Electric Future! Attend an Open House Near You...

The Hawaiian Electric Companies and NextEra will be meeting with your community to share ideas for the state's energy future.  You are invited!  All times are 5 to 8 PM at the locations shown here.

Hawaii's Warm Sun

These are illustrations within a new IEI module for Kindergarten, titled "Hawaii's Warm Sun" which bases the NGSS standards for grade K on energy we use from the sun in Hawaii.  In this lab activity, students explore the effects of bright sunlight on colors of construction paper.

Kaua`i Training Photos

Our teachers on Kaua`i are documenting their inquiry learning through iPad photos.  This group was learning Island Energy Inquiry as part of the Ka Hei statewide project with our partners OpTerra Energy Services.

Ka Hei Project brings IEI back to Kaua`i

This IEI workshop at Kaua`i Community College was hosted by OpTerra Energy Systems as part of the Ka Hei project now being piloted.  During part of our studies, we worked with Bob Conti, one of the state's top training resources in solar energy and a great friend of the program.  Check out the flow of water from the pump that Bob is powering with a Photovoltaic panel!

Young scientists explore wind power!

Dozens of young scientists and their families built wind-turbine pinwheels at IEI's display center on Saturday, part of Maui Electric's Energy Fair.  These students were able to use their own pinwheel designs to harness energy from the wind!

Asia experiences IEI!

Our IEI team shared methods during a pilot project in Bangkok, and our Thai students love learning.

Harnessing the sun?

What variables affect the power we can take from sunlight with PV panels in series?  In parallel?  Our teachers learn for themselves (as scientists do) during our Oahu workshop on June 26-27.