On April 20th, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in a shower of flame and crude oil. Two days later, the vessel slipped below the waves of the Gulf of Mexico and began to pour the crude from its
ruptured pipelines into the sea. As I write this, what was dubbed a
“leak” is now a 42,000 gallon-per-day unrestricted flow of toxic oil
into America’s most productive and valuable fishery. The oil slick has
made landfall in Louisiana, is nearing Mississippi, and w

In researching the world of renewable energy production, you may have come across the term “PPA”. This is an important concept when it comes to financing new
green energy projects in Hawaii, and is of particular importance to
those debating the cost-effectiveness of a large solar installation. A
PPA is a “power purchase agreement”
and can be used to