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MEDIA RELEASE Hu Honua Bioenergy is to resume onsite operations with a full team of employees and contractors, including final site preparation, delivery of specialized equipment and construction mobilization. The accelerated activity comes after HHB and Honolulu-based Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company reached a settlement to resolve a contractual dispute between the parties related to the […]

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Purchase agreement finalized with Hu Honua Bioenergy for 21.5MW of renewable power

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MEDIA RELEASE Since receiving its air permit in September from the state Department of Health Clean Air Branch (DOH), Hu Honua Bioenergy LLC (HHB) has moved forward with Pepeekeo site preparation. “We are pleased that the DOH has granted us the air permit,” said John Sylvia, CEO of HHB. “The Hawaii air permit process is […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hu Honua Bioenergy, LLC has been granted an air permit by the state Department of Health – Clean Air Branch. HHB can now move ahead with its engineering design, construction and refurbishing of the former Hilo Coast Power Company power plant at Pepeekeo into a modern biomass facility. The HHB energy facility will […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Third Circuit Court Judge Greg K. Nakamura has removed Hu Honua Bioenergy LLC as a defendant in the lawsuit filed by certain area residents against Continental Pacific, LLC and Hank Correa Realty. The judge ruled Hu Honua had produced sufficient evidence to show no other defendant had legal claim to bring an injunction […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii County-appointed hearings officer in the Hu Honua Bioenergy contested case recommended the county’s Windward Planning Commission approve the proposed amendment to the facility’s Special Management Area. The hearing officer, Robert Crudele, said the approval should be based on a set of provisions. Hu Honua management said those requirements will be fully […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hu Honua Bioenergy announced it is able to meet or exceed the stringent public health air emission requirements set in the draft air permit just released by the Hawaii Department of Health. Hu Honua is refurbishing a power facility into a renewable biomass energy plant in an existing industrial complex at Peepekeo on […]

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