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Maui’s largest solar project OK’d by PUC

Island’s other large-scale array, battery proposal awaits approval

Mar 30, 2019

Maui County’s largest solar project with battery storage, the 60-megawatt Kuihelani Solar, was approved by the state Public Utilities Commission, Hawaiian Electric Co. announced Tuesday.

AES Renewable Energy is developing the project to be built on as much as 500 acres of old sugar fields off Kuihelani Highway in Central Maui, the company said in November. It will include a 240-megawatt-hour battery storage system.

Maui Electric Co. will pay 8 cents a kilowatt hour for the power from the solar array and battery system, the lowest cost for renewable energy on the island and much lower than fossil-fuel-generated power.

“AES is excited about the PUC approval of its solar-plus-storage project in Central Maui, which is expected to provide enough clean energy for nearly 27,000 Maui homes per year, anticipated bill savings to Maui residents and offset nearly 2,000,000 barrels of fuel over the life of the contract,” said Rob Cooper, business development director of AES Renewable Energy, on Friday.

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