Kauai firm to build biodiesel plant
A new biodiesel company based on Kauai will break ground on its first production plant early next year.
Local Biofuels received a use permit from Kauai's Planning Commission during a public hearing on Tuesday to build a 250,000 gallon-per-year biodiesel facility at the Puhi industrial park just outside Lihue. That's enough to meet about 10 percent of Kauai's current diesel needs according to Joyce Kehoe, one of the company's founders.
Kehoe said she expects to start selling biodiesel from the plant next summer.
It would be the third commercial biodiesel production plant in Hawaii. Maui-based Pacific Biodiesel has plants on Maui and Oahu.
The facility will use a combination of used-grease and virgin oil to make biodiesel, which runs inside most diesel engines.
Local Biofuels received a use permit from Kauai's Planning Commission during a public hearing on Tuesday to build a 250,000 gallon-per-year biodiesel facility at the Puhi industrial park just outside Lihue. That's enough to meet about 10 percent of Kauai's current diesel needs according to Joyce Kehoe, one of the company's founders.
Kehoe said she expects to start selling biodiesel from the plant next summer.
It would be the third commercial biodiesel production plant in Hawaii. Maui-based Pacific Biodiesel has plants on Maui and Oahu.
The facility will use a combination of used-grease and virgin oil to make biodiesel, which runs inside most diesel engines.
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