Lalamilo Wells

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| country = United States

| location = South Kohala, Hawaii County, Hawaii

| status = Commissioned

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| commissioned = {{start date|2017}}

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| owner = Lalamilo Wind Company

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| wind_farm_type = Onshore

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Lalamilo Wells is a wind farm on the island of Hawaii. It is located within the ahupua{{okina}}a (ancient land division) called Lalamilo,{{gnis|361706|Lalamilo}} between the coastal area known as Puako, Hawaii, and the inland towns of Waimea and Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. It was commissioned in 1985 with 39 17.5 kW Jacobs wind turbines and 81 20 kW Jacobs wind turbines, yielding a total capacity of 2.3 MW.{{cite web|url=http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/wwg/history.html |title=History of Wind Energy Projects in Hawaii |website=State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615104456/http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/wwg/history.html |archivedate=June 15, 2011 |accessdate=22 January 2009 |url-status=unfit }}

Starting in January 2006, the electric utility operating the wind farm, Hawaiian Electric Company (HELCO), operated a demonstration model of a grid-stabilizing unit, known as an Electronic Shock Absorber (ESA). This unit was designed to increase the stability of the island's grid, which has a relatively high penetration of wind energy, which is subject to rapid fluctuations.{{Cite web |url=http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun06/3544 |title=IEEE Spectrum: Taking Wind Mainstream |access-date=2009-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005203926/http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun06/3544 |archive-date=2008-10-05 |url-status=dead }} However, the unit was damaged in an earthquake in October 2006.[http://www.heco.com/portal/site/heco/menuitem.508576f78baa14340b4c0610c510b1ca/?vgnextoid=94600420af0db110VgnVCM1000005c011bacRCRD&vgnextchannel=ab020420af0db110VgnVCM1000005c011bacRCRD&vgnextfmt=defau&vgnextrefresh=1&level=0&ct=article HECO > Energy Storage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711161653/http://www.heco.com/portal/site/heco/menuitem.508576f78baa14340b4c0610c510b1ca/?vgnextoid=94600420af0db110VgnVCM1000005c011bacRCRD&vgnextchannel=ab020420af0db110VgnVCM1000005c011bacRCRD&vgnextfmt=defau&vgnextrefresh=1&level=0&ct=article |date=2011-07-11 }}