Nevada firm's 25MW Hawaii geothermal contract should be approved, consultant says

Boston Pacific Co., the firm monitoring the bid process for the development of a 25-megawatt geothermal energy project on Hawaii’s Big Island, which was awarded to Nevada’s Ormat Technologies Inc., is recommending Hawaii regulators approve the selection. Ormat already operates the 38-megawatt Puna Geothermal Venture plant on the Big Island. Boston Pacific said in a letter this month to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission that the state agency should approve Ormat’s Moana Geothermal project…