In Hawaii, biofuels company, Hawaii BioEnergy LLC, has made a deal to supply Hawaiian Electric Co. with biodiesel made from eucalyptus on the island of Kauai. The Company has signed a contract to supply 10 million gallons of biodiesel annually to HECO’s Kahe power plant on Oahu, equal to more than four percent of the […]
In Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel will supply at least 250,000 gallons of locally produced biodiesel to the new 8-megawatt (MW) Honolulu International Airport Emergency Power Facility to be operated by Hawaiian Electric. The three-year contract with renewal options calls for Pacific Biodiesel to supply biodiesel from locally recycled cooking oil collected and processed at either the […]
In Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company issued an RFP for sustainably produced, renewable biofuel for the Kahe Power Plant in Leeward Oahu. The request for proposals seeks up to 42 million gallons a year, beginning as early as mid-2014. Hawaiian Electric encourages biofuels from feedstocks originating in Hawaii. Bidders may propose a combination of local biofuel […]
In Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company has issued a call for a supply of three to seven million gallons of biodiesel per year for the 110-megawatt Campbell Estate Industrial Park Generating Station. Included is a request to supply 250,000 gallons per year for the 8 MW Honolulu International Airport Emergency Power Facility which is projected to […]
In Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric’s test using 100% crude palm oil and an inedible byproduct of palm oil refining in its 90MW steam turbine generator was successful. The utility says the test was the first time a utility-scale steam unit had burned 100 percent biofuel at 100 percent of its generating capacity. More on the story.
