HTDC Grants Assist Biodiesel Expenses on Big Island
(Big Island Now) The Hawai‘i Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) provided more than $900,000 in grant funds to 29 Hawai‘i-based manufacturing companies in June. The Manufacturing Assistance Program (MAP) grant assisted Pacific Biodiesel with funding for equipment purchases and qualified manufacturing expenses for its 5.5 MMgy biodiesel plant and value-added product development on Hawai‘i Island and waste oil collection center on O‘ahu.
At its O‘ahu facility, Pacific Biodiesel upgraded its wastewater pretreatment equipment and centrifuge system to increase the recovery of yellow and brown greases from trap waste.
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The MAP grant is administered by HTDC’s INNOVATE Hawai‘i, a national program funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, which provides assistance to Hawai‘i manufacturers to grow and expand their business. READ MORE
