http://www.energyefficiencynews.comAfion Media LtdHawaiian plant is latest to convert from coal to biomass<p>In a growing trend across the US, a coal-fired power station in Pepeekeo on Haiwaii’s Big Island is being retrofitted to use locally grown sustainable biomass for power generation.</p>
<p>The H? Honua 24 MW clean energy project, which is funded and operated by <a
href="http://www.mmarenewableventures.com"
rel="external">MMA Renewable Ventures</a>, will use residual wood from the local timber industry and green waste that would otherwise go to landfill to generate sufficient electricity to power around 18,000 homes - around 10% of Big Island’s total energy needs.</p>
<p>Other recent announcements of coal-to-biomass plant conversions include <a
href="http://www.dteenergy.com"
rel="external">DTE Energy Services’</a> plans to buy and convert the E.J. Stoneman Power plant in Wisconsin to burn wood by 2009, and <a
href="http://www.georgiapower.com"
rel="external">Georgia Power’s</a> proposal to convert Albany’s Plant Mitchell to wood fuel by 2012.</p>
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For further information:<br />
<a
href="http://www.huhonua.com/proj_over.htm"
rel="external">www.huhonua.com/proj_over.htm</a><br />
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http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/1217/
2008-09-02T00:00:00-00:00biomass, Hawaii, coal-to-biomass conversion, power generation, renewables