http://www.waste-management-world.com/articles/2015/04/5-9-mw-plasma-gasification-plants-to-be-developed-across-hawaii.html
Two plasma gasification waste to energy developments are moving forward in Hawaii.
Pacific Business News reported that Honolulu-based Pelatron Q has submitted a land use request to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) for a 5 megawatt (MW) development in Oahu.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has reportedly been signed with landfill company PVT Land Co for feedstock, with electricity planned to be off taken by the Hawaiian Electric Co or NextEra Energy Inc, according to the source.
Pelatron Q plans to use the Solena Plasma Gasification and Vitrification (SPGV) technology – the same technology being used in London to process waste into jet fuel (read WMW story) – to generate a syngas from the waste for the production of electricity or biofuels.
Meanwhile in Kauai, the company is also working on a 9 MW waste to energy project, using waste from the Kekaha landfill site.
A total of $44 million is hoped to be raised in special purpose revenue bonds to fund the projects, through a Senate Bill.