HI · US STATE

Hawaii
power plants.

Hawaii has 44 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 2.1 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on oil — 71.3% of tracked capacity, with solar second at 9.4%. The largest plant we track is Kahe (610 MW, online since 1972).

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44 Tracked plants

2.1 GW Tracked capacity

Oil Leading fuel

8 Fuel types

Hawaii electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Oil 71.3% 1.5 GW Solar 9.4% 0.2 GW Wind 8.7% 0.2 GW Other 4.7% 0.1 GW Geothermal 2.4% 0.1 GW Battery Storage 1.9% 0 GW Hydro 1.2% 0 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.5% 0 GW

Largest plants in Hawaii

01 Kahe Oil · 1972 610 MW 02 Waiau Oil · 1963 475 MW 03 Maalaea Oil · 1989 230 MW 04 Keahole Oil · 2000 89 MW 05 Kawailoa Wind Wind · 2012 69 MW 06 Puna Geothermal Venture I Geothermal · 1998 51 MW 07 Schofield Generating Station Other · 2018 50 MW 08 Kawailoa Solar Solar · 2019 49 MW 09 Waipio Solar Solar · 2018 46 MW 10 AES LAWAI SOLAR Hybrid Battery Storage · 2019 40 MW 11 Kapaia Power Station Other · 2001 39 MW 12 Puna Oil · 1990 39 MW

Every tracked plant in Hawaii, on one live map OPEN IN NRGMAP →

Frequently asked questions

Where does Hawaii get its electricity?

Across the 44 plants we track in Hawaii, capacity is led by oil at 71.3%, then solar at 9.4%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Hawaii?

The largest plant in our Hawaii catalog is Kahe, a oil facility with 610 MW (commissioned 1972).

How many power plants are in Hawaii?

Our catalog tracks 44 power plants in Hawaii totalling 2.1 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Hawaiipower plants.

Hawaii electricity mix

Largest plants in Hawaii

Frequently asked questions

Hawaii
power plants.