In an internal memo, Pacific Business News is reporting that Governor Niel Abercrombie is willing to have the state confiscate the land if the owner of Molokai Ranch tries to stand in the way of a proposed 200-megawatt wind farm on Molokai.

Steve Morgan of the Moloka’i Dispatch suggests benefits that could be negotiated for Moloka’i in return for allowing their island to be used to generate energy for Oahu.