Holaniku at Keahole Point

Holaniku at Keahole Point is a 2MW micro-scaled concentrated solar power plant in the Kona District (west coast) of the island of Hawaiʻi. It is located in the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii at Keahole Point.^[2]

Holaniku at Keahole Point
Country	United States
Location	Kona District, Hawaii
Coordinates	19°42′54″N 156°2′7″W
Status	Operational
Construction began	January 1, 2006 (2006-01-01)
Commission date	March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16)
Owner	Keahole Solar Power
Solar farm
Type	CSP
CSP technology	Parabolic trough
Site area	3 acres (12,141 m2)[1]
Power generation
Units operational	1,000
Nameplate capacity	2 MW
Capacity factor	2%[1]

Holaniku at Keahole Point is the first commercial solar thermal power plant to be built using solar collectors manufactured by Sopogy. The project was developed by Keahole Solar Power, LLC. an Engineering, Procurement, and Contracting (EPC) company. The plant contains over 1,000 Sopogy MicroCSP SopoNova parabolic trough solar collectors. The power plant uses the sun's heat to create steam.^{[3][unreliable source?]} Most of the steam created is used onsite for other experimental uses, equating to only 0.5MW maximum that can be utilized to generate electricity. Little, if any, electrical power leaves the site and enters the state electrical grid.

See also

• Hawaii portal
• Renewable energy portal

• List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
• List of photovoltaic power stations
• List of solar thermal power stations
• Renewable energy in the United States
• Renewable portfolio standard
• Solar power in the United States
• Solar power in Hawaii