AES Lawai Solar Hybrid
Solar power plant · Kauai County, Hawaii
Nameplate capacity
40 MW
Rank in Hawaii
#22
of 76 plants
In service since
2018
December 2018
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- AES Distributed Energy
- County
- Kauai County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.08%
- Rank among solar plants in Hawaii
- #6 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 61068
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAWA1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2018 | Operating |
| LAWA2 | Batteries | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2018 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Hawaii
| Kawailoa Solar | Solar | 49 MW |
| Waipio Solar | Solar | 46 MW |
| Kapaia Power Station | Other | 39 MW |
| Puna | Other | 39 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 40 MW solar plant and a 40 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Hawaii power plants · What Hawaii actually generates