AES Hawaiʻi has launched its West Oahu solar-plus-storage project in Kapolei, the company’s first facility to combine solar generation and battery energy storage on Oahu.
Located on 66 acres of open University of Hawaii land, the West Oahu solar-plus-storage facility is generating 12.5 megawatts of clean energy for Oahu’s power grid, supported by a 50-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery energy storage system. The project has a 25-year power-purchase agreement in place with Hawaiian Electric.
The energy produced at the site will reduce Oahu’s use of fossil fuels by 750,000 barrels of oil and the associated pollution and greenhouse gases emitted throughout the project’s lifetime. Upon completion, the project is expected to contribute approximately 0.5 percent of Oahu’s energy needs, according to AES Hawaiʻi.
Bernerd Da Santos, AES executive vice president and president, global renewables, said the West Oahu project epitomizes AES Hawai‘i’s commitment