| Imperium
Renewable Update (January
8, 2008) Life of the Land's Motion to Intervene before the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) re Imperium Renewables Hawaii LLC lease to build a biodiesel refinery Life of the Land's Motion to Intervene before the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) re Imperium re biofuel supply contract between Renewables Hawaii LLC & Hawaiian Electric Company. |
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| July 11, 2007 ''The city
will hold a public hearing this month on a Seattle-based company's plan
to build a biodiesel refinery at Kalaeloa Harbor. Imperium Renewables
Hawai'i LLC plans to produce diesel from vegetable oil primarily for
use in commercial applications as well as consumer vehicles and
possibly a proposed new Hawaiian Electric Co. power plant at Campbell
Industrial Park. The company wants to build the plant on 11 acres
leased from the state Department of Transportation. Imperium Renewables
Hawai'i has filed an application with the city for a major special
management area use permit to allow the project to proceed. The
Department of Planning and Permitting has set a public hearing on the
application for 10 a.m., July 31, at Kapolei Hale. For information on
the application or the hearing, call Adrian Siu-Li at 768-8018 and
refer to file number 2007/SMA-35.'' (Business Briefs: Ethanol facility
delayed again. Honolulu Advertiser. Wednesday, July 11,
2007
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jul/11/bz/FP707110382.html) July 10, 2007 ''The city will hold a public hearing later this month on a Seattle-based company's plan to build a biodiesel refinery at Kalaeloa Harbor.'' (Public hearing set on planned Kalaeloa biodiesel plant. Honolulu Advertiser. July 10, 2007 http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jul/10/br/br2357418609.html) June 30, 2007 Imperium lands big contract to supply biodiesel back East By Ángel González.Seattle Times Imperium, which plans to inaugurate a 100-million-gallon-per-year plant at Grays Harbor this summer, also aims to build three facilities of similar size in Hawaii, Argentina and the East Coast over the next 18 months, the filing said. Baltimore, Md.-based Constellation, one of the largest wholesale power sellers in the U.S., will buy from Imperium's planned East Coast plant to feed power-generation facilities in 20 Eastern states and the District of Columbia. It will also help sell Imperium's biodiesel at other power plants in the region. To maintain the exclusivity of the contract, Imperium will have to provide at least 100 million gallons of biodiesel a year, the filing said. Solazyme to supply algae oil to Imperium By Dallas Kachan, inside greentech (June 6, 2007) Imperium Biodiesel Draft EA Imperium Renewables Final EA: Responses to Questions by Life of the Land Imperium Renewables Inc. (IRI) Form S-1 Registration Statement. As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. May 23, 2007 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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| May 23, 2007
''Officials at the three-year-old company said Imperium has a "limited
operating history" for investors to judge its business prospects. It's
currently building a Grays Harbor facility, which is planned to open in
July. ... Martin Tobias, who founded Loudeye Technologies Inc., which
was bought by Nokia Corp., is the company's CEO. Mark Stolzman, chief
financial officer, was previously senior vice president of finance and
business development at Starbucks Corp.'' (Imperium Renewables details
$345M IPO plan. Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - May 23, 2007
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2007/05/21/daily22.html) April 10, 2007 ''A Seattle company is proposing to build a biodiesel refinery on state land at Kalaeloa Harbor, the second such facility planned in Hawai'i that would decrease the state's dependency on imported petroleum. ... Imperium Renewables Hawai'i plans to produce biodiesel from palm oil imported from Malaysia, though the refinery would potentially encourage local farming of biofuel crops such as oil palm, soybean, flax, rapeseed, sunflower, peanut, kukui nut, avocado, coconut, neem and algae. ...Imperium is seeking a zoning height variance to allow the tall structures. The company also needs permits, including a special management area use permit and an air permit. A lease is being negotiated with the Transportation Department but has not been signed.'' (Biodiesel refinery planned By Andrew Gomes. Honolulu Advertiser. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Apr/10/bz/FP704100315.html) March 26, 2007 ''Company plans to mass-produce biodiesel in Kapolei'' By Diana Leone (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Imperium Renewables Inc. is planning a $90 million "advanced method biodiesel processing" plant on state Department of Transportation land at Barbers Point Harbor, company representatives told the Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board last month, its Chairwoman Maeda Timson said. ... Imperium representatives said the plant would produce 100 million gallons a year of biodiesel from imported vegetable oil, Timson said. The nonfossil fuel source could be oil palms imported from South East Asia, plus locally grown Hawaii plants and possibly, when the technology develops, algae, she said. ... Imperium talked informally with state Department of Health Clean Air Branch officials last year about what the state's air emission requirements are, but the company has not submitted an application for a permit, said Nolan Hirai, the branch's engineering supervisor. February 28, 2007 Makakilo / Kapolei / Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board Presentation Lance Ayrault (Managing Director), David Leonard and Mark Fields (head of corporate engineering) Imperium Renewables, Inc. Oahu Biodiesel Production Facility – Imperium Renewables Hawaii – Lance Ayrault, Managing Director, Imperium Renewables, Inc., reported that Imperium is in advanced stages of engineering and permitting for a production facility on Oahu that will produce a biodegradable and non-toxic replacement for petroleum diesel, called ''biodiesel.'' The site will be at Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor, scheduled to be operational by April 2008. Construction will involve 350 jobs and operation will entail 70 permanent jobs. The non-fossil fuel will initially be imported vegetable oil, but will hope to convert to oil palms as a source, transported from South East Asia and augmented by any local grown Hawaii plants. As technology develops, algae may also be considered as a fuel source. Biodiesel is made (transesterification) by fixing fat or oil with methanol and a catalyst (usually sodium or potassium hydroxide) which results in glycerin and biodiesel. Biodiesel has a high flash point, which makes it safer to store, transport and handle and is biodegradable. Ayrault said the initial supply of feedstock would be from South America or South East Asia, requiring 100 million gallons of oil. Ross asked about potential harms; Fields, head of corporate engineering for Imperium, reported that methanol is used as part of the process, but said it is very small use compared to other users and that the use would be within the permits. He said groundbreaking was anticipated at mid year 2007 and operations would start in 2008. Chair Timson thanked Imperium for the presentation and asked them to return as the project advances. |
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