Hawaii PUC Approves Biofuel Testing at Kahe Plant

Published: 2010-06-16

Honolulu, United States –The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Hawaiian Electric Company’s plan to test biofuel blends in a 90-megawatt (MW) steam turbine generating unit at Kahe Power Plant that presently runs on low sulfur fuel oil (LSFO).

Earlier this month the PUC approved two other biofuel contracts, including a separate contract for Sime Darby to provide approximately 1 million gallons of palm oil-derived biodiesel for use in Maui Electric Company’s Biodiesel Demonstration Project.

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