Kalaeloa is a 208+ megawatt combined-cycle cogeneration plant that uses low-sulfur fuel oil.  The facility sells all of its electric power to the island utility, Hawaiian Electric Company, under a long-term power purchase agreement. The plant also supplies steam energy to a local refinery, Hawaii Independent Energy, a subsidiary of PAR Petroleum Corporation, one of only two refineries on the island. Kalaeloa provides 90 percent of the refinery's thermal requirements and supplies approximately 20 percent of the entire island electrical generating capacity.  The plant's output is critical for meeting the energy needs of Oahu, the third largest and chief island of Hawaii.

In addition to ensuring a reliable supply of power to the highly urbanized island of Oahu, Kalaeloa is helping to protect the environment. Kalaeloa is pioneering the use of reclaimed water rather than drinking water, thereby conserving valuable water resources, drastically reducing waste water effluent discharged to the ocean and significantly reducing the use of chemicals.

PSEG Power Ventures has general management responsibility for the facility. Operations and maintenance is performed by a third party vendor under long-term contract to Kalaeloa.

The most efficient way of generating energy with combustion turbines, Kalaeloa Partners' combined cycle co-generation technology produces two types of useful energies—electricity and steam—with the same source of low sulfur fuel oil (LSFO). 

Advanced technology captures a large portion of the combustion turbine exhaust heat that would otherwise be wasted by dropping it's temperature from 950°F to approximately 350°F, and recycles this free energy into steam by means of heat recovery steam generators.

A portion of this steam is then used to run a steam turbine generator and produce additional electricity to power up 50,000 homes without additional energy and with zero pollution. The other portion is used at a local refinery for its processes.

Energy Efficiency

As one of the cleanest and most efficient energy plants in the State, Kalaeloa Partners L.P. generates more energy with less fuel oil, thus produces fewer emissions. Compared to traditional power plants, Kalaeloa Partners’ high tech combined cycle co-generation system uses 500,000 to 700,000 barrels less fuel oil each year to help meet O‘ahu’s energy needs.

Protecting The Environment

Kalaeloa Partners is committed to doing our part to help protect Hawai‘i’s beautiful environment. By employing co-generation technology, we are burning less fuel, reducing emissions and minimizing the environmental impact.

Kalaeloa Partners, L.P. (KPLP) is the only plant in the United States which burns LSFO, which is a left over product after crude oil has been refined by the refinery, with combustion turbine technology, thus combining a rapid response to grid fluctuations with inexpensive fuel. KPLP covers a variety of fuel types it can burn such as gas, diesel, LSFO, including a variety of bio fuels. KPLP has also invested in a Solar Photo Voltaic System at the cogeneration plant further increasing the plant’s output with clean and renewable energy.

As the first company in Hawai‘i to use reverse osmosis recycled water in its operations, Kalaeloa Partners is also helping to preserve Hawai‘i’s limited water resources. By choosing to use the industrial-grade water processed and recycled from wastewater, Kalaeloa Partners saves the island half a million gallons of drinking water each day!

Reliability

As the source of approximately 20% of the electricity needed for the island of O‘ahu, combined cycle co-generation represents a excellent solution to the challenge of achieving a sustainable energy future for the people of Hawai‘i by simultaneously producing electricity, heating and cooling in one single process. With an overall efficiency as high as 70%, co-generation is a reliable and proven means of generating power while cutting costs and minimizing waste.

PSEG Halifax Solar Energy Center
A 7 MW solar facility located about 90 miles northeast of Raleigh in Halifax, N.C. The PSEG Halifax Solar Energy Center has a 15-year power purchase agreement with Virginia Electric and Power Co. 

PSEG West Babylon Solar Center
A 10.6 MW solar facility located in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, on privately owned land about 40 miles east of Newark, NJ.  The PSEG West Babylon Solar Center has five, 20-year power purchase agreements with the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) under the Clean Solar Initiative II Feed-in Tariff program.

