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Hawaii Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for 2015
UHERO’s Makena Coffman, Paul Bernstein, and Maja Schjervheim have contributed to the latest report released by the Hawaii Department of Health, Clean Air Branch on Hawaii’s Green House Gas emissions. This report was prepared to assess the State’s progress toward its goal of reducing its emissions levels to at or below 1990 levels by 2020. […]
Read MoreUHERO at Governor Ige’s Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative workshop
UHERO’s Kimberly Burnett was invited by Governor David Ige to participate in a panel discussion focused on the economic impacts of invasive species at the Western Governors’ Association Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative workshop in Waimea, Hawaii on December 9-10, 2018. The goal is to examine emerging issues in biosecurity and invasive species management and develop […]
Read MoreDr. Frank Wolak: “How Should the Public Utilities Commission Regulate Hawaiian Electric Company for Better Integration of Renewable Energy?”
On Friday November 2, Frank Wolak, the Holbrook Working Professor of Economics at Stanford and Director of Stanford’s Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, gave a special seminar “How Should the Public Utilities Commission Regulate Hawaiian Electric Company for Better Integration of Renewable Energy?” His talk summarized the many ways conventional regulation and rate design […]
Read MoreCarl Bonham presented with the AUBER Fellow Award
UHERO’s Carl Bonham was recently presented with the AUBER Fellow Award, recognizing a lifetime achievement for a center director who has demonstrated significant leadership and substantial service to AUBER (Association for University Business and Economic Research). Congratulations, Carl!
Read MoreDo electric vehicle incentives matter? Evidence from the 50 U.S. states
UHERO congratulates Sherilyn Wee, Makena Coffman, and Sumner La Croix on the publication of, “Do electric vehicle incentives matter? Evidence from the 50 U.S. states,” in Research Policy. This research measures the effectiveness of state-level policies on the adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. Read more about this in The Role of Policy […]
Read MoreGoverning Green Power II: How should utilities of the future make money?
University of Hawai‘i at MānoaInnovation Laboratory — iLab (directions and map) Growth of natural hazard resilience, reduced economies of scale, rapidly falling storage costs, network communication technologies, plus customer self-generation, load shifting and efficiency options, all have the potential to dramatically change the nature of electricity systems. Underlying this is the eroding viability of incumbent […]
Read MoreMichael Roberts Receives Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s Quality of Research Discovery Award
UHERO congratulates Michael Roberts, recipient of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s Quality of Research Discovery Award for his article, “Who Really Benefits from Agricultural Subsidies? Evidence from Field-level Data.” Michael will be recognized during the AAEA 2017 Annual Meeting this summer in Chicago. Michael Roberts is a UHERO Research Fellow, Professor of Economics and co-founder of […]
Read MoreGoverning Green Power I: Realigning Institutions to Fit New Technologies
Technology and institutions coevolve. Institutions can encourage or discourage innovation and adoption of technologies. Technological change, in turn, can drive governmental change. This dynamic has reached a critical phase in the electricity sector where low-cost and subsidized intermittent natural hazard resilience is upsetting old models of grid management and stability. The broad public challenge, in […]
Read MoreSherilyn Wee recognized as Outstanding Student of the Year by the U.S. Department of Transportation
UHERO congratulates Sherilyn Wee on receiving an Outstanding Student of the Year award, presented by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Sherilyn was recognized in Washington D.C. for her contribution to the transportation field through her research and leadership with the Electric Vehicle Transportation Center. For 26 years, the University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program, under […]
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