Hawaii BioEnergy has named a new president and CEO.
The Honolulu-based company announced Monday that Paul S. Zorner, with more than 20 years of experience in renewable fuels research and development, was named to the top position.
Zorner most recently served as chief scientific officer, founder and executive director of PEL. PEL is focused on creating green energy [...]

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Sale of restaurant, lounge pending with local restaurateur
Illinois-based Quintus Resorts LLC sold its Hanalei Bay Resort management business to Celebrity Resorts of Orlando, Fla. yesterday.
Effectively immediately, Celebrity will manage the two associations of the 134-unit resort in Princeville and will operate a nightly room rental business. It will also take over Quintus’ timeshare sales and [...]

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After an extended closure, the Bali Hai Restaurant at the Hanalei Bay Resort is nearing a purchase agreement with Bar Acuda chef and owner Jim Moffat.
The deal, which also includes the Happy Talk Lounge, has not yet cleared escrow. Moffat said the sale is expected to close in three weeks.
“The goal is to sell the [...]

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On a sunny weekday afternoon, a lone surfer skims across the water at one of America’s most famous coastlines. But this is no normal surfer, nor is he riding a typical board.
Armed with a long black paddle in his hand, Laird Hamilton, revered as a god among surfers, stands on a massive 12-foot board and [...]

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Kauai partnership plans to open $40 million facility by next year
More than two years after the state began requiring gasoline to be blended with ethanol, Hawai’i has yet to see local production of the fuel.
Ethanol is an alternative, grain-based fuel that can be produced locally from sugar cane or one of its byproducts. Corn is [...]

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With a defense contract in hand, Hawai‘i BioEnergy LLC, in which Maui Land & Pineapple Co. is a founding partner, is ready “to move from R (research) to D development),” says ML&P Chief Operating Officer Robert “Rob” Webber.
A marker of progress since the alliance was formed in 2006 was the appointment last week of an [...]

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