Fellows mentioned in this story: Jeff Mikulina

From USA Today:

Americans don’t have to imagine what it’s like to live someplace that’s aggressively switching to 100% clean energy, where 1 in 3 people have rooftop solar, 15% of new cars are electric and giant batteries store energy for use when the sun goes down.

They just have to go to Hawai‘i.

Hawaii‘ pledged to be “Coal free by ’23,” and state law requires 100% clean energy in just 21 years. Attaining that goal came closer last month when an enormous 185-megawatt battery near Honolulu hummed into full operation.

“If you’ve been to Hawai‘i, you’ve seen a renewable future – and it’s paradise,” said Jeff Mikulina director of the Hawai‘i Climate Coalition and a board member of the Blue Planet Foundation.

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