As we conclude our company’s 30^th anniversary this year, Pacific Biodiesel is teaming up with our longtime customer Hawaiian Electric for a special holiday program to support local food banks and celebrate favorite holiday recipes made with local ingredients. The collaboration – Kākou for the Holidays – includes a rice drive and a holiday recipe contest.

HOLIDAY RECIPE CONTEST

Celebrating the holiday season and favorite family recipes, Hawaiian Electric and Pacific Biodiesel launched a Holiday Recipe Contest this week.

“We’re collaborating with Pacific Biodiesel over the holidays to celebrate our ongoing partnership of using their locally sourced biofuel for our electric grid,” said Mike DeCaprio, vice president of power supply for Hawaiian Electric. “Kākou for the Holidays is a way for us to come together to support our communities and honor our companies working together for clean energy in Hawai‘i."

The recipe contest runs now through Dec. 15. Recipes must be prepared with local ingredients, such as Kuleana® Hawaiʻi Grown Sunflower Oil, and can include recipes from Hawaiian Electric’s “The Electric Kitchen” recipe collection on the company’s website.

Hawaiian Electric will randomly select five prize winners from all qualified “Kākou for the Holidays” Recipe Contest entrants.

For more information on the recipe contest, including how to enter and to view the complete rules, view the press release on our website.

HOLIDAY RICE DRIVE

Employees of Pacific Biodiesel and Hawaiian Electric are participating in a holiday rice drive to collect bags and boxes of rice for donation to food banks on each island. One of the most requested items at food banks, rice is a staple for local families that can be easily distributed to individual folks across Hawaiʻi for their holiday meals.

During our first holiday rice drive last year, Pacific Biodiesel employees donated nearly 600 pounds rice for local food banks (pictured below).

"This holiday season, Hawaiian Electric’s 2,500 employees are joining us in collecting bags and boxes of rice for donation to Hawaiʻi’s food banks,” said Pacific Biodiesel Director of Operations Jenna Long. “The holiday season is a critical time for food banks, and the recent government shutdown has increased food needs across our communities. We’re honored to partner with Hawaiian Electric to support local food banks and we encourage folks to consider donating to the food banks now more than ever.”

Additionally, Pacific Biodiesel founders Bob and Kelly King will be donating to each island’s food bank a supply of their company’s new Kuleana® Hawaiʻi Grown Sunflower Oil – produced from the sunflowers Pacific Biodiesel farms on Kauaʻi and Maui.

Kākou for the holidays! Let’s celebrate community & clean energy together.

Founded in 1995, Pacific Biodiesel is the nation's longest operating and most experienced biodiesel producer, and the only commercial producer of liquid biofuels in the state. A Maui-based company with nearly 100 employees statewide, we established the first retail biodiesel pump in America and for three decades we've been an innovative leader in the renewable energy industry. With a nameplate production capacity of 5.5 million gallons annually, our refinery on Hawaiʻi Island utilizes advanced technology to produce premium distilled biodiesel. Our company has always focused on recycling with a zero waste philosophy that incorporates development of value-added co-products. Today, our collaborative, community-based "agriculture and energy" production model demonstrates a circular economy approach to fighting climate change and helps Hawaiʻi achieve a clean, sustainable energy future.

Founded on Maui in 1995, Pacific Biodiesel is Hawaiʻi's only commercial producer of liquid biofuels.

Our Mission: To promote a clean, sustainable energy future through the community-based production of renewable fuels

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