Our dinky little electricity cooperative company decided to go all renewables a few years back. Biomass, solar, hydro, windmills. We reached 70% in 2021!
While the average Hawaii residential bill for electricity rose between 25% to 35% between March 2021 and March 2022 for the rest of the state, KIUC’s member bills rose only 5% over that same period. During that time, the price of oil increased nearly 75%!
KIUC will be 90% or higher by or before 2025. Our renewable benchmarks have been nineteen years early.
Other islands are being stupid. Probably here, too, but a small minority. Some hate "ugly" solar panels.
Don't want to see ugly windmills.
Some claim windmills would be on sacred land and/or they make you sick.
But anyway, if an island of 70,000+ people, can do this in a few years, every location should have ways to get off or limit oil.