United States

W H Hill — 37 MW Oil

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W H Hill is a 37 MW oil power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
37 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1971

Year online

Owner
Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc

Operator

Location
19.70, -155.06

Coordinates

Insights

#3,302
largest in %s
#733
largest %s worldwide
#15,598
largest worldwide
1971
%d yrs older than avg
7
operated by %s
10
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
37 MW
Commissioned
1971
Status
Operational
Owner
Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc
Country
United States
Coordinates
19.704, -155.061

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
84,499 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.5M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

18,369
cars / year
11,267
homes / year
3.8M
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

W H Hill is a 37.1 MW oil-fired power plant in the United States, operated by Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc since 1971.

Ranked #125 of 879 oil plants in the United States. Its 37.1 MW represents 0.1% of the country’s total oil capacity of 38,410 MW. The largest oil plant in the United States is Manatee at 2,951 MW, making W H Hill 79.5 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km 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 40 km from Hilo.

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