News & Events
In the Media
Coverage of the Aloha Carbon project, and the community forums and summits we have convened.
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Empowered Hawaiʻi: Tomorrow’s Tourism
STEMWorks: Innovation Summer Internship Highlights
Listen
Fertilizer made from invasive plants could be a win-win for Hawaiʻi farmers
Hawaiʻi Public Radio, April 2024.
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Press Coverage
- Could Hawaiʻi Be the First State to Dump Landfills? (Civil Beat) — January 2026
- USDA Forest Service Invests $80M to Expand Timber Markets, Protect Forests, Fuel Economic Growth — July 2025
- Building Industry Hawaii: A Race to 2028 — June 2025
- Simonpietri Enterprises Turns Demolition and Construction Waste into Energy (Hawaii Business) — May 2024
- Oʻahu’s Construction Waste Could Become Food For Crops At A New Kapolei Facility (Civil Beat) — February 2024
- Simonpietri Enterprises Awarded Federal Grant for Fertilizer Made from Fire-Prone Invasive Plants (PR Newswire) — January 2024
- New contract for engineering toward a waste-wood-to-electricity plant in Hawaii — November 2023
- Central Pacific Bank Foundation Announces New WE by Rising Tide Cohort (Pacific Business News) — August 2023
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser Editorial: Hawaii a good fit for hydrogen fuel — January 2023
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Isle renewable firm awarded $1.6M — October 2022
- Maui Now: Hawaiʻi renewable fuel firm receives $1.6M from US Department of Energy — October 2022
- Hawaii Small Business Wins Innovation Award to Reduce the Cost of Sustainable Aviation Fuel — April 2022
- EPA Announces $100K in Funding to Kailua Small Business to Develop Low-Greenhouse-Gas Fuel — April 2021
Events
Forums and Summits
February 2023
HBETO 2023
What’s new in energy, transport & agriculture: statewide integrated resource planning for food, energy, transportation, and climate action.
February 2022
HBETO 2022
Time for transformational action: HBETO members and policy leaders on integrated biologically-based systems for a more sustainable Hawaii.
October 2020
HBETO 2020
How can we build back better? Pandemic recovery toward sustainability, resiliency, and diversification.
December 2019
Hawaii Aviation & Climate Action Summit
A first-of-its-kind summit at the State Capitol with major airlines, industry leaders, and State officials.
To see all previous events, visit the Hawaii Bioeconomy Trade Organization.