HNEI Completes Study and Report on Renewable Natural Gas Resource Assessment
The HNEI research team of Sharon Chan, Robert Williams, and Scott Turn, completed an assessment of biorenewable resources and their potential for renewable natural gas (RNG) production in Hawai‘i. Funded under the Energy Systems Development Special Fund, this study...
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HNEI Researchers Coauthor Review of Bio-Based Alternative Jet Fuel Production Options
HNEI researchers and collaborators published an extensive review of potential agricultural and silvicultural resources for the production of alternative jet fuel in Hawai‘i and the tropics. HNEI partnered with UH Departments of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences and Natural...
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HNEI Research Overview Posters
Two posters that overview HNEI’s research efforts have been posted. HNEI’s current and past projects are highlighted in the analysis, testing, and evaluation poster, while our faculty research is featured on the research and development poster. The poster are...
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HNEI Faculty Member, Dr. Trevor Morgan, Co-Authors Book
HNEI Assistant Researcher, Dr. Trevor Morgan, co-authored the book Solid Fuels and Heavy Hydrocarbon Liquids: Thermal Characterization and Analysis, Second Edition. The publisher, Elsevier, states that this book “integrates the developments that have taken place since publication of the...
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Creating Renewable Gasoline
Creating gasoline and biodiesel from readily available microbial organisms may sound too good to be true, but that is exactly what researchers at the Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are doing. A new...
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Carbon Substitution and Sequestration: Additional NSF Funding
The National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Carbon Substitution and Sequestration (CarbSS) project of the Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) is designed to introduce University of Hawai‘i (UH) engineering graduate students to the science of biomass carbonization and combustion, and...
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Hawai‘i Bioenergy Master Plan Project Final Report – Available Online
The Hawai‘i Bioenergy Master Plan Project Final Report, prepared by HNEI for the State of Hawai‘i under contract to the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, has been completed. The project was established under Act 253, SLH 2007.
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