Title :
The Hawaii geothermal/interisland transmission project
Author_Institution :
Stone & Webster Eng. Corp., Boston, MA
Abstract :
In May 1989, Hawaiian Electric Company, the electric utility serving Honolulu and the island of Oahu, issued a request for proposal for the purchase of electricity produced from geothermal resources on the island of Hawaii and transmitted by a combination of overhead lines and submarine cables to Oahu. The authors describe the project, with attention given to the AC and DC transmission portion. A brief summary of the proposal process and evaluation results is also provided
Keywords :
electricity supply industry; geothermal power; power cables; power overhead lines; project engineering; submarine cables; transmission networks; AC; DC; Hawaii; USA; electric utility; geothermal resources; overhead lines; purchase; submarine cables; transmission project;
Conference_Titel :
AC and DC Power Transmission, 1991., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-517-6
