Hawaii

Storage paired with solar must support the net nameplate capacity for at least four hours and support 365 full charge/discharge cycles each year.

Maui’s electric power grid is expected to operate with 100% solar and wind on an instantaneous basis as early as 2024, and NREL is helping the island plan to reliably supply electricity.

An upfront cash payment is available for residential and commercial customers on Oahu who attach a battery to their home and either use or discharge power during peak hours.

Both Hawaiian Electric and its regulators expressed frustration over a decision approving an energy storage system that will be critical to retiring a coal-fired power plant by September 2022.

A Senate committee added language that would cut the renewable energy credit as part of an unrelated film tax credit bill.

The two projects represent a $280 million investment. Construction is being led by Moss and is expected to be complete in 2022.

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Renewable resources accounted for half of the electric power serving Maui County in 2020, a first.

Almost 6,000 new rooftop solar systems were installed across Oahu, Hawaii Island, and Maui County, 78% of which included battery storage.

The utility has launched a new program, Quick Connect, aimed at accelerating the process for turning on new residential solar systems.