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NELHA has announced that a consortium conceived and coordinated by the Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) at University of Hawaiʻi (UH) Manoa consisting of  the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), Encored, LG Electronics, Coast Energy Capital Fund, University of Hawaiʻi, Seoul National University, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, and NELHA will be designing and constructing an advanced microgrid at NELHA’s 55″ pump station. The installation will include 500 kW of advanced PV panels and a 750 kWh energy storage system. The system is expected to be operational in 2022. Encored will lead the project in addition to implementing the big data reinforcement learning based prediction and optimization algorithms. Below are links to various articles for more details.

NELHA Press release

YONHAP NEWS Agency

The Korea Herald

The Korea Bizwire

Pacific Business News

Microgrid Knowledge