First Wind has announced that their Kahuku wind energy project is back to working at full capacity after almost a year and a half of being shut down due to a fire that damaged the battery system at the plant. The damage was repaired back in August 2013, but the energy output was limited to 5 megawatts as the Hawaiian Electric Company and First Wind ran tests to ensure that the new battery system was working properly, The large turbines are now generating their maximum 30 megawatts of capacity and is being fed into the HECO grid. This equates to enough energy to provide approximately 7,700 homes with electricity. HECO will pay First Wind an average of 22.9 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 2-13-2014, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Principal Broker, REALTOR®
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