AES Hawaii Generation Plant

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Hawaii Generation Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by AES near Kapolei, Hawaii.

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Plant Data

• Owner: AES Hawaii Inc.
• Parent Company: AES
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 203 MW
• Units and In-Service Dates: 203 MW (1992)
• Location: 91-086 Kaomi Loop, Kapolei, HI 96707
• GPS Coordinates: 21.306111, -158.10805
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 1,624,335 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions:
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions:
• 2005 Mercury Emissions:

The following table gives more info on this plant's SO₂ emissions levels, as well as on whatever SO₂ emissions "scrubbers" (Flue Gas Desulfurization units, or FGDs) have been installed at the plant. Each of the plant's units is listed separately, and at the bottom overall data for the plant is listed.

Unit #	Year Built	Capacity	MWh Produced (2005)	SO2 Emissions (2002)	SO2 Emissions per MWh (approx.)	Average Annual Coal Sulfur Content	FGD Unit Type	FGD In-Service Year	FGD SO2 Removal Efficiency
Total	1992	203 MW	1,547,814 MWh	25,144 tons	32.49 lb./MWh	0.61%	none installed

Articles and Resources

Sources

• Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
• Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Hawaii and coal
• AES
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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