My father contracted himself out in the 1980's to build a power plant in Hawaii that was fueled from cow manure. He was in Hawaii I think for 3 years or maybe more, maybe less. I have pictures of the project while he was building it, but no other information at all. My father has passed away so I can't ask him and specifics. Just want to write a biography about my father and what he accomplished throughout his life, so that future generations of his grandkids can know what a smart, resourceful inventor and business man he was.
2006-10-26 23:04:28 · 2 answers · asked by Mt ~^^~~^^~ 5 in Environment
Hi! I believe that you are referring to the Unisyn Biowaste Technologies plant on Waimanalo. $10 million was invested in the plant in 1984 to develop a feasible system of processing 185-200 tons of cow and poultry manure as well as agricultural waste. The biowaste processing operations commenced in 1986. Later, the feedstock was changed to mostly food waste and continued to be operated by Unisyn until 1999, when the operation was shut down.
I believe that this is the correct plant, because the only other biowaste operations I am aware of on Hawaii are individual digesters run at specific cattle farms (the Happy Hula Hog Farm on Kula and a manure digester on a hog farm in Kauai) and are not plants, per se. Unisyn's plant, however, uniquely processed waste from a number of plants on the island.
It is so sweet and thoughtful of you to research your father's life and work for your children and grandchildren...what a great idea! Good luck with the rest of your research.
2006-10-27 05:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by LB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the way, where is Hawaii??
2006-10-26 23:06:55 · answer #2 · answered by olivettiz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