DOE/EA-1726: Final Environmental Assessment

Analyzes the construction and operation of a 30 megawatt wind power facility.

May 3, 2010

Federal Loan Guarantee for the Kahuku First Wind, LLC, Wind Generation Energy Facility; Oahu, Hawaii

DOE issued final DOE/EA-1726, which analyzed the potential environmental impacts of DOE providing a federal loan guarantee to support the construction and operation of a 30 megawatt wind power facility on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii.

For more information, see Federal Loan Guarantee for the Kahuku First Wind, LLC, Wind Generation Energy Facility.

Environmental Assessment for Department of Energy Loan Guarantee to Kahuku Wind Power, LLC for Construction of the Kahuku Wind Power Facility in Kahuku, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, DOE EA-1726 (May 2010) (33.89 MB)

July 11, 2011

DOE’s proposed action is to issue a $117 million loan guarantee to Kahuku Wind Power LLC to support construction of the Kahuku Wind Power facility. The proposed facility would consist of 12 Clipper LibertyTM 2.5-MW WTGs, an operations and maintenance (O&M) building, one permanent unguyed meteorological (met) tower, seven microwave dishes, one on-site and up to two off-site microwave towers, an electrical substation, a BESS, and a network of unpaved service roadways. The proposed project area is approximately 578 ac (234 ha) in the Kahuku area on the northeastern portion of the Island of O‘ahu, within the State of Hawai‘i.