HOST Park Assets

Graphic of the NELHA Advantage HOST Park’s assets make it an ideal clean energy test bed for almost all renewable energy technologies including geothermal.

There’s no other place in the world with a three-pipe seawater delivery system available on demand 24/7 pumping more than 20 million gallons a day.

Our other resources also provide an excellent base for pure and applied ocean-based projects.

RESOURCES

  • Master permitted – CDUP – SMA – EIS
  • Proximity to the Kona International Airport
  • Land – 870 acres
  • Ocean – 3290 acres research corridor
  • High insolation
  • <15″ of rainfall/year
  • Class AA ocean waters
  • 2 R&D campuses on a total of 9 acres
  • 15,000 square feet office, lab and conference rooms
  • Research Campus microgrid
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SERVICES

  • Three pipeline systems operating 24/7 and 365 days/year
  • Deep Sea Water (DSW) from 2000ft and 3000 ft depth
  • 10+ mile seawater distribution system
  • Max DSW pumping capacity 43,400 gpm
  • Surface Sea Water (SSW) from 80 ft depth
  • Max SSW pumping capacity 55,600 gpm
  • New meteorological station installed November 2012
  • High-quality real-time and historical met data
  • Co-location R&D and commercialization
  • Outreach program

EXPERTISE