Import Island > Hawaii
Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita
Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes
Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines
Hawaii has some of lowest per capita energy use in the nation due to its mild tropical climate, which is moderated by steady trade winds and the surrounding ocean.
More than 80% of Hawaii's energy comes from petroleum, making it the most petroleum-dependent state in the nation.
Hawaii has the highest retail electricity prices in the nation due to its isolated electric grids and heavy dependence on imported petroleum.
Production trillion btu
Oil
Gas
Coal
Wind
Solar
Hydro
Biofuel
Nuclear
net energy Production trillion btu
Consumption trillion btu
Oil
Gas
Coal
Renewable
Nuclear
Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014
HI
USA
Key Policies
Requires 40% of electricity to be generated by renewable sources by 2030.
Requires the statewide use of oxygenated motor gasoline.
Electricity net production, trillion btu
HI
USA