 |
 |
NELHA
History | Unique
Resources & Applications
| Facilities
| Official
Notices & Solicitations
Gateway Energy Center | Home
Mission
Statement
"To develop and diversify the Hawaii economy by providing resources
and facilities for energy and ocean-related research, education,
and commercial activities in an environmentally sound and culturally
sensitive manner."
NELHA Economic Development
THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY (NELHA) is
a state agency that operates a unique and innovative ocean science
and technology park in Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawaii.
Strategically located at Keahole Point next to the Kona International
Airport and adjacent to one of the steepest bathymetric offshore
slopes in the Hawaiian Islands, NELHA offers an incredible combination
of assets in one location.
NELHA's assets include office and laboratory facilities, infrastructure,
pristine natural resources, and leasable open land for use by
tenant research, education, and commercial projects. A dual-temperature
seawater system that is the only one of its kind in the world
sets NELHA apart from all other technology parks and creates
a prime setting for innovation and new industry development
in this island coastal setting.
NELHA aims to attract tenants who can use the unique complement
of natural and logistical resources to engage in successful,
productive research, education, and commercial activities that
support sustainable industry development in Hawaii. Numerous
innovative research projects have been completed at NELHA in
the past and spawned new commercial enterprises that are established
and successful businesses today. A public charter school was
created at NELHA to take advantage of the many resources of
this growing ocean science and technology community. A new federally
funded facility, the NELHA Gateway project, will provide a setting
for leading edge research and development in distributed energy
resources and renewable energy technologies, and a new commercial
Ocean Center development that will provide opportunities for
new ocean-related businesses.
Administratively attached to the Department
of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT),
NELHA is funded by allocations from the Hawaii State Legislature
and revenues collected from its tenants for use of facilities
and services. NELHA is a prime example of visionary public investments,
initiated in 1974, that have yielded multiple returns for the
benefit of all.
Gateway Energy Center
The NELHA Gateway will be located at the entrance to the Hawaii
Ocean Science & Technology (HOST) Park of the Natural Energy
Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. Intended to serve as a premier
center for research and development, demonstration, deployment,
education, outreach and techno-tourism, a campus setting is
envisioned with three primary thrust areas:
1. Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
2. Ocean Sciences, Marine Bio-products, and related fields
3. Education, Outreach, Tourism
The NELHA Gateway facilities and programs, by virtue of location
and objectives, will truly be the Gateway to NELHA.
For more information about the Gateway project, click
here.
National Defense Center of Excellence for
Research and Ocean Sciences (CEROS)
CEROS is a unique technology development program between the
State of Hawaii and the federal Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA). CEROS seeks to advance innovative concepts and
new approaches to technology while leveraging existing facilities
and infrastructure in Hawaii and demonstrating beneficial commercial
utility for the Department of Defense. For more information,
visit the CEROS
website.
> top
|
|
|
|
|
