In Hawaii, Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are working with Maui based company Pacific Biodiesel to develop a way to make water from restaurant grease traps reusable. The collaboration is an example of a new type of partnership between local businesses and the state’s public university. UH developed a High Rate Anaerobic Digestion […]
In Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel has been named to the “Top 25 Most Influential Companies in Hawaii” of the past 50 years, by Pacific Business News. The pioneering biodiesel firm (so ancient in its provenance that it owns the biodiesel.com web address) was one of only two energy companies on the list. The news came as […]
In Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel Technologies announced today that Samuel Millington has been named Chief Executive Officer for the 17 year-old Maui-based company. Millington, a long time Hawaii resident, joins PBT with years of experience in the for-profit, nonprofit and public service sectors. Millington joins PBT at a pivotal moment for the rapidly growing company, with […]
In Palmyra, Pacific Biodiesel will supply a second delivery of biodiesel in 2013 for a Nature Conservancy research team on Palmyra Atoll, located in the North Pacific, after first supplying a load of 10,000 gallons in 2011. The Nature Conservancy’s Palmyra Project strives to “conserve unique biological resources on the atoll; supporting scientific research which will […]
In Hawaii, the contract for Maui-based Pacific Biodiesel Technologies to supply biodiesel to Hawaiian Electric Company for the Honolulu International Airport Emergency Power Facility has been approved by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission. Under the three-year agreement, Pacific Biodiesel will annually supply between 250,000 gallons and one million gallons of biodiesel produced locally from Hawaii-sourced feedstock. As production ramps up […]
Today on Twitter. ContactSEC: Alaska Air calling for EPA to allow flight biofuels to qualify for REC credits. MN2020: Minnesota has been a national leader in renewable fuels, enacting the nation’s first ethanol and biodiesel mandates AlgaeBioCorp: Utah State University project converts algae to fuel and other bio-products . . . ajdye: Military to have […]
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, the US Army Installation Management Command-Pacific and Pacific Biodiesel have finalized a a two-year biofuel crop research project aimed at reducing the Hawaii’s dependence on fossil fuels. The first step in the project is locating suitable land to grow biofuel crops. Pacific Biodiesel is looking at various agricultural sites within the State and will […]
