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Press Clippings From Āina Koa Pono Award for Sustainable Biofuels Contract from Hawaiian Electric Company

Print/Online Media:

Civilbeat.com - HECO: We're Serious About Biofuels
Hawaiian Electric Company has struck a deal to buy more than 300 million gallons of liquid biofuel from a local company over the next two decades.....
http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2011/01/06/7994-heco-were-serious-about-biofuels/?sl=1

Pacificbusinessnews.com - Aina Koa Pono wins contract; plans to build $320M plant
Aina Koa Pono plans to build a biofuels processing facility on the Big Island at a cost of $320 million now that Hawaiian Electric Co. has awarded it the first contract for locally grown biofuels to be used in HECO’s generators. The contract, which was announced Thursday, is one of several that is expected to be made public in the coming weeks.....
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2011/01/06/aina-koa-pono-wins-contract-plans-to.html

Honolulu Star-Advertiser (front page) + Staradvertiser.com - HECO will power up with biofuel
Hawaiian Electric Co. has signed a contract to buy 16 million gallons a year of locally produced biofuel to power its generators in a move that will allow the state to take a big step toward reducing its dependence on fossil fuel.......
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20110107_HECO_will_power_up_with_biofuel.html

Bloomberg News - Hawaiian crops to be turned to fuel on Big Island
Crops grown on Hawaii's Big Island will be converted into liquid fuel as part of a deal announced Thursday between Hawaiian Electric Co. and renewable energy company Aina Koa Pono.....
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-07/hawaiian-crops-to-be-turned-to-fuel-on-big-island.html

Television Media

Hawai‘i News Now - Hawaiian Electric backs Ka'u biofuels project
Hawaiian Electric and a local biolfuels start-up have signed an agreement for fuel production on the Big Island that will generate jobs as well as fuel for electricity......
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13801540

KITV4 - Energy Farm To Be Built On Big Island
In a major step to ease the state's reliance on fossil fuels, Hawaiian Electric Company announced, what it calls a historic partnership that will supply bio fuels for electricity.....
http://www.kitv.com/news/26395836/detail.html

KHON - Company Plans To Grow Biofuel Crops On Kau Energy Farm
Hawaiian Electric company announced a major deal today to turn Big Island crops into liquid fuel. HECO signed a 20-year contract with Aina Koa Pono to develop a new processing facility and energy farm in Ka'u.....
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/HECO-moves-forward-with-plan-to-turn-Big-Island/7MNm3G4to0aWy9QecHJwGw.cspx