Oracle CEO Larry Ellison planning green experiment on Hawaiian island - Telegraph
The billionaire said he will turn Lanai, the sixth largest island in the US state of Hawaii, into an environmental “laboratory” featuring solar power and electric cars. Projects will be set up to convert of sea water to fresh water, and small organic farms will sell produce to Japan.Larry Ellison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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[Ellison] There, what we’re going to do is turn Lanai into a model for sustainable enterprise.
“The electric utility is all going to be solar, photovoltaic and solar-thermal.
“We’re going to convert sea water into fresh water. And then, have drip irrigation where we’re going to have organic farms all over the island.
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This week it emerged that he had bought his ninth mansion on the same exclusive stretch of coastline called Carbon Beach in Malibu, California.
He paid $36.9 million to former Yahoo chief executive Terry Semel for the nine-bedroom property, making it the most expensive sale so far this year in Malibu.
His property portfolio also includes mansions and estates in San Francisco, Rhode Island and Japan.
Ellison is a licensed pilot who has owned several aircraft. He was cited by the City of San Jose, California, for violating its limits on late-night takeoffs and landings from San Jose Mineta International Airport by planes weighing more than 75,000 pounds (34 019 kg). In January 2000, Ellison sued over the interpretation of the airport rule, contending that his Gulfstream V "plane is certified by the manufacturer to fly at two weights: 75,000 pounds, and at 90,000 pounds, for heavier loads or long flights requiring more fuel...
Ellison also owns at least two fighter jets, one, an SIAI-Marchetti S.211, used by the Italian Air Force, and he also attempted to import a decommissioned MiG-29, but was refused permission by the US Government.[39]
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Ellison owns many exotic cars, including an Audi R8, and a McLaren F1.
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