Seattle: First Wind has begun commercial operation at its 30MW Kahuku Wind facility in Hawaii, making it the first generating project financed under the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program to reach completion.. First Wind received a $117m loan guarantee to help it obtain financing for the wind farm, which sits on the North Shore of Oahu..
Kahuku stands out for its use of a 10MW battery energy-storage system manufactured by Xtreme Power of Texas to help integrate the output of its 12 Clipper Liberty 2.5MW
