Honua Ola Bioenergy will use locally grown commercial biomass to generate 21.5 megawatts of renewable energy for Hawaii Island consumers in a newly refurbished, reconstructed plant. Once the facility begins operation, it can power approximately 14,000 households with renewable energy.
To produce always-on clean, renewable energy, Honua Ola employs state-of-the-art features in our...Read More
You may already know Honua Ola Bioenergy will use locally grown biomass to produce clean, sustainable energy once the facility begins operating. But aside from the numerous environmental benefits Honua Ola will provide, there are several economic benefits it will deliver to our island home. By harnessing the potential of biomass, Honua Ola Bioenergy can substantially reduce the greenhouse...Read More
August 09, 2021
Martha “Cory” Harden in her letter (Got trucks?, Your Views, Sep. 6), questioned the impacts of Honua Ola’s logging trucks on traffic and noted perceived similarities to cane trucks in the sugar plantation days.
To put things into perspective, on average, 8,500 vehicles use Hawaii Belt Road each day according to the Department of Transportation. Honua Ola will only average 33...Read More
May 25, 2021
By Dave Segal
Hawaii Supreme Court Tells the Public Utilities Commission to Told An Evidentiary Hearing on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Hawaii Supreme Court, giving new life to Hu Honua Bioenergy LLC’s nearly completed biomass plant on Hawaii island, ruled unanimously Monday in favor of the company’s appeal and sent back the case to the state Public Utilities Commission with clear...Read More
May 25, 2021
By John Burnett
State Supreme Court Remands Honua Ola Case to PUC
Honua Ola Bioenergy President Warren Lee on Monday hailed the unanimous decision by the state Supreme Court in favor of its appeal of a Public Utilities Commission decision that rescinded a previously granted waiver of competitive bidding on a power purchase agreement for the almost completed power plant.
“I think...Read More