Hawaii Could Get 59% Increase in Power Generation

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Developers are planning to add about 1,320 megawatts (MW) on the Hawaiian Islands. This is an increase of more than 59% from the existing capacity. Hawaii currently has about 2,227 MW of operational generation at 14 plants throughout the islands. Because of transmission constraints, each island needs enough generation to enable it to be self-reliant.

The new proposed generation would be at 13 sites throughout the islands. The projects will utilize a variety of technologies. There will be about 710 MW of conventional generation utilizing coal, naphtha and fuel oil to drive steam turbine/generators (ST) and combustion turbine/generators (CT) at four sites varying in size from 18 MW to 392 MW. The proposed 610 MW of renewable generation will utilize biomass, landfill gas, hydroelectric (conventional and pumped-storage) plus wind power technologies at nine sites varying in size from 5 MW to 400 MW.

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