From Idaho Power's Integrated Resource Plan Addendum February 29, 2009, p. 8:
The sales and load forecast reflects the increased expected demand for energy and peak capacity of Idaho Power’s newest special contract customer, Hoku Scientific, Inc, located in Pocatello, Idaho. Hoku Scientific plans to begin operation in April 2009 and reach full capacity by October 2009.
The current sales and load forecast assumes that Hoku Scientific will consume 77 aMW of energy each year and have a peak demand of 87 MW. The forecast for Hoku Scientific is essentially twice as high as the Hoku Scientific forecast prepared one year ago due the actual contract negotiations between Hoku Scientific and Idaho Power and an expansion of the Hoku Scientific production facility.
From the Hoku website, October 2008, explaining how Hoku Solar will be installing a 53,000 kW (53 MW) solar electricity generating system in Oahu:
http://www.shareholder.hokuscientific.com/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=338017
Located in the historic town of Haleiwa on the North Shore of Oahu (Hawaii), the Xcel Building is Xcel's headquarters and manufacturing facility. Hoku Solar plans to install a 34-kilowatt PV system, expected to generate more than 53,500 kilowatt hours of clean, renewable solar electricity each year and will contribute directly to Xcel's ongoing corporate sustainability initiative.
