Aaron Equipment Company and Tiger Group’s Remarketing Services Division will be hosting a live webcast auction on June 17th, 2014 at 10:30am HST for all former assets of Big Island Carbon LLC and its affiliates. Big Island Carbon is an activated carbon processing facility and a biomass power plant. Assets being auction online include process equipment, plant support equipment, laboratory and testing equipment, maintenance and shop machinery, electrical equipment, and office furniture.
To view any of the equipment prior to the auction, viewings will be held at the site, 61-3277 Maluokalani St., Waimea (Kamuela), from June 14-16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The online auction will include equipment from major manufacturers such as Alstom, Ametek, Bartlett-Snow, Cleaver Brooks, Cummins, Dewalt, Evapco, Gas Systems, Kaesers, Komline-Sanderson, Marley, U.S. Air Filtration and much more.
The plant is located on old lava terrain at Kawaihae on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii, 35 miles north of Kailua-Kona. Average annual rainfall in the area is 10 inches per year. The site is an industrial zoned area (the Kaie Hana Industrial Park) leased from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
The facility has received all required construction and operating permits, including the Title V air permit for the power plant, which was issued in September 2011. BIC has all required operating permits. Site has ready access to major (circle island) highway and port that facilitates transportation of feedstock “in” and product (out) to the mainland at a cost to a Los Angeles, CA warehouse of < 10 cents per lb. The site is less than one mile from the Kawaihae Port, with a fuel depot and shipping terminal. There are no traffic issues. The plant occupies approximately 4 acres upon a 14 acre property.