City kicks off $11M renewable energy makeover for Blaisdell Center - Hawaii News Now
City kicks off $11M renewable energy makeover for Blaisdell Center
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city broke ground Tuesday on a historic renewable energy project at the Neal Blaisdell Center.
Crews will be installing a solar canopy on top of the parking structure, which will allow the Blaisdell campus to be 100% powered by solar energy during the day.
Tesla batteries will help provide renewable energy during evening hours.
Mayor Rick Blangiardi said the $11 million project is expected to be completed in six months.
“We talk a lot about modernizing the city, things that we can do that are transformative beyond our own time. This is one of them,” he said, at a news conference.
“The very fact that this place is going to be run on solar batter power is an exceptional concept.”
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