AES Hawai‘i has launched Kuihelani solar-plus-storage, the state’s largest solar power facility.
The Central Maui project is a key part of Hawaii’s
aggressive 2045 Clean Energy Initiative goals as well as AES’ own 2040 goal of
net zero carbon emissions from electricity sales.
Bernerd Da Santos, executive vice president and president of Global Renewables for The AES Corp., and AES Hawai‘i President Sandra Larsen met with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Thursday in advance of a Friday blessing for the Kuihelani project, which is producing electricity for Maui at 8 cents a kilowatt-hour, the lowest renewable energy cost in the state.
“Our (goal) is as aggressive as Hawaii. We are 2040, so I’m supportive of 2045,” Da Santos said. “I think Hawaii took a lead in order to set an aggressive target in the United States. Climate change is the largest challenge in mankind, and every…
