The contract is one of several biofuel projects currently under review by the PUC, including proposals by Aina Koa Pono and Hu Honua on the Big Island. 

From HECO:

Under the three-year agreement, Pacific Biodiesel will annually supply between 250,000 gallons and one million gallons of biodiesel produced locally from Hawaii-sourced feedstock.

As production ramps up at its new 5.5 million gallon-per-year Hawaii Island Biodiesel plant, Pacific Biodiesel also announces it is now able to process the most degraded recycled vegetable oil feedstock into the highest quality biodiesel available in the country. Thanks in large part to new technology developed with a grant from the Hawaii Renewable Energy Development Venture, this technology removes virtually all trace impurities and results in biodiesel that is clear instead of amber.

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Under an agreement already approved by the Public Utilities Commission between Hawaiian Electric and State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Airports Division, the utility will be able to use electricity from the facility for up to 1,500 hours per year to supply the Oahu grid.

However, in the event of a major emergency or natural disaster, the generation facility will be able to separate itself automatically from the grid to supply power directly to the airport facility, using a variety of available fuels. It will provide emergency power to critical airport operations within five minutes of an outage and will be able to meet 65% of the airport’s total energy needs, significantly expanding the airport’s existing emergency generation capabilities.