02-28-2010, 08:51 AM
HELCO only operates diesel as peak generation boost. the base level is generated by fuel oil, oahu is 100% fuel oil (well and the carbon arc but its not much).
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Originally posted by Carey
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including the diesel we need for the lions share of the electricity is not coming, take out the two tsunami zone airports for a few weeks, and we are really in a mess....
BTW: there is hardly any backup storage for our electric grid (day-days time frame)... ports out, no diesel scenario becomes bleak for many and the wonder of it is that the grid is all controlled by a computer control center... even with some non-diesel load capabilities, with our current island wide drought, we would have been looking at water as being THE crucial commodity. No to low pumping capabilites..