Screened Hydropower Projects

Please note that the geospatial locations of existing and proposed hydropower plants varying in accuracy. Certain sites are placed on known XY coordinate locations (e.g. existing powerplants) while others simply make reference to a certain valley or area on the island. Please review the 'Source of Geospatial Data' attribute column for more information.

Please note that user-friendly aliases are available in the attribute table when opening the MXDs in this data package. These column aliases provide more information on the data entries as well as units of measurement. The user is also referred to Appendix A of the Technical Appendix which presents this database in an accessible MS Excel format.

This data is a SUBSET of the entire dataset delivered by the USACE. At the direction of the State Energy Office, the Statewide GIS Program extracted those studied hydro projects identified as meeting the criteria outlined in the USACE report (energy.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/HydroelectricPowerAssess.pdf). For additional information, please refer to summary metadata at files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/hydro_projects_screened.pdf or complete metadata at files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/hydro_projects_screened.html or contact Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, Hi. 96804; (808) 587-2846; email: gis@hawaii.gov ; Website: planning.hawaii.gov/gis .