REPRESENTATIVE SHARO N E . H A R District 40 Update Royal Kunia - Makakilo - Kapolei - Kalaeloa HAWAII STATE HOUSE O F NOVEMBER 2010 REPRESENTATIVES Kalaeloa One Solar Plant Breaks Ground Hawaii State Capitol On October 27, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) broke ground on a significant 415 South Beretania Street, Room 438 new solar energy project in Kalaeloa. The five-megawatt Kalaeloa Solar One will be the state’s Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 largest Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) facility, a technology uniquely suited to our state’s small island power grids. Operated by Keahole Solar Power on land leased from DHHL, Kalaeloa Phone: 586-8500 • Fax: 586-8504 Solar One will incorporate the latest advances in solar E-mail:
[email protected] technology, by concentrating solar power using mir- rored reflectors and optics to intensify solar energy, Dear Friends and Neighbors: which in turn increases the system’s energy efficiency. With the elections behind us, I By using solar panels that track the sun throughout the am very grateful and humbled day and including thermal storage which enables en- that the voters of District 40 have ergy to be produced during cloudy days or at night, the chosen to elect me for another amount of energy the Kalaeloa Solar One system pro- term in the legislature. We still duces annually is significantly increased, with a goal of have many challenges facing our bringing 30 megawatts of solar power to Hawai`i by district and our state, and I look 2015. forward to continuing to work Rep. Har joined, from left, Keahole Solar The project is part of DHHL’s overall sustainable en- toward solutions alongside mem- Power founder Darren Kimura, Governor ergy policy called Ho`omaluō, which is intended to bers of our community and the Linda Lingle, DHHL Chairman Kaulana new administration.