PSEG Cork Oak Solar Energy Center 
A 26.2 MW solar facility located about 90 miles northeast of Raleigh in Halifax, N.C.  The PSEG Cork Oak Solar Energy Center has a 10-year power purchase agreement with Virginia Electric and Power Co.

PSEG Sunflower Solar Energy Center 
A 21 MW solar facility located about 90 miles northeast of Raleigh in Halifax, N.C.  The PSEG Sunflower Solar Energy Center has a 10-year power purchase agreement with Virginia Electric and Power Co.

PSEG Turkey Creek Solar Energy Center 
A 16.8 MW solar facility located about 95 miles northeast of Raleigh, in Northampton County, North Carolina.  PSEG Turkey Creek Solar Energy Center has a power purchase agreement with Virginia Electric and Power Company.  

PSEG Hemlock Solar Energy Center 
A 6.5 MW solar facility located about 90 miles northeast of Raleigh, in Northampton County, North Carolina.  PSEG Hemlock Solar Energy Center has a 15-year power purchase agreement with Virginia Electric and Power Company.

PSEG Lake County Solar Energy Center 
A 10.5 MW solar facility located approximately 140 miles southeast of Bend, Oregon.  PSEG Lake County Solar Energy Center has a 20-year power purchase agreement with PacificCorp, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. 

PSEG San Isabel Solar Energy Center
A 37.9 MW solar facility located about about 165 miles south of Denver, in Las Animas County, Colorado. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. has a 25-year agreement to purchase output of the facility.

PSEG Pavant II Solar Energy Center
A 62.7 MW solar facility located 110 miles south of Salt Lake City, in Millard County, Utah.  PacifiCorp has a 20-year agreement to purchase output of the facility.

PSEG Rawhide Flats Solar Energy Center
A 36.3 MW solar facility located 25 miles north of Fort Collins in Larimer, Colorado.  Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) has a 25-year agreement to purchase output of the facility. 

PSEG Meadows Solar Energy Center 
A 25.9 MW solar facility located 80 miles east of Raleigh, in Martin County, North Carolina.  Virginia Electric and Power Company has a 15-year agreement to purchase output of the facility.

PSEG Lawrence Livermore Solar Energy Center
A 3.9 MW solar facility located 45 miles east of San Francisco, in Livermore, California. Western Area Power Authority (WAPA) has a 20-year agreement to purchase output of the facility.

PSEG Pittsburg Solar Energy Center 
A 25.4 MW solar facility located on brownfield in Northern California. Pacific Gas & Electric has a 20-year agreement to purchase output of the facility. 

PSEG Waldorf Solar Energy Center 
A 13.1 MW solar energy facility located near Waldorf, Maryland.  Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) has a 20-year agreement to purchase output of the facility. 

PSEG El Paso Solar Energy Center
Located 14 miles north of El Paso, Texas, adjacent to the existing El Paso Electric Newman Generating Station, the facility will have a capacity of 13.0 MW. El Paso Electric Company has a 30-year power agreement to purchase output of the facility. 

PSEG Essex Solar Energy Center 
Located four miles northeast of Burlington, Vermont, the facility has a capacity of 3.6 MW. Output of the facility is to be sold under a 25-year agreement to Vermont Electric Power Producers (VEEP), Inc., as part of the Vermont Sustainably Priced Energy Enterprise Development (SPEED) program. 

PSEG Shasta Solar Farm [A & B]
Two adjacent solar facilities totaling 4.4 MW located in Shasta County, California.  Output of the facilities to be sold to PG&E under a 20-year agreement.

PSEG Badger 1 Solar Farm
A 19.4 MW solar facility located on approximately 172 acres west of Phoenix, Arizona.  Arizona Public Service has a 30-year agreement to purchase the output of the facility.

PSEG Milford Solar Farm
A 15 MW DC project on 80 acres in Kent County, Delaware. At the time it went into service, the end of 2012, it was the largest solar farm in the state.  The project created approximately 100 jobs during construction. It has a power purchase agreement for energy and solar renewable energy credits with Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation.

PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm
A 25.3 MW DC solar project located on 142 acres of land approximately 30 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District entered into a long term power purchase agreement to acquire all of the solar energy generated by the project for 20 years. 

PSEG Wyandot Solar Farm
A 12 MW DC solar farm on 80 acres in Wyandot County, Ohio – the largest solar installation operating in the state. Commercial operation started in summer 2010. AEP Ohio has contracted for the output of the system and the renewable energy credits.

PSEG Jacksonville Solar Farm
A 15 MW DC solar farm on 100 acres in Jacksonville, Florida which started commercial operation in the summer of 2010. JEA, a Jacksonville municipal utility, has contracted for the output of the system and the renewable energy credits.  At completion, was 2nd largest solar facility in Florida. 

The PSEG Mars Hackettstown Solar Garden
A 2.2 MW DC facility with more than 28,000 ground mounted solar panels located on 18 acres adjacent to Mars Snackfood’s U.S. headquarters in western New Jersey. PSEG Solar Source owns the system; Mars has contracted for the output of the system, which is located on its property. At completion, was 7th largest solar facility in the U.S.
Melts in your mouth and uses the sun.

Location	Project	MW-DC	Completed	Off-Taker
North Carolina	PSEG Halifax Solar Energy Center	7.0	December 2017	Virginia Electric and Power Co.
Long Island, NY	PSEG West Babylon Solar Center	10.6	December 2017	Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)
North Carolina	PSEG Cork Oak Solar Energy Center	26.2	December 2017	Virginia Electric and Power Co.
North Carolina	PSEG Sunflower Solar Energy Center	21.0	December 2017	Virginia Electric and Power Co.
North Carolina	PSEG Turkey Creek Solar Energy Center	16.8	January 2017	Virginia Electric and Power Co.
North Carolina	PSEG Hemlock Solar Energy Center	6.5	December 2016	Virginia Electric and Power Co.
Oregon	PSEG Lake County Solar Energy Center	10.5	December 2016	PacificCorp
Colorado	PSEG San Isabel Solar Energy Center	37.9	December 2016	Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
Utah	PSEG Pavant II Solar Energy Center	62.7	November 2016	PacifiCorp
Colorado	PSEG Rawhide Flats Solar Energy Center	36.3	October 2016	Platte River Power Authority (PRPA)
North Carolina	PSEG Meadows Solar Energy Center	25.9	June 2016	Virginia Electric and Power Co.
California	PSEG Lawrence Livermore Solar Energy Center	3.9	February 2016	Western Area Power Authority (WAPA)
California	PSEG Pittsburg Solar Energy Center	25.4	October 2015	Pacific Gas & Electric
Maryland	PSEG Waldorf Solar Energy Center	13.1	September 2015	Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO)
Texas	PSEG El Paso Solar Energy Center	13.0	December 2014	El Paso Electric Company
Vermont	PSEG Essex Solar Energy Center	3.6	October 2014	Vermont Electric Power Producers (VEEP)
California	PSEG Shasta Solar Farm (A & B)	4.4	March 2014	PG&E
Arizona	PSEG Badger 1 Solar Farm	19.4	November 2013	Arizona Public Service
Delaware	PSEG Milford Solar Farm	15.0	December 2012	Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation
Arizona	PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm	25.3	October 2012	Salt River Project
Florida	PSEG Jacksonville Solar Farm	15.0	September 2010	Jacksonville Electric Authority
Ohio	PSEG Wyandot Solar Farm	12.0	May 2010	Ohio Power
New Jersey	PSEG Mars Hackettstown Solar Garden	2.2	September 2009	Mars (makers of M&M’s)
	Total Generation (in operation)	414.0

Other Generating Investments:

Location	Project	# of Projects	Total MW	Equity MW	Fuel
Hawaii	Kalaeloa	1	208	104	Low-sulfur fuel oil