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BlueEarth Biofuels ready with $61 million biodiesel plant in Hawaii

Pacific Biodiesel has been active in Hawaii for years, but it's about to get some competition. But while Pacific Biodiesel is often used in cars (like the Bio-Beetle), newcomer BlueEarth is setting its sights on burning the biofuel to produce electricity. BlueEarth Biofuels LLC, based in Texas and Arizona, is planning to have a new 40 million gallon-a-year biodiesel plant operating on Maui by 2009, with annual capacity increasing to 120 million gallons by 2011. The Maui Electric Company (MEC) will be an owner-partner of the plant, the first ... Read more →

Getting off the gas in Hawaii - part 3: Bio-Beetles Away! Sebastian Blanco

BlueEarth Biofuels ready with $61 million biodiesel plant in Hawaii 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Getting off the gas in Hawaii - part 3: Bio-Beetles Away! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Note: Don't miss parts one and two in the Hawaii Alt Fuel series. click on the image to visit the Bio-Beetle high-res image gallery Maui is a beautiful island, and Shaun Stenshol is working to keep it that way. Last fall, I needed to go to Maui for a project I'm working on and, while I was there, ...

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