Pacific West Energy, LLC
The Company Pacific West Energy, LLC is an integrated energy production and marketing company. The Company was formed in 2001 initially to market fuel ethanol, primarily in the Western United States, and to develop and construct, own, and operate ethanol and other energy production facilities in niche locations providing unique cost or revenue advantages. The Company is currently actively developing an integrated energy bio-refinery producing electricity and ethanol on the island of Kaua'i in Hawai'i. The Kaua'i project entails the operation of an existing sugar mill, obtaining and expanding the cultivation of cane, leucaena and other biomass lands on Kaua'i to support the mill, and the development, construction, and operation of a fuel ethanol plant and electricity production facility integrated into the mill. The Kaua'i electricity project is a 20 MW facility that is designed to produce electricity for export to the local utility, Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative. The Kaua'i ethanol plant has been designed to produce fuel ethanol for sale in the Hawai'i motor fuel and electricity generation markets. In addition, the sugar mill is designed to produce sugar for local consumption, refining, and export. The Company is also developing biodiesel, algae-to-renewable fuels, solar, wind and other power projects to integrate into the Company's biomass facilities. These projects are being conducted by the Company both independently and in partnership with technology and other development partners. The Company's strategy is to create the world's first "integrated green-energy plantation," producing firm renewable energy from a variety of sources for the Company's own use and for sale to third parties.