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Hawaiian Electric Company has signed a contract to buy processed biodiesel from local company ?ina Koa Pono for the generation of electricity in Hawaii.
The project will initially supply biofuel for the Keahole Power Plant in the Ka’u region of the Hawaii Island.
Subject to approval by the state’s Public Utilities Commission, the contract will include the supply of 14 million gallons a year of biofuel in 2014, rising to 16 million gallons per year in 2015 and onwards for a total of 20 years.
The deal is restricted to biofuels produced on Hawaii Island, with conditional allowances for using feedstocks from elsewhere in Hawaii.
The power generator said the deal would see prices fixed over the term of the contract, with an annual escalation, although specific prices and terms were kept confidential due to ongoing negotiations with other biofuel suppliers.
Biofuel will meet Hawaii Electric Light Company specifications and be used primarily at Keahole Power Plant in West Hawaii with flexibility for delivery to other generation stations on Hawaii Island, and Oahu and in Maui County.
Hawaiian Electric Company has signed a contract to buy processed biodiesel from local company ?ina Koa Pono for the generation of electricity in Hawaii.
The project will initially supply biofuel for the Keahole Power Plant in the Ka’u region of the Hawaii Island.
Subject to approval by the state’s Public Utilities Commission, the contract will include the supply of 14 million gallons a year of biofuel in 2014, rising to 16 million gallons per year in 2015 and onwards for a total of 20 years.
The deal is restricted to biofuels produced on Hawaii Island, with conditional allowances for using feedstocks from elsewhere in Hawaii.
The power generator said the deal would see prices fixed over the term of the contract, with an annual escalation, although specific prices and terms were kept confidential due to ongoing negotiations with other biofuel suppliers.
Biofuel will meet Hawaii Electric Light Company specifications and be used primarily at Keahole Power Plant in West Hawaii with flexibility for delivery to other generation stations on Hawaii Island, and Oahu and in Maui County.