HI · State grid profile

Hawaii power grid

Hawaii's operating portfolio is led by Oil & gas, followed by Solar. Its 80 plants represent 3,599 MW of nameplate capacity. The dataset also reports 420 MW of proposed capacity.

Final 2024 state totalsPreliminary 2025 facilitiesCommunity-reported data centers
Operating capacity3,599 MWFinal EIA-860 2024
Power plants80223 operating generators
Proposed capacity420 MW11.7% of current capacity
Community-mapped locations0Incomplete OpenStreetMap coverage

Coverage quality

What is complete here?

PassState totalsFinal 2024 EIA-860 generator records cover the state.
PassFacility list2025 Early Release records are nationwide but preliminary.
LimitedData centersCommunity mapping is useful for discovery, not a complete inventory.

Generation portfolio

Hawaii capacity by fuel

Nameplate capacity · MW
Oil & gas61.5%2,212 MW
Solar13%467 MW
Storage12.1%435 MW
Wind6.5%233 MW
Biomass4.6%167 MW
Geothermal1.4%51 MW
Hydro0.9%34 MW

Facility intelligence

Largest Hawaii power plants

EIA-860 2025 early release facility records
PlantPrimary fuelLocationUtilityOperating capacity
KahePlant 765Oil & gasKapolei, HIHonolulu CountyHawaiian Electric Co Inc610 MW
WaiauPlant 766Oil & gasPearl City, HIHonolulu CountyHawaiian Electric Co Inc375 MW
Kalaeloa Cogen PlantPlant 54646Oil & gasKapolei, HIHonolulu CountyKalaeloa Partners LP299 MW
MaalaeaPlant 6504Oil & gasKihei, HIMaui CountyMaui Electric Co Ltd230 MW
Kapolei Energy StoragePlant 66067StorageKapolei, HIHonolulu CountyKapolei Energy Storage I, LLC185 MW
AES Maui Kuihelani Solar HybridPlant 64256StorageWaikapu, HIMaui CountyAES Distributed Energy120 MW
Ho'Ohana Solar 1Plant 63723SolarWaipahu, HIHonolulu CountyHo'Ohana Solar 1 LLC117 MW
Campbell Industrial ParkPlant 56329Oil & gasKapolei, HIHonolulu CountyHawaiian Electric Co Inc113 MW
H PowerPlant 10334BiomassKapolei, HIHonolulu CountyCovanta Honolulu Resource Recovery100 MW
Port Allen (HI)Plant 6474Oil & gasEleele, HIKauai CountyKauai Island Utility Cooperative90 MW

Methodology

Transparent by design

State totals and fuel mix use finalized EIA-860 2024 generator data. The facility table uses the EIA-860 2025 Early Release and is preliminary. Data-center counts use OpenStreetMap community records and measure mapped coverage, not the full market.

EIA-860 sourceOpenStreetMap