Wind power in Hawaii is produced by the state's 132 commercial wind turbines, totaling 236 MW in capacity.[timeframe?] In 2015, wind turbines produced 6.4% of Hawaii's electricity.[1]: 2 [2] In 2012, Hawaii generated 367 million kWh from wind power.[3]
Hawaii began research into wind power in the mid-1980s with a 340 kW turbine on Maui, and the 2.3MW Lalamilo Wells wind farm on Oahu and the 9MW Kamaoa wind farm on the Big Island of Hawaii .[4] The MOD-5B, a 3.2MW wind turbine, on Oahu was the largest in the world in 1987. These early examples were all out of service by 2010.
- ^ "Hawaii - State Energy Profile Overview - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^ "2017 Energy Facts and Figures" (PDF). energy.hawaii.gov. June 2018.
- ^ Electric Power Monthly February 2013 Table 1.17.B.
- ^ Wind Energy, Hawaiian Electric Company, 2013