Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) 和Alexander & Baldwin (A&B) 合作，为 Kauai’s south shore建设一个6MW的太阳能发电设施。
这个6MW的多晶硅面板太阳能发电设施将要配备一个电池储能系统（BESS）。这个储能系统将由KIUC公司安装与电网的互联点上（at the point of interconnection to the grid）。等国家和地区的监管部门通过后，该项目将于今年晚些时候开始建设，预计2012年年底之前完工。
Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has joined forces with Alexander & Baldwin (A&B) for the development of a 6MW utility-scale solar PV facility on Kauai’s south shore. A&B plans to have the project developed and operated by one of its subsidiaries and will sell the power produced by the plant to KIUC under a 20-year fixed PPA agreement.
The 6MW polycrystalline panel solar facility will feature an incorporated battery energy storage system (BESS) installed by KIUC at the point of interconnection to the grid. Upon county and state regulatory approvals being completed, construction should begin later this year with completion accomplished before the end of 2012. The solar plant will be built on a 20-acre, industrial-zoned parcel of land owned by A&B and situated next KIUC’s Port Allen Station power plant.
KIUC President & Chief Executive Officer David Bissell said, “A&B’s facility, which would be the largest solar generation facility on Kauai when completed, underscores KIUC’s progress in the solar arena. When coupled with an existing 1MW facility at Kapa‘a and a planned 3MW facility at Poipu, KIUC will likely have the highest percentage of solar PV on its system anywhere in the country. This project means KIUC members will benefit for the next two decades from clean, renewable solar energy at a fixed price below our current cost of generation and not tied to oil. This is truly a win-win situation for the Kauai community and underscores our ability to work with landowners to make these kinds of projects happen."