HPower

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Categories: Hawaii | Environmental issues in Hawaii | Energy issues in Hawaii

HPower is a waste-to-energy facility situated on 28 acres in Campbell Industrial Park located in Kapolei, Hawaii. HPower's two boilers convert ordinary trash into clean renewable energy. The facility is capable of processing 2,160 tons-per-day of household waste into fuel for combustion, while generating up to 57 megawatts of energy, enough to support more than 45,000 homes. There are plans for a third boiler to be completed in late 2011 or early 2012.

HPower’s waste-to-energy system consists of two 854 ton-per-day refuse-derived fuel, (RDF) waterwall furnace/boilers with traveling grates. HPower’s waste processing consists of two RDF processing lines each rated at nominal 100 tons per hour.

At HPower, non-hazardous municipal and commercial solid waste is combusted in water-cooled furnaces at temperatures greater than 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit. The process reduces the waste to an inert ash that is only about 10 percent of its original volume. [1]

External Links

• Welcome to HPower (Covanta)
• Blakeman, Karen. H-Power upgrade sought Honolulu Advertiser, September 22, 2004.
• Leone, Diana. Plant showcases power over trash -- The city hopes to expand the H-POWER facility to further reduce garbage headed for landfills Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 26, 2004.
• Leone, Diana. Plan sees stabilized future for isle refuse – Oahu recycling and a waste-to-energy plant are key to 25-year projections Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 8, 2004.
• No growth in city trash not a high enough goal -- THE ISSUE -- A study projects that the amount of garbage going to city landfills won't increase during the next 25 years. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 9, 2004.
• Reyes, B.J. Landfill to stay open until 2012 -- A state commission gives the city time to find options for the Leeward Oahu site Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 25, 2009.