Hawaii geothermal review and industry update for government leaders and staff

A collection of PowerPoint slides from the symposium on January 7, 2004 in the Kalanimoku Building conference room.Presentations: GeoPowering the West / Susan Norwood -- Summary of Farm Bill Section 9006 program -- Direct heat utilization of geothermal energy / John W Lund -- Hawaii geothermal review and industry update / Roger Hill -- Puna Geothermal Venture update / Barry Mizuno -- Direct Use in Hawaii / Andrea Gill -- Hawaii's renewable energy goals / Maurice H Kaya -- Geothermal management in Hawaii / The Department of Land and Natural Resources geothermal program -- Geothermal ambient air monitoring / Underground Injection Control Program (UIC) / Chauncey Hew and Wilfred Nagamine -- U.S. electrical generation projects & assessments / James Lovekin -- National lab programs / Gerald Nix -- Opportunities for goethermal to hydrogen in Hawaii / Jonathan W Hurwitch -- Energy stakehold perspective : Hawaii policy strategies / Michael P Hamnett -- Business as usual : continued dependence on petroleum / Jeff Brown -- Puna Geothermal Venture / Puna Geothermal VentureU.S. Department of Energ

Facilitating the development of Australian Indigenous tourism enterprises: The Business Ready Program for Indigenous Tourism

Tourism has been identified as a sector capable of offering economic opportunities for Indigenous people in Australia. In 2004, the Federal government introduced a mentoring programme aimed at helping Indigenous people establish or to further develop sustainable tourism businesses. This paper provides a critical examination of the implementation of this programme and factors which affected its outcomes. The examination will hopefully assist in a more effective development of future government programmes. The research was conducted in tandem with the administration of the mentoring programme and was informed by interpretivist and Indigenous research methodologies. A series of semi-structured, in-depth interviews with stakeholders took place over three and a half years; the duration of the programme. The findings suggest that while the programme could be considered relatively successful there were some problems that reduced its effectiveness. For example, mentors had too many businesses in their portfolio, the programme timeframe was too short and there was a lack of specific key performance indicators. Many stakeholders believed that prior consultation with the proposed Indigenous programme participants would have resulted in an improved programme

Untangling the “messy” legislative basis of tourism development planning : five cases from Australia

This article reports on a scoping study examining the legislative basis for tourism development and planning in Australia. While planning is vital to facilitate strategic decision-making regarding the appropriate nature and scale of tourism-related developments within a destination, the legislative frameworks that provide for, control and regulate many aspects of tourism development have neither been identified nor collated in an integrated manner. This research used a case-study methodology to examine the range and scope of legislation impacting tourism development in Australia. The study identified 285 current Acts that were categorized into five broad themes. On the basis of these findings, a number of recommendations for identification, collaboration and education regarding the legislative environment have been postulated.Griffith Business School, Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel ManagementNo Full Tex

Developing a water accounting framework for the Australian minerals industry

The development of a water accounting framework that enables consistent and contextual reporting of minerals operations' water use, represents a key sustainable development objective that many Australian minerals companies have committed to. A future water accounting framework will require: • key terms and definitions for water metrics for use in the Australian minerals industry that are consistent with the wider water sector, • a suite of metrics representing key components of an operation's water balance, • a calculation method for some of the metrics, and • a reporting protocol. This paper presents the methodology that was used to derive these four components. Existing accounting frameworks were reviewed and key terms and definitions that were consistent with current regulatory requirements and voluntary approaches were proposed. A calculation methodology was developed to obtain some of the key indicators and variables that cannot be easily measured directly (eg water loss through evaporation). The adopted terms and definitions typically require a combination of empirical and estimated data. To test the proposed definitions and calculation methodology, values for water metrics were derived for eight sites, selected to test a variety of commodity and biophysical situations. The proposed framework and definitions could deal with the specific situations selected as case studies. The associated calculation methodology produced complete accounts at various levels. Some elements of the accounts could be directly checked against available data and simulations. The framework captured well variations in the reuse efficiencies; reuse efficiency could even vary for similar processes. It is concluded that this preliminary accounting framework provides a consistent language and metrics for quantifying and communicating water management, both at the intersection of the site with the surrounding landscape (through detailed reporting of site inputs and outputs) and within operational activities. Using this consistent framework for quantifying and documenting water use within an operation will provide a platform for compiling and comparing minerals industry water use with other sectors. This may support benchmarking activities within regions or companies and help demonstrate leadership amongst water users in water resource stewardship. The approach presented here is applicable to a wide variety of mining and processing activities, and biophysical environments, and following a period of stakeholder engagement and third party review, is being refined as a first step towards developing nationally consistent water use reporting for the Australian minerals industry. © 2010 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy