by honuaolabioenergyMay 6, 2022 News0 comments

Honua Ola Advances Educational and Career Opportunities With Hawaii Community College Tour

In the following video, students from Hawaii Community College’s Electrical Installation and Maintenance Technology program toured Honua Ola Bioenergy to learn about renewable energy and available career opportunities in this and other complementary industries. The students gained valuable knowledge in several areas related to the production of firm, renewable energy, along with how...

by honuaolabioenergyMay 3, 2022 News0 comments

Honua Ola Status Update As We Await A Decision From The Public Utilities Commission

On June 30, 2021, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued an order reopening the Hu Honua Bioenergy, LLC (Honua Ola) proceeding to review the application and schedule an evidentiary hearing for the approval of an amended power purchase agreement (PPA) between Honua Ola and Hawaiian Electric. The Hawaii Supreme Court directed the PUC, for the second time on remand, to hold...

by honuaolabioenergyApril 22, 2022 News0 comments

Honua Ola Makes Unprecedented Carbon Negative Commitment to the PUC

With the filing of its Post-Hearing Brief to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on March 29, Honua Ola Bioenergy (Hu Honua Bioenergy, LLC in legal documents) made an unprecedented commitment to be carbon negative – Hawaii’s only renewable energy project to make such a promise. Honua Ola made this commitment knowing how important its ability to produce clean, renewable energy is to...

by honuaolabioenergyApril 8, 2022 News0 comments

Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Local Forestry Industry Requires a Biomass Power Facility

April 4, 2022 By Don Bryan James Roumasset made a sound argument that utilizing trees to make wood products is a great way to sequester carbon (“Will the real sustainable forestry policy please stand up?,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, March 17). Indeed, it is not unreasonable to expect that wood in the wall of a house or in a piece of fine furniture could...

by honuaolabioenergyMarch 30, 2022 News0 comments

Honolulu Civil Beat: Hawaii Needs Multipronged Approach To Achieve Clean Energy Goals

March 29, 2022 By Mina Morita It could protect the islands from global oil price volatility as well as drastically decrease the state’s carbon footprint. Brittany Lyte’s March 15 article — “Kauai Quit Using Oil to Produce Most of Its Electricity Years Ago. That’s Paying Off Now” — is well written and thoroughly researched, painting a picture of what is possible for our...