“The official name given by the state government is the “Hawaii Interisland Renewable Energy Program — Wind.” The state’s dominant utility, Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. (HECO), prefers the more neutral “Interisland Wind.” Some critics call it the “Oahu Industrial Wind Power Plant on Lanai.” Still others know it simply as “Big Wind.”
Regardless of its title, however, the $3 billion project — spearheaded by the state, HECO, Los Angeles real estate developer Castle & Cooke Inc., and Boston-based First Wind Holdings LLC — faces huge challenges if it is to come to fruition by 2020, as proponents hope it will.”