Park Assets
NELHA’s assets make it an ideal clean energy test bed for almost all renewable energy technologies including geothermal. Those same resources also provide an excellent base for pure and applied ocean based projects.
RESOURCES | SERVICES | EXPERTISE |
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Master permitted – CDUP – SMA – EIS | Three pipeline systems operating 24/7 and 365 days/year | Comprehensive Environment Monitoring Program |
Proximity to international airport | 10+ mile seawater distribution system | Benchmark for ocean water quality analysis |
Land – 870 acres | Deep Sea Water (DSW) from 2000ft and 3000 ft depth | Biosecurity Management Plan |
Ocean – 3290 acres research corridor | Max DSW pumping capacity 43,400 gpm | 2011 Updated Master Plan |
High insolation | Surface Sea Water (SSW) from 80 ft depth | Land dedicated to renewable, ocean and sustainable industries |
< 15 inches rainfall/year | Max SSW pumping capacity 55,600 gpm | Green Economic Development Agency |
Class AA ocean waters | New meteorological station installed November 2012 | Hawaii Enterprise Zone – Tax benefits |
6 acre Incubation and Research Campus | High quality real time and historical met data | Designated Foreign Trade Zone |
15,000 sq ft office, lab and conference rooms | Co-location R&D and commercialization | Technical Support (lab, engineering, electrical, mechanical) |
Research Campus micro grid | Outreach program | Distributed Energy Strategy |