Ergon used 712,658 gigajoules
of diesel generation during the year, and only 671GJ — less than 0.1 per cent — from renewables.
Edina, a leading supplier, installer and maintenance provider for combined heat and power (CHP), gas, and
diesel generation solutions, has launched its newly redesigned website.
In its first 5 years, the REA provided over $ 227 million in government subsidized loans ($ 3.6 billion in today's dollars) to connect rural farmers through laying distribution lines, wiring homes, and even building
local diesel generation plants.
Industrials can install or procure renewable energy; however, they may have requirements in terms of the quality of supply and load profile that could require connection to the grid or other technologies, such as storage and back -
up diesel generation.
The main energy sources used in the industry are gas and electricity, but there is also significant use
of diesel generation, and a growing interest and use of biogas and solar generation as alternatives in the face of conventional energy costs continuing to rise.
As solar penetration grows in Hawaii, new projects will not be compared to
diesel generation, but to older solar projects.
Wind energy projects help minimize the energy deficit during this peak period while not placing increased demand on coal, gas, and
diesel generation.