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Is Maui looking at additional biofuels?

April 26, 2017additional BioFuels Maui

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Is Maui looking at additional biofuels?

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Yes, Maui Electric Company has hired a Mainland consultant to study the use of ethanol in their units. That process is just beginning. In the meantime, Hawaiian Electric Company and BlueEarth Biofuels LLC announced plans to build a biodiesel processing facility on Maui to supply green renewable biodiesel to power Maui Electric’s diesel generators. BlueEarth Biofuels, LLC – a developer of power and renewable energy projects based in Texas and Arizona – will develop and operate the facility which is scheduled to come into service in 2009. Maui Electric is examining the possibility of converting all of its generators at Ma‘alaea that use oil-based diesel to biodiesel, ideally from locally grown crops.