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August 15, 2003 – Hawai’i Tribune Herald   Hilo, Hawaii – A little more than a month ago, ProVision Technologies Inc. was a part of Hawaii Electric Industries, Hawaii’s third-largest business. Today, ProVision Technologies is a fledgling two-man shop. HEI, owner of the electric utilities on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island, as well as…

August 1, 2003 – West Hawai’i Today   HELCO’s recently dedicated educational display demonstrates how their photovolatic (PV), or solar electric, system turns back the meter to cut electricity bills–an environmentally sound concept, but because of costs, it’s not for everyone just yet. The 5.4-kilowatt grid-connected system, composed of three dozen 150-watt solar panels was…

September 16, 2002 – Hawai’i Island Journal   With the flip of a switch, a push of a button, a turn of a key, the quality of life we currently enjoy complete with television, computers, refrigerators, cell phones and transportation is mainly due to electrical energy generated from fossil fuels. Hawaii relies on imported petroleum…

February 7, 2002 – Hawai’i Tribune-Herald     ProVision Technologies, Inc., a Hilo-based solar electric company, announces the completion of the first solar electric net energy metered system in East Hawaii. ProVision recently installed a grid-connected 1.28 kilowatt photovoltaic system at their office and warehouse in order to reduce their electric bill and provide a…

February 7, 2002 – Hawai’i Tribune-Herald ProVision Technologies, Inc., a Hilo-based solar electric company, announces the completion of the first solar electric net energy metered system in East Hawaii. ProVision recently installed a grid-connected 1.28 kilowatt photovoltaic system at their office and warehouse in order to reduce their electric bill and provide a back-up power…

January 23, 2002 – Pacific Business News ProVision Technologies, Inc.,says its solar electric system is now up and running at its own offices in Hilo. Its grid-connected 1.28 kilowatt photovoltaic system is billed as the first solar electric net energy metered system in East Hawaii. Apart from reducing the use of electricity from the regular…

September 10, 2001 – Honolulu Advertiser The first Hawai’i residences have started hooking up to the electrical web using net metering, a system approved this year by the Legislature. Under net metering, a small power generator can hook up to the grid and sell power at the same price at which it buys power when…

August 24, 2001 – West Hawai’i Today A first for the state is happening in Kawaihae – a small business running on a renewable net energy metering system. Hawaii enacted net energy metering in June, encouraging the installation of renewable energy systems (wind, biomass, hydro and solar) in homes and businesses by participants receiving credit…

May 31, 2001 – Hawai’i Tribune Herald   In the days of skyrocketing electricity bills and California blackouts, the idea of generating one’s own power is especially appealing.That’s what a Hilo start-up company that specializes in turnkey solar electricity systems is banking on.Steve Burns, an engineer who spent seven years at HELCO developing its photovoltaic…