Hawaiian Electric Company and the Department of the Navy broke ground on a 20 MW solar facility at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex. When completed in December, the West Loch project will produce »the lowest-cost renewable energy in the state at less than 8 cents per kilowatt-hour,« said the company. Hawaiian Electric will own and operate the solar facility, which is being built by REC Solar. In exchange for the land to host the facility, the utility will provide electrical infrastructure upgrades to Navy-owned facilities.
The renewable energy generated by the 102-acre West Loch project will feed into the island’s electric grid and serve all customers on O’ahu, including those on base. The project will save Hawaiian Electric customers at least $109 million over its expected 25-year lifespan, compared with the cost of using oil to generate electricity.
The Hawaiian Electric Companies were using renewables to generate 27 percent of their electricity in 2017.
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