Hamakua Energy plans to convert power plant to 100% renewable fuels

A worker checks one of the two turbines at the Hamakua Energy power plant, where an upgrade is in the works to burn 100% renewable fuels. (Courtesy photo/ Hamakua energy)

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Workers look at the Hamakua Energy power plant, where an upgrade is in the works to burn 100% renewable fuels. (Courtesy photo/ Hamakua energy)

courtesy photo Workers are dwarfed by the fuel tanks at the Hamakua Energy power plant, where an upgrade is in the works to burn 100% renewable fuels.

A Honokaa power plant that provides about a third of the electrical power for the island is planning an upgrade.