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Keahole

Other power plant · Hawaii County, Hawaii

Nameplate capacity
89 MW
Rank in Hawaii
#11
of 76 plants
In service since
1984
November 1984

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc
County
Hawaii County
Generating units
7
Share of state capacity
2.41%
Rank among other plants in Hawaii
#8 of 25
EIA plant code
8083

Generating units

Individual generating units at Keahole
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CT4Petroleum Liquids23 MW20 MW2004Operating
CT5Petroleum Liquids23 MW20 MW2004Operating
7Petroleum Liquids18 MW16 MW2009Operating
2Petroleum Liquids18 MW16 MW1989Operating
21Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW1984Operating
22Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW1984Operating
23Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW1988Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 89 MW solar plant and a 89 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