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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Saturday, June 13, 2009

City to install 100-kilowatt photovoltaic system at Halawa baseyard


Advertiser Staff

The city will install a 100-kilowatt photovolatic system on three buildings at its Halawa Corporation Yard, Mayor Mufi Hannemann announced on Friday.

The system is scheduled to be completed in January 2010 and will generate approximately 200,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, the equivalent of 33 percent of the buildings’ energy consumption.
City engineers estimate the electricity cost saving to be $40,000 a year.
The PV panels will be installed on the roofs of three buildings at the facility at 99-1077 Iwaena Road in Halawa Valley. The corporation yard houses operations of the Department of Facility Maintenance and Department of Environmental Services.