Honua Ola Bioenergy

Hū Honua and Hawaiian Electric headed back to federal court Monday. Hū Honua first filed its lawsuit against HECO almost a decade ago, alleging antitrust actions and a breach of contract.

Hū Honua president Warren Lee sent a letter asking the PUC to direct HECO to restart contract negotiations, saying it's the "solution" to Big Island's energy woes.

The court upheld the Public Utilities Commission's decision to deny a power purchase agreement that Hū Honua, also known as Honua Ola Bioenergy, had reached with Hawaiian Electric on Hawaiʻi Island.

The head of the Public Utilities Commission discusses the future of the Honua Ola wood-burning power plant on Hawaiʻi Island, and the role biomass may play in Hawaiʻi's energy future. The Conversation's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

Leadership at the Big Island biomass plant Honua Ola is regrouping after the Public Utilities Commission denied their power purchase agreement with Hawaiian Electric; Local composer nominated for a Pulitzer Prize

The Conversation talked to Honua Ola President Warren Lee about the company’s options now that the Public Utilities Commission has given a thumbs down to the Big Island plant on the Hamakua Coast.

Hawaiʻi’s Public Utilities Commission has stopped a wood-burning power plant planned for the Big Island. In a 2-1 vote, the PUC rejected a power purchase agreement between Honua Ola Bioenergy and Hawaiian Electric.

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The state Public Utilities Commission this week is reconsidering its approval of the nearly-complete Honua Ola Bioenergy plant in Pepeʻekeo on Hawaiʻi Island. The four-day hearing seeks to answer two fundamental questions. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission denied a motion to reconsider its previous denial of a bidding waiver for a $350 million biomass plant.Honua Ola…