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The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Hawaiian Electric Co. to identify the best areas for developing microgrids on Oahu.
The project is one of 11 projects selected as part of the DOE s inagural Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project. During the project, which will last 12 to 18 months, HECO will have access to experts from the DOE, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, and national labs.
Microgrids are connected to the main electric grid, but can be isolated during an outage.
Suitable areas for microgrids are places vulnerable to prolonged power outages during storms and weather events. They also have clusters of customers and renewable energy sources.
An unusual group of partners from the Republic of Korea and Hawaii are conducting microgrid research at a saltwater pumping facility in Hawaii, with a goal of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help boost the efficiency of the existing power system by 30% when it is off-grid because of utility outages.
Pump station photo courtesy NELHA
The project, expected to be completed by mid-2022, will benefit both Hawaii and the Republic of Korea through the development of green energy technologies. Two million dollars in funding comes from the Korea Energy Technology, Evaluation and Planning Institute (KETEP), which funds international cooperation and testing of Korean technology in foreign locations.
Le Anh Dao/Wikimedia
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Hawaiian Electric Co. to identify the best areas for developing microgrids on Oahu.
The project is one of 11 projects selected as part of the DOE s inagural Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project. During the project, which will last 12 to 18 months, HECO will have access to experts from the DOE, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, and national labs.
Microgrids are connected to the main electric grid, but can be isolated during an outage.
Suitable areas for microgrids are places vulnerable to prolonged power outages during storms and weather events. They also have clusters of customers and renewable energy sources.
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