Pacific West Energy sits just a couple of spots below Big Island Carbon at No. 37 on the renewable-energy project list. It hopes to convert existing and former sugar cane and woody biomass lands on Kauai into an energy plantation by first building a 20-megawatt biomass power plant, which it’s calling phase one. The company intends to integrate biofuel, including ethanol production, in phase two. “I’m pleased that they [the state] recognized us and support us as one of the viable projects in the state,” Pacific West Energy President William Maloney said. If all goes well, he said, the company plans to break ground on its project by the end of 2012 and be online by the end of 2013.
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