The AES Corp. (AES) has chosen BayWa r.e. to assemble the Waikoloa Photo voltaic + Storage Mission, an built-in photo voltaic photovoltaic and battery vitality storage system owned and operated by AES on Hawaiʻi Island. BayWa r.e. Energy Options will construct the 30 MW AC/43 MW DC photo voltaic and 30 MW/120 MWh storage venture on roughly 300 acres of leased land close to Waikoloa Village within the South Kohala district of the island.
The ability generated and saved by the Waikoloa Photo voltaic + Storage Mission will probably be purchased by native utility Hawaiian Electrical Co. Inc. (HECO) beneath the phrases of a cost-competitive 25-year energy buy settlement (PPA). On completion, the venture will produce sufficient electrical energy to energy 13,600 households, contributing greater than 7% of Hawaiʻi Island’s annual vitality wants and leading to a complete averted gasoline consumption of greater than 511,000 barrels of oil over its 25-year lifetime.
Permits have been secured and website preparation and development on the venture have begun, with substantial completion anticipated within the fourth quarter of 2022. Over the course of the venture, 200 jobs will probably be created, and the venture is anticipated to generate a complete financial output of an estimated $47 million towards Hawaiʻi’s economic system.
The photo voltaic portion of the venture will function single-axis trackers geared up with bifacial PV modules. The related lithium-ion battery system will safely retailer vitality in periods of low buyer demand to be used at peak demand durations, such because the early morning or night hours. The batteries can even present grid and ancillary providers and allow the grid to accommodate extra renewable sources whereas displacing typical era.
“We have now accomplished a number of profitable photo voltaic and storage tasks in Hawai’i,” says Todd Lindstrom, COO at BayWa r.e. Energy Options LLC. “We’re excited to assist Hawaiʻi’s renewable vitality management within the U.S. and concerning the rising relationships we’ve with the local people. We look ahead to bringing extra renewable vitality options to the island as we develop.”
