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Why did Hawaii shut down its last coal plant?

Editor’s note: This story is reprinted with permission from Canary Media. Hawaii shut down its last coal plant on Sept. 1, , eliminating 180 megawatts of fossil-fueled baseload power from the grid on Oahu — a crucial step in the state’s first-in-the-nation commitment to cease burning fossil fuels for electricity by .

Does Hawaii have a coal-fired power plant?

The AES coal plant closure means Hawaii joins 10 other states with no major coal-fired power facilities, according to data from Global Energy Monitor, a nonprofit advocating for a global transition to clean energy. Rhode Island and Vermont never had any coal-fired power plants.

Will Hawaii Electric replace its coal plant with oil?

This means that to replace its soon-to-be retired coal plant, Hawaii Electric will soon be charging its giant battery with oil. In other words, Hawaiians will be trading one fossil fuel (coal) for another, albeit one far more expensive.

What makes Kapolei the most advanced battery energy storage facility?

Plus Power located the project near a substation connected to three other power plants so the battery “can be AAA to jump-start those other plants,” Keefe said. The combination of all these abilities in one site — capacity, grid services, black start — leads Keefe to call Kapolei “the most advanced battery energy storage facility on the planet.”

How much electricity does Oahu's coal plant produce?

The facility produced up to one-fifth of the electricity on Oahu — the most populous island in a state of nearly 1.5 million people. "It really is about reducing greenhouse gases," Hawaii Gov. David Ige said in an interview with The Associated Press. "And this coal facility is one of the largest emitters.

Is it time to end Hawaii's dirtiest source of energy?

In , Hawaii's Legislature passed a law banning the use of coal for energy production at the start of . Hawaii has mandated a transition to 100% renewable energy by , and was the first state to set such a goal. But critics say that while ending the state's dirtiest source of energy is ultimately a good move, doing so now is not.

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