HECO Gets Approval for Biodiesel Contract

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Hawaiian Electric Co. will continue to import biodiesel for one of its generators in Campbell Industrial Park. 

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved a three-year contract extension with Renewable Energy Group, a company based in Iowa. 

From a HECO press release: 

Under the new contract, REG will continue to annually supply three to seven million gallons of high quality biodiesel processed from used cooking oil and waste animal fats for the Campbell Industrial Park Generating Station. The plant is the nation’s first utility-scale combustion turbine run entirely on 100% biodiesel.

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