electricity costs

Hawaiʻi's LNG bridge to green ammonia would cost far more than staying fossil

Hawaiʻi is weighing LNG as a stopgap for Oʻahu power, but a new cost model finds the promised transition to imported green ammonia could make electricity about 95 cents/kWh versus 21 cents for LNG. The gap raises doubts about whether LNG infrastructure can realistically serve as a bridge to the state's 100% renewable mandate by 2045.