HOST Park Assets

Poster listing perks at HOST Park: Master Permitted for CDUP, SMA and EIS, Seawater Pipeline, 9 acres of R&D campus, MET Data, Dedicated to Rewable, Ocean and Sustainable Industries, Tax Benefits, Education Seminars, Social Media

Pie Chart Showing NELHA Advantage: Infrastructure, Seawater and Sunshine, Mid-PAC Access HOST Park’s assets make it an ideal clean energy test bed for almost all renewable energy technologies including geothermal.

No other place in the world has a three-pipe seawater delivery system that is available 24/7 and pumps 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 of office, lab and conference rooms
  • Research Campus microgrid
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SERVICES

    • Two 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 in November 2012
    • High-quality real-time and historical met data. Click to see NREL’s MIDC at HOST Park.
    • Co-location R&D and commercialization

EXPERTISE