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Hawaii’s First Energy Project Committed to Be Carbon Negative

Honua Ola will reduce Hawai’i Island oil imports by 250,000 barrels a year Bioenergy is created by using fast growing renewable plant plant crops instead of fuel oil to generate electricity. When more plants are grown than harvested, they will remove more carbon from the atmosphere than emitted, resulting in a carbon negative operation than lower greenhouse gas...Read More

Reliable Prices, Dependable Supply, and a Greener, Healthier Hawai’i

Honua Ola has met every condition asked of us by the Public Utilities Commission. Over 60% of energy sold on Hawai’i Island comes from oil. And the price of oil is volatile and rising — the cost has soared over 80% from a year ago. As of June 2022, Big Island ratepayers paid on average 31C per kilowatt hour for the entire mix of energy supplied by Hawaiian...Read More

Hawai‘i Needs Reliable Firm Energy Options to Replace Imported Oil

Bioenergy generates 24/7 renewable energy to stabilize the grid and support solar and wind Renewable energy technologies can be divided into two groups: “firm” energy which is always available; and “intermittent” energy, like wind and solar, which depends on weather and time-of-day. Solar and wind provide energy when operating, but they can’t be counted on to keep...Read More

Hawai‘i’s Only Energy Project Committed to Be Carbon Negative

Bioenergy is the CLEANER, SAFER, HEALTHIER alternative to imported oil Bioenergy is created from using fast-growing renewable plant crops instead of fossil fuel oil to generate electricity. If more plants are grown than harvested, they will remove more carbon from the atmosphere than emitted, resulting in a carbon negative operation that lowers greenhouse gas emissions....Read More