{"id":170968,"date":"2022-12-22T15:13:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T01:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=170968"},"modified":"2023-01-12T08:09:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:09:15","slug":"aes-west-oahu-solar-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/22\/aes-west-oahu-solar-project\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> West O\u02bbahu solar project to help campuses reach net-zero energy"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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AES<\/abbr>\u2019 West Oʻahu<\/span> Solar project located on approximately 66 acres of lands at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½–West<\/span> Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> \u2013 Mauka, will be a 12.5 megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV<\/abbr>) facility with 50 megawatt hour of battery energy storage, which enables clean energy generated to be used when it\u2019s needed. This project will help UH<\/abbr> reach its energy and sustainability goals while providing a new revenue stream to support higher education.<\/p>\n

The West Oʻahu<\/span> Solar Project site and boundaries were intentionally defined to allow other UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> \u2013 Mauka lands with a higher productivity rating to be used for future agricultural activities. AES<\/abbr> leases approximately 66 acres of land for the West Oʻahu<\/span> Solar Project from UH<\/abbr> and will sell the electricity it generates to Hawaiian Electric Industries. AES<\/abbr> is targeting June 2023 for construction completion and the start of operations.<\/p>\n

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The West Oʻahu<\/span> Solar Project at UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> \u2013 Mauka is the latest initiative helping the 10-campus system reach its goal of net-zero energy by 2035. UH<\/abbr> defines this net-zero energy goal as consuming only as much energy as is produced by its renewable energy resources.<\/p>\n

“This project is proof of our commitment to our net-zero energy goal,” said Jan Gouveia<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> vice president for administration. “It will help generate revenue to support our higher education mission while also showing our students and the people of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> that the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is doing its part to save our planet.”<\/p>\n

The project will generate lease revenue for UH<\/abbr> to support its higher education mission. In addition, AES<\/abbr> will be contributing $25,000 to UH<\/abbr> Foundation to establish an education program to support UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu\u2019s<\/span> development of STEM<\/abbr> programs, which include informational material, educational and training sessions, internship and employment opportunities, and access to the solar PV<\/abbr> project.<\/p>\n

“This is a beneficial project for the University in that it helps contribute to our net-zero energy goals, while creating an additional lease revenue stream and educational contributions towards STEM<\/abbr> programs and initiatives of the University,” said Michael Shibata<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> director of Strategic Development and Partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This project will help UH<\/abbr> reach its energy and sustainability goals while providing a new revenue stream to support higher education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[691,1359,73,319,947,59],"class_list":["post-170968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-administration","tag-energy","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170968"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171420,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170968\/revisions\/171420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}