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Hawaiian Comm & Sugar Puunene Mill — United States of America

Retired waste power-station site in Hawaii, United States of America. Approximate location 20.8675, -156.454.

WasteHawaiiUnited States of AmericaRetired

Hawaiian Comm & Sugar Puunene Mill is a retired waste power station in Hawaii, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #3383 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

62.1MW installed capacity

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1831.

Data status

Known data

FacilityHawaiian Comm & Sugar Puunene Mill Climate TRACE

CountryUnited States of America · Hawaii Climate TRACE

Coordinates20.8675, -156.454 Climate TRACE

FuelWaste Climate TRACE

MW installed capacity62.1 MW EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; retired/historical capacity

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#3383 / 10884 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#42 / 551 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers9.41× · 6.6 MW · n=551 calculated

Climate22.2°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC5 · 45/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset

CommissionedNot available not in dataset

TechnologyNot available not in dataset

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 62.1 MW, Hawaiian Comm & Sugar Puunene Mill is well above the median waste plant in United States of America (6.6 MW). Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #42 largest waste power plant of 551 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 551 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 10,154 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 20.8675, -156.454 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Hawaiian Comm & Sugar Puunene Mill?

Hawaiian Comm & Sugar Puunene Mill was a waste-fired power station in Hawaii, United States of America and was retired.

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