Hoku Hatches Investment Firm for Hawaiian Solar Projects

Clean technology in Hawaii is ending the year with a bang. The Aloha State kicked off December with an agreement for Better Place to build an electric vehicle-charging network on the islands, then Khosla Ventures teamed up with utility Hawaiian Electric Co. to evaluate and test solar, lighting, battery and other technologies. And the state is also getting a smart grid under a contract between Hawaiian Electric and Sensus Metering Systems.Now Hawaii has attracted financing for government solar installations from United Fund Advisors and U.S. Bancorp in the form of an investment company launched with Hoku Solar, a subsidiary of the polysilicon, photovoltaic, and fuel cell company Hoku Scientific.

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