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Hawaii's largest electric utility is requesting bids from suppliers for three to seven million gallons of biodiesel per year.
Hawaiian Electric Co. wants the fuel to run a 110-megawatt generating station at Oahu's Campbell Industrial Park and an eight-megawatt emergency power facility at Honolulu International Airport.
The company said in a statement Tuesday it prefers locally produced biodiesel. But it says bidders may offer biodiesel made outside Hawaii, or a combined supply of local and non-Hawaii biodiesel, if an island source isn't immediately available.
Hawaiian Electric, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., is pushing to create alternative sources of energy to comply with a 2009 state law requiring the state's electric utilities to get 40 percent of their power from renewable resources by 2030. It's also developing wind, solar, and geothermal energy.
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Hawaii's largest electric utility is requesting bids from suppliers for three to seven million gallons of biodiesel per year.
Hawaiian Electric Co. wants the fuel to run a 110-megawatt generating station at Oahu's Campbell Industrial Park and an eight-megawatt emergency power facility at Honolulu International Airport.
The company said in a statement Tuesday it prefers locally produced biodiesel. But it says bidders may offer biodiesel made outside Hawaii, or a combined supply of local and non-Hawaii biodiesel, if an island source isn't immediately available.
Hawaiian Electric, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., is pushing to create alternative sources of energy to comply with a 2009 state law requiring the state's electric utilities to get 40 percent of their power from renewable resources by 2030. It's also developing wind, solar, and geothermal energy.
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