Hawaii
Penguin Bank Project, HI
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Wave Energy OPPOSITION: Maui Tomorrow, a citizens’ planning and environmental group; local citizens PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co. proposed to erect 100 ocean platforms over a roughly 80-square-mile area between Oahu and Moloka’i … Continue reading
Hu Hona Biomass Plant, HI
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Biomass Plant OPPOSITION: Pepeekeo residents; Hu Honua County Councilmen; Opponents of Hu Honua PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Hu Honua Bioenergy is proposing a 24-megawatt biomass power plant in Pepe’ekeo at a site that was previously … Continue reading
Hamakua Biomass Energy Plant, HI
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Biomass Plant OPPOSITION: Local residents; County Councilmen PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Hamakua Biomass Energy LLC, is preparing an environmental assessment for a 30-megawatt biomass plant located in Pa’auilo. The plant would rely on fast-growing eucalyptus … Continue reading
Imperium Renewables Biodiesel Plant – Oahu, Hawaii
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Biodiesel Plant OPPOSITION: Environmental groups (not specified in source materials) PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: In July 2008, Imperium Renewables announced it was delaying plans to build a $151 million dollar, 100-million-gallon-per-year, biodiesel plant at the Kalaeloa Harbor in … Continue reading