Maui Looking for Partner to Develop Waste-to-Energy

Date: December 27, 2012

Source: Maui County

Maui County in Hawaii is seeking a partner to develop a waste-to-energy project that would divert at least 450 tons of waste per day, currently headed to its landfill, to generate as much as 15 megawatts of power. The county, which has already received as many as 111 proposals, says it is willing to sign a 20-year agreement to guarantee the waste stream but would require that bidders propose established technologies that have been proved on a commercial scale at two facilities each with three years of commercial operating history. Maui County officials have said the Department of Environmental Management would lease approximately 10 acres next to the landfill to the winning bidder, which would be required to finance, design, build and operate the project.

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