Pepeʻekeo, HI (May 23, 2022) — Honua Ola Bioenergy (Hu Honua Bioenergy, LLC in legal documents), is disappointed with the 2-1 majority decision by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reject its power purchase agreement with Hawaiian Electric, as it results in the continued use of costly, dirty fossil fuels over firm renewable energy to power Hawai‘i Island.
PUC Chair James...Read More
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
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
The only way to reduce our reliance on imported foreign oil is to replace it.
Hawai‘i is the most oil-dependent state in the country. Most of the state’s electricity is generated by oil, and 99% of that comes from foreign sources. This dependence makes our cost of living subject to volatile oil prices, like we are experiencing today, with oil prices up 80% from a year...Read More
May 16, 2022
Finding Hawaii’s route to better balance in its energy strategy has many twists and turns, largely because the landscape of technology, environment and economy keeps changing beneath everyone’s feet.
This is why the state has struggled to settle on a pathway for Hu Honua Bioenergy LLC. The company is nearing completion of a $474 million wood-burning biomass plant and is...Read More
