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Big Island On Pace To Meet Renewable Energy Goals In 2 Years
Hawaii island could be the first area in the state to exceed goals set by the Legislature and regulators for renewable energy. Reading time: 5 minutes.
Three large solar projects in the works on Hawaii island are bolstering the island’s renewal energy supply, so much so the island should hit 100% of its renewable energy standards by 2023, Hawaiian Electric Co. says.
By 2024, that rate could jump to 110%.
The renewable portfolio standard, or RPS, mandates a certain percentage of a state’s electricity use or sales to be generated by renewable resources. The Hawaii Island grid is powered by a diverse mix of renewable resources including solar, wind and geothermal. Three solar projects and the return of Puna Geothermal Venture to full production should amplify the grid even more.
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on Maui by 2024, echoing worries they ve previously voiced about the utility s efforts to transition away from a coal plant on Oahu.
HECO intends to replace the Kahului oil-fired plant with a combination of resources, including solar paired with storage, standalone storage projects, and the construction of a switchyard. But the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) head regulator said delays to those projects could necessitate keeping the oil-fired plant online longer than planned.
There s a possibility that a series of projects currently slated to come online in 2023 could experience delays, PUC Chair James Griffin said at a meeting Tuesday. To me, this is just very much setting up a situation where higher probability than not to delay the retirement, which after all the years of planning, that s not our first contingency, he added.
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Regulators at the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Tuesday grilled Hawaiian Electric (HECO) representatives on their plans to replace a 180 MW coal plant on Oahu, amid concerns that without adequate planning the facility will be replaced with oil-fired generation after it is retired in 2022.
The AES coal plant serves around 15% of demand on Oahu and is one of the fossil fuel plants that HECO is looking to shutter in the next couple of years. But regulators worry that delays to renewables projects that are planned to help replace the plant could require the state to turn to oil at the end of the next year.