Talk:Solar power in Hawaii

Number of households in Hawaii with solar power?
If someone could expand on the statistics section, that would be great. This information about Hawaii is news to me. If I read correctly, it's about 4% of people with solar power in Hawaii. --Cyberman (talk) 03:21, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

If you look at Google Earth (Satellite) of Mililani Hawaii, that will give you an idea about how many people of the U.S. Island State of Hawaii DO NOT HAVE Residential Solar Photovoltaic Systems. The State of California has a Higher Implementation Rate of Residential Solar than the U.S. Island State of Hawaii. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.173.122.240 (talk) 18:59, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

solar production by island
I removed this table after the official state figures from Hawaii dropped from 56 GWh in 2011 to 4 GWh in 2012 - and none of the figures matches the source in the U.S. DOE report that they claim to be based on. A good and consistent source to replace this would be a good addition. Rmhermen (talk) 18:40, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Source: Hawaii data book


 * The "Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System (SEDS)

Detailed State Data 1990-2011 Net Generation by State by Type of Producer by Energy Source (EIA-906, EIA-920, and EIA-923) " gives Rmhermen (talk) 19:36, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * 2008: 18 Megawatthours
 * 2009 1390
 * 2010 1770
 * 2011 3593

Kalaeloa
There is some confusion here about names and sizes. I can find little on the name "Kalaeloa Solar Two" or "II". Is it the same as the military project mentioned for Ewa Field: ? When was it built? What is it size? Is it one of the ones on Hawaii Electric list and which one?
 * In January 2017 I find mention of: Kalaeloa Solar Two with 5 megawatts, Kalaeloa Renewable Energy Park with 5 megawatts
 * In May 2016 I find Hawaii Electric's list: 5 MW Kalaeloa Solar Farm and 1.2 MW Kalaeloa Renewable Energy Park but 5MW Kalaeloa Renewable Energy Park and 5MW Kalaeloa Solar Power II are listed in November 2016.
 * The EIA database has no entries for new capacity at Kalaeloa from Jan-Nov 2016 or in 2015 (with 5MW Kalaeloa Renewable Energy Park being listed in Jan 2014 although newspaper gave Dec 2013 )

And what happened to: Oahu - Kalaeloa Solar One, 5.9MW solar thermal with batteries mentioned since 2010, in EIA database for 2015 it was listed for 2016 completion. The other two Kalaeloa farms are both listed as photovoltaic. Rmhermen (talk) 17:40, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Outdated ref: Renewable Energy Projects, Hawaii Electric Light, May, 2016

another chart?
removed from article: ", 0.13% for 2008, 0.33% for 2009, 0.51% for 2010, and 1% in 2011. In 2015 solar provided 6% of Hawaii's electricity, and in 2020 15.83%."

This would be better presented as a chart/graph but I think those are still broken? Rmhermen (talk) 17:43, 12 June 2024 (UTC)