements with AES Corp., a developer of a wide variety of generating plants, to build Hawaii’s first power plant relying on “pumped storage” technology.Together, KIUC and AES will redevelop two existing reservoirs — one a couple thousand feet higher than the other. It will be on the west side of Kauai, near the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility.During the day, water will be pumped from the lower reservoir, Mana, to the higher one, Puu Loa, using solar power...…KEKAHA, Kauai — The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, the island’s community-owned electricity company, has signed final agreements with AES Corp., a developer of a wide variety of generating plants, to build Hawaii’s first power plant relying on “pumped storage” technology.Together, KIUC and AES will redevelop two existing reservoirs — one a couple thousand feet higher than the other. It will be on the west side of Kauai, near the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility.During the day, water will be pumped from the lower reservoir, Mana, to the higher one, Puu Loa, using solar power...WW…

State health officials reported 284 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including seven in Maui County, one on Hawaii island and one on Kauai. The rest were on Oahu.The continued high case count in Hawaii comes as the state’s largest jail deals with an outbreak. Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda said Friday that 126 inmates have now tested positive for COVID-19 at the Oahu Community Correctional Center.The Department of Public Safety, working with the Department of Health, conducted mass testing of all OCCC inmates in each of the 19 individual housing units there, according to a news release...…State health officials reported 284 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including seven in Maui County, one on Hawaii island and one on Kauai. The rest were on Oahu.The continued high case count in Hawaii comes as the state’s largest jail deals with an outbreak. Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda said Friday that 126 inmates have now tested positive for COVID-19 at the Oahu Community Correctional Center.The Department of Public Safety, working with the Department of Health, conducted mass testing of all OCCC inmates in each of the 19 individual housing units there, according to a news release...WW…