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HPR’s The Conversation – with Kelly King on National Biodiesel Day
National Biodiesel Day on Monday, March 18, marked the birthday of German inventor Rudolf Diesel, whose original design used peanut oil. Today, vegetable oil is the idea behind biodiesel. Kelly King co-founded Pacific Biodiesel [...]
Announcing the 3rd Annual Sunflower Farm Music Festival
A field of blooming sunflowers will be the backdrop for the 2024 Sunflower Farm Music Festival on Saturday, May 4th from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., as announced by Licorice Pizza owner Kerry Brown. This [...]
Hope Blooms on Kauai
Pacific Biodiesel spearheads Hawaii agriculture-based biofuel to support the U.S. Army’s climate strategy and the Aloha State’s circular economy. Pacific Biodiesel Co-founder Kelly King By Kelly King, Co-founder, Pacific Biodiesel Editorial featured in [...]
Pacific Biodiesel Awarded Federal Funding to Develop Model for Hawaii Agriculture-Based Biofuel
Project to Prototype Local Production of Food & Fuel from Multiple Agricultural Oil Feedstocks; Supports Army's Climate Strategy and Hawaii's Circular Economy KAUAI, HAWAII (January 16, 2024) – Pacific Biodiesel Technologies, LLC today announced the company [...]
Hawaii Island Refinery Sets New Record – Dec. 2023
On December 27, 2023 Pacific Biodiesel's refinery on Hawai‘i Island set a new record! For the first time, Pacific Biodiesel has reached 6 MILLION GALLONS of biodiesel produced in a year, far exceeding the refinery's [...]
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Pacific Biodiesel’s founding family, celebrating the company’s first sunflower crop, was featured on the cover of Green Magazine.

Bob King is interviewed by Maui Now during the blessing of Maui’s first state-licensed industrial hemp farm.

Marketing Director Joy Galatro addresses attendees at Maui Nui Marine Resource Council.

Bob King, second from left, participates in a panel at the 2019 Hawaii Energy Conference.