$90M Kauai energy plant to begin selling power to utility in May

A $90 million, 7.5-megawatt Kauai biomass-to-energy power plant will begin selling electricity to Kauai Island Utility Cooperative in May, the developer said Monday.

Green Energy Team, a Hawaii-based firm that is using a biomass energy generation technology created by Standardkessel Baumgarte, a German company that is one of the world leaders in energy technology, said that the plant will burn wood chips produced from several sources on the Garden Isle, including short-rotation trees grown on about…