Hawaii Received State’s Last Shipment of CoalA close-up image of a pile of coal. In an effort to shift to renewable energy, Hawaii accepted the state’s last coal shipment on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The 15,000 tons of coal arrived from Indonesia and went to the AES Hawaii power plant in Oahu, which is the state’s last functioning coal plant and is scheduled to close in Sep. 2022. On July 28, Governor Ige tweeted, “This week Hawai‘i is receiving its final shipment of coal. In its time, coal was an important resource for Hawaii and I’d like to thank the workers who have run our last remaining coal plant.

Source: CNN August 02, 2022 11:24 UTC