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West Loch Solar One

Solar power plant · Honolulu County, Hawaii

Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in Hawaii
#39
of 76 plants
In service since
2019
November 2019

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Hawaiian Electric Co Inc
County
Honolulu County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.54%
Rank among solar plants in Hawaii
#9 of 29
EIA plant code
61987

Generating units

Individual generating units at West Loch Solar One
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
WLS1Solar Photovoltaic20 MW20 MW2019Operating

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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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