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Schofield Generating Station

Other power plant in Hawaii, United States of America. Approximate location 21.4785, -158.0581.

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Schofield Generating Station is a 50 MW other power plant in Hawaii, United States of America. It is operated by Hawaiian Electric Co Inc. Based on reported annual generation of 51 GWh, it can supply roughly 14,485 homes. It ranks #2719 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

50MW installed capacity
51GWh reported / yr
14,485homes powered
2018commissioned (~8 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0060328.

Reported generation trend

2018: 0 GWh20182019: 51 GWh201951 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Hawaiian Electric Co Inc. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen As) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 21.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

22.9°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,788cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
233 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 21 °CJF: 21 °CFM: 22 °CMA: 22 °CAM: 23 °CMJ: 24 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 24 °CON: 23 °CND: 22 °CD25 °C

Heating degree-days here run 100% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 13/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest other power plant of 16 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 16 other power plants in this dataset, together about 572 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 21.4785, -158.0581 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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