Clean Energy for Our Customers
Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light companies have a total of about 400 megawatts of renewable energy resources (out of a total of approximately 2,500 megawatts of generation capacity among the three companies) available to meet our customer's energy needs.
These renewable energy sources, solar water heating and quantifiable energy efficiency resulted in about 1,842 gigawatt hours (one billion watt hours; one million kilowatt-hours, or one thousand megawatt-hours) or 19 percent of electric sales in 2009, as reported in the 2009 Renewable Energy Portfolio Status Report to the Public Utilities Commission. In 2009, the Hawaiian Electric companies sold approximately 9,690 GWh of electricity.
Where is this renewable energy coming from?

Gigawatt hours Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light companies
| 1 |
Waste to energy |
399 |
| 2 |
Wind |
250 |
| 3 |
Geothermal |
168 |
| 4 |
Solar water heating |
130 |
| 5 |
Hydro-electricity |
70
|
| 6 |
Biofuels |
4.9
|
| 7 |
Photovoltaic |
1.4 |
SOURCE: 2009 Renewable Energy Portfolio Status Report to the Public Utilities Commission.

| 1 |
HECO |
15.1 |
| 2 |
HELCO |
39.5 |
| 3 |
MECO |
23.7 |
SOURCE: 2009 Renewable Energy Portfolio Status Report to the Public Utilities Commission.
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