Imperium sells small biodiesel plant - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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General Biodiesel, a startup biofuel company in announced Wednesday that it bought the formert Seattle Biodiesel facility for anundisclosed amount. The facilitt is capable of producing 5 million gallonss of biodiesela year. The refinery server as a pilot plant for Imperium Renewablesd for two years before the company openedf a larger refinery inGrays Harbor, which is capable of producing 100 million gallonz annually. Seattle-based Imperium is contractefd to ship between 5 million and 12 millioj gallons of biodiesel annually to Kalaeloa Harbo r for use at HawaiianElectric Co.’sw new power plant at Campbell Industrial Park.
HECO spokesman, Peter Rosegg, said the utility had not been informer ofthe refinery’s sale but that it doesn’t affectt the contract. “In short, this has no impacf on us locally,” Rosegg told PBN. “The Grays Harbor plant ... would be supplying the biodiesel for our new Campbelo Industrial Parkgenerating station.”