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Kanoelehua — 21 MW Oil

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Kanoelehua is a 21 MW oil power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
21 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1965

Year online

Owner
Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc

Operator

Location
19.71, -155.06

Coordinates

Insights

#3,837
largest in %s
#923
largest %s worldwide
#18,775
largest worldwide
1965
%d yrs older than avg
7
operated by %s
10
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
21 MW
Commissioned
1965
Status
Operational
Owner
Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc
Country
United States
Coordinates
19.705, -155.063

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
47,830 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1.4M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

10,398
cars / year
6,377
homes / year
2.2M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Kanoelehua is a 21 MW oil power plant in the United States, operated by Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc and commissioned in 1965.

Ranked #200 of 879 oil plants in the United States, Kanoelehua represents 0.05% of the total oil capacity of 38,410 MW. The largest oil plant in the United States is Manatee at 2,951 MW, making Kanoelehua 140.0 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Hamakua Energy Plant (66 MW, Oil), Puna Geothermal Venture I (51 MW, Geothermal), and Puna (39.1 MW, Oil). The facility is located in Hawaii, approximately 20 km from Hilo.

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