06-29-2014, 07:38 PM
Under the contract awarded to Wheelabrator by Big Island Finance Director William Takaba, the incinerator would be built near the existing Hilo landfill and would be completed in about four years. It would generate about 3.5 megawatts of electricity, which is enough to power about 3,500 homes. HILO, Hawai'i — One of the most expensive public works projects in Big Island history was awarded to a Houston firm yesterday that has been vying to build a garbage-to-energy incinerator for the county similar to O'ahu's H-Power plant.
The $125 million facility would be designed, built and operated by Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. and would burn about 230 tons of trash or about 40 percent of the solid waste generated on the island each day. That rubbish now goes into the Hilo landfill, which is nearly full and is expected to close in about four years.
The proposed plant would be a fraction of the size of the H-Power plant in Campbell Industrial Park, which burns about 2,000 tons of trash a day.
Under the contract awarded to Wheelabrator by Big Island Finance Director William Takaba, the incinerator would be built near the existing Hilo landfill and would be completed in about four years. It would generate about 3.5 megawatts of electricity, which is enough to power about 3,500 homes.[8D]
The contract must be approved by the Hawai'i County Council, which is expected to hold public hearings before voting.
Bobby Jean Leithead Todd, director of the county Office of Environmental Management, said she expects the council will weigh the cost of the incinerator against other options such as hauling the trash across the island to the Pu'uanahulu landfill in North Kona, sending the trash off the island on barges, or building a new landfill in the Hilo area.
"I think the issues are going to be price, and also addressing anyone's concerns over the technology," Leithead Todd said. "I think people here, because they have not lived with H-Power, probably have some concerns."
Leithead Todd said the large up-front cost of the plant needs to be balanced against its potential income in a community with some of the highest electricity rates in the nation. The power produced by the plant would also reduce imports of diesel fuel by about 19,000 barrels a year, she said.
"Once we've paid for the facility, the fact that it produces revenue in terms of electricity sales is going to profoundly impact the bottom line," Leithead Todd said. "It will be like H-Power has proved for Honolulu in the sense that at some point in time it starts to generate revenue because of the electricity sales."http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/.../hawaii803050441.html
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The $125 million facility would be designed, built and operated by Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. and would burn about 230 tons of trash or about 40 percent of the solid waste generated on the island each day. That rubbish now goes into the Hilo landfill, which is nearly full and is expected to close in about four years.
The proposed plant would be a fraction of the size of the H-Power plant in Campbell Industrial Park, which burns about 2,000 tons of trash a day.
Under the contract awarded to Wheelabrator by Big Island Finance Director William Takaba, the incinerator would be built near the existing Hilo landfill and would be completed in about four years. It would generate about 3.5 megawatts of electricity, which is enough to power about 3,500 homes.[8D]
The contract must be approved by the Hawai'i County Council, which is expected to hold public hearings before voting.
Bobby Jean Leithead Todd, director of the county Office of Environmental Management, said she expects the council will weigh the cost of the incinerator against other options such as hauling the trash across the island to the Pu'uanahulu landfill in North Kona, sending the trash off the island on barges, or building a new landfill in the Hilo area.
"I think the issues are going to be price, and also addressing anyone's concerns over the technology," Leithead Todd said. "I think people here, because they have not lived with H-Power, probably have some concerns."
Leithead Todd said the large up-front cost of the plant needs to be balanced against its potential income in a community with some of the highest electricity rates in the nation. The power produced by the plant would also reduce imports of diesel fuel by about 19,000 barrels a year, she said.
"Once we've paid for the facility, the fact that it produces revenue in terms of electricity sales is going to profoundly impact the bottom line," Leithead Todd said. "It will be like H-Power has proved for Honolulu in the sense that at some point in time it starts to generate revenue because of the electricity sales."http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/.../hawaii803050441.html
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