More Than 40% of Proposed Power Generation in Hawaii is Renewable

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Hawaii currently has over 2,050 megawatts of operational power generation and has development plans to increase that by almost 600 megawatts. Ten of the developmental projects equaling almost 290 megawatts will use some sort of renewable energy (biomass, geothermal, conventional and pumped-storage hydroelectric, landfill gas or wind power), representing 41% of the planned new generation. In addition, there are three conventional fossil-fueled projects planned: a 180-megawatt (MW) coal-fired unit, a 107 MW naphtha and biodiesel-fired combustion turbine generator, and an 18 MW waste heat recovery steam generator.

Click on the image at right to view a chart showing the breakdown of planned generation units in Hawaii by fuel type.

The biomass plants being studied are the 5.3 MW Kekaha Plant (near Kekaha, Kauai Island, Hawaii) by Barlow Projects (Fort Collins, Colorado) and the 32 MW Pepeekeo Plant (Pepeekeo, Hawaii) by Pacific Rim Energy Partners, LLC (Honolulu, Hawaii).

The three 3 MW geothermal unit additions are being studied at the Puna Geothermal Plant (Pahoa, Hawaii), which is owned by Puna Geothermal Ventures, a subsidiary of Ormat Technologies, Incorporated (NYSE:ORA) (Reno, Nevada). The 6.5 MW conventional hydro addition at the Wallua River Hydroelectric Plant (Kanamaulu, Kauai Island, Hawaii) is being planned by Symbiotics, LLC, a joint venture of Northeast Power Services, Incorporated (Rigby, Idaho) and Ecosystems Research Institute (Logan, Utah). The 180 MW Auwahi Project (Kula, Maui, Hawaii) will have three phases. The first two phases will consist of 40 megawatts of wind units and the third phase will add a pumped-storage plant being proposed by Shell WindEnergy, Incorporated (Houston, Texas).

The 10 MW Kaua’i Wind Project (Hanapepe, Kauai Island, Hawaii) is owned by Kaua’i Winds, LLC. Hawaiian Electric Company, Incorporated, a subsidiary of Hawaii Electric Industries, Incorporated (NYSE:HE)(Honolulu, Hawaii), is proposing a 40 MW Windfarm near Kahuku.

The County of Kauai (Lihue, Hawaii) is joining in on the renewable energy trend by proposing to build a 5 MW LFG (Landfill Gas) to Energy unit at the county landfill near Lihue Hawaii utilizing reciprocating engine/generator sets.

For more information on future business trends and project spending in the Power Industry, check out Industrial Info’s 2007 Power Industry Forecast

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