Article on HECO Biofuel Controversy Online at the Independent

An article of mine on a HECO's efforts to secure biodiesel for its new 110 megawatt O'ahu power plant is online at www.thehawaiiindependent.com. HECO has been touting the plant as a model for renewable energy ever since it was first conceived (plans originally called for it to run on ethane) . But the ideal started to go sour when the mainland company contracted to supply the biodiesel ran into financial difficulties and welched on its plan to build a biodiesel refining plant here...