Maui County officials are hoping to find a company to build a waste-to-energy facility on the island to burn garbage to produce power for the Maui Electric Company. Approximately 450 tons of garbage are dumped each day at the Central Maui Landfill. The hope would be to burn this garbage and generate enough power to run a 15 megawatt power plant. Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa added, ”We’re taking something we’re currently paying to handle, which is our trash, and we’re going to be using that to create electric power, thereby reducing our dependency on foreign petroleum. We’re trying to reduce our electricity costs and take care of the waste stream. No one really wants to have a new landfill built in their backyard. And the ability for us to minimize landfill space, and possibly mine some of the old landfill material, will allow us to be able to use our current landfill for a much longer period.”
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 11-18-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
www.myhawaiidreamhome.com
