Originally Posted by
josephstern
From the satellite pics, I think it did, along with Star Noodle and the Old Lahaina Luau.
But I haven't seen any reports or pics from the ground.
Toward the end of this video is the best ground pictures I've seen of Star Noodle, the Old Lāhainā Luau, and the Cannery Mall:
Also shows how well the new houses in Kahoma Village resisted the flames, even burning the cover off of a garage door opener keypad but not catching the house itself on fire.
Originally Posted by
Adelphos
No idea how much power these generate but there are some prominent windmills on Maui (from my trip over New Years this past year)
Kaheawa Wind farm produces up to 30 megawatts of power.
Originally Posted by
josephstern
The big power plant on Maui is oil-based. It's just down the hill from those windmills above in Maalaea. I assume whichever of these was built second was likely put there to take advantage of the same transmission lines.
The Ma
ʻalaea power plant was there first. In the days before solar, it would produce a huge plume of smoke that would be blown to the south all day long as people cranked up the air conditioners. Now it sits mostly idle during the daylight hours and revs up when the sun goes down.