Oil-fired Steam-Electric Plants in Hawaii
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Honolulu 8&9 Location: HI Operator: Hawaiian Electric Co Configuration: 1 X 50 MW, 1 X 54 MW Operation: 1954-1957 Fuel: fuel oil Boiler supplier: B&W T/G supplier: WH EPC: Bechtel Quick facts: The Leslie Hicks power plant was dedicated in 1955 and named after a HECO President. It was later renamed Honolulu.
Photograph courtesy of Hawaiian Electric Co |
Kahe Location: HI Operator: Hawaiian Electric Co Configuration: 2 X 82 MW, 2 X 90 MW, 2 X 142 MW Operation: 1963-1981 Fuel: fuel oil Boiler supplier: B&W, CE T/G supplier: GE, WH EPC: Bechtel, Stearns-Roger Quick facts: This is the largest and most important power plant in Hawaii.
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Waiau Location: HI Operator: Hawaiian Electric Co Configuration: 2 X 50 MW, 2 X 54 MW, 2 X 82 MW Operation: 1947-1968 Fuel: fuel oil Boiler supplier: B&W, CE T/G supplier: WH EPC: Bechtel Quick facts: The first 8-MW unit at Waiau went online in 1938 and an 18-MW set was added in 1940. The plant also has two 51-MW combustion turbines. The plant is in Pearl City and was forced offline by the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1941 when bomb concussions disabled plant auxiliaries. For some time thereafter, plant operators slept at the plant.
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W H Hill Location: HI Operator: Hawaii Electric Light Co Configuration: 1 X 14 MW, 1 X 23 MW Operation: 1965-1974 Fuel: fuel oil Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE, WH EPC: Bechtel Quick facts: Hawaii Electric Light Co is the dominant power company on the Big Island. It was formerly known as Hilo Electric Light.
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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 01/07/10