“Earthworks Pacific performed all the mass grading and backbone infrastructure on this 52-acre site for the County of Kauai Housing Agency,” says Jeffrey Fisher, Earthworks Pacific Inc. Lima Ola’s November 2020 groundbreaking ceremony kicked off Phase 1. These include Lima Ola Workforce Housing in Eleele, reportedly the largest affordable housing project ever undertaken by Kauai County.Īccording to the County, Lima Ola will contain approximately 550 new multi-family and single-family affordable housing units when all four phases of the development are complete. Other big new Kauai projects are also in the works. Targeting a late 2025 wrap, WKEP will be a “legacy” generation facility, Bissell says: “It’s expected to serve Kauai’s energy needs for 100 years or more.” “In addition, WKEP will create economic development and agricultural opportunities for Native Hawaiians and the west side communities of Waimea and Kekaha.” “By using the unique topography with the existing plantation ditch and reservoir infrastructure, WKEP will demonstrate the effectiveness of pairing a hydropower facility with solar PV and battery energy storage to improve grid performance,” he says. The project’s main site-located about four miles north of Kekaha and six miles northwest of Waimea-was selected “in large part due to the presence of the existing Kokee Ditch and the location of the three existing reservoirs,” Bissell says. WKEP will stretch from Kokee to the Mana Plain, spanning hundreds of acres of state-owned land. Currently in the development and permitting phase, the project is slated to start in mid- to late 2023 and is expected to create about 200 jobs. “is a critical component of Kauai’s renewable energy future,” Bissell says. The $230 million project by KIUC and The AES Corp. The West Kauai Energy Project (WKEP), a groundbreaking solar photovoltaic, battery energy storage and pumped storage hydro project, “will be the first of its kind in the world,” says David Bissell, president and CEO of Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). Tiny Kauai is about to grab a spot on the world stage.
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