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Kyle Leong, Laboratory Technician, Steep Hill Hawaii, works at the dilution of samples for tests for heavy metal on marijuana. Steep Hill Hawaii runs a battery of tests on marijuana that includes potency, moisture content, visual inspections, contaminants, pesticides, heavy metals and microbiologicals.
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The first medical cannabis testing laboratory, clearing products for dispensaries, is approved. There will be more labs — and not only here.
Steep Hill Hawaii won its approval from the state Department of Health Office of Health Care Assurance. Its name seems emblematic of the difficult climb it’s been, as the new industry gets off the ground.
In fact, it’s a new branch of Steep Hill Labs Inc., now in seven states and with a web link to “learn how to open a Steep Hill Licensee Lab anywhere on the globe.” Medical marijuana is a growth industry … and so are its labs.
Kauai’s utility bets big on solar with batteries
Kauai is now poised to make strides toward a more dependable clean-energy future with construction of the state’s largest solar farm connected to a battery system.
The state Public Utilities Commission last week cleared the way for the 28-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant with a 20-megawatt, five-hour energy storage system by approving a contract between Kauai Island Utility Cooperative and AES, which also owns a coal-fired power plant on Oahu.
Situated on the south shore, the facility is slated to have capacity enough to power roughly 8,500 homes while displacing the annual draw of some 3.7 million gallons of diesel KIUC now taps for electricity during evening peak hours.