Cause of wind farm fire still under investigation

By Gordon Y.K. Pang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 05, 2012

~~<p>Members of the state Senate Energy and Environment Committee expressed frustration Tuesday after learning that an investigation into the cause of a fire that destroyed First Wind’s battery energy storage facility at a Kahuku wind farm in August is still not complete.</p>
<p>The fire was the third reported at the facility since it opened in March 2011. First Wind executive Tom Siegel said it won’t be until summer that the 15-megawatt facility can come back online.</p>
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Members of the state Senate Energy and Environment Committee expressed frustration Tuesday after learning that an investigation into the cause of a fire that destroyed First Wind’s battery energy storage facility at a Kahuku wind farm in August is still not complete.

The fire was the third reported at the facility since it opened in March 2011. First Wind executive Tom Siegel said it won’t be until summer that the 15-megawatt facility can come back online. Login for more...