BLUE PLANET RESEARCH Pu’u Wa’awa’a / Kona Big Island of Hawaii
HAWAII
HAWAII ISLAND (BIG ISLAND) • Area of 4,000 sq. miles • Population of 190,000 • 90% of food imported • 100% of fuel is imported • Has over 7.5 gigawatt hours of renewable energy potential
HAWAII ISLAND (BIG ISLAND) • Area of 4,000 sq. miles • Population of 190,000 • 90% of food imported • 100% of fuel is imported • Has over 7.5 gigawatt hours of renewable energy potential Most Isolated Land Mass on our Blue Planet
PU’U WA’AWA’A RANCH (Big Island) • Largest Cinder Cone in Hawaii • 2,500’ Deep Well with water • Kona side at Pu’u Wa’awa’a • Founded in 1884 - off-grid • Elevation of 2,700’ msl • 128 years later, off-grid again
BPR ENERGY LAB (Pu’u Wa’awa’a Ranch)
ENERGY LAB FACILITIES
PU’U WA’AWA’A RANCH Micro-Grid Design (1) Energy Lab: Machine Shop, Laundry, Bathroom/Shower, 8 Work Bays, 3 One Bedroom Apts. w/1 1/2 baths & Full Kitchens (2) Residence: 2 bedrooms, 1 Bath, Kitchen (3) Wood Shop: Full Wood Working Shop, Mechanic Shop, 100 sf. Walk-In Cooler for Seed Bank (4) Large A-Frame Guest Unit: Two Large Suites, Full Kitchen (5) Small A-Frame Guest Unit: Two Bedrooms, One Full Bath, Kitchen (6) 3 Guest Suites: Full Baths, Wet Bars (7) Main Residence: 4 Bedroom Suites, Large Kitchen, 2 Guest Baths, Wine Cellar, Main Laundry (8) Future Residence: 5 Bedroom Suites, Full Kitchen, Pool, Laundry, Large Office 35 kW HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER 10 kW LOW VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER 1 15 kW LOW VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER 7,200 vac HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE 85 kW PV 240/120 vac Sony ESS LOW VOLTAGE CABLE H2 Fueling Station Alkaline Electrolyzer 4 H2 Storage Tanks 5 6 8 7 TRUE NORTH 2 3
DC STORAGE (Primary Storage) Sony Olivine LFP 50 kW / 108 kWh 2,400 adc buss safest L-ion chemistry runs microgrid 18 hrs /day for testing dc equip
EASY ON THE EYES
H2 GENERATION & STORAGE (Secondary)
ALKALINE ELECTROLYZER (12 kg / Day - 99.999 purity) millenium reign energy
H2 STATIONARY FUEL CELLS
H2 COOKING (Wok Burner Conversion)
I.C.E. H2-CONVERSION (Ryobi Leaf Blower)
HABITAT 3D MODEL (Wired Magazine)
MARS HABITAT (Mauna Loa) NASA / HI-SEAS / PISCES UH and Cornell
UILA CONSOLE
RESIDENTIAL OFF-GRID (Honolulu- 20 kW PV, 60 kWh Blue Ion)
RESIDENTIAL OFF-GRID (Kona- 20 kW PV, 60 kWh Blue Ion)
WAIMEA NUI Waimea-165 acre Micro-Grid Concept • Located in Waimea on the Big Island E • Multi-use Community Hub Energy Systems Greenhouses Equestrian Center & • Powered 100% by Renewables Arena Agricultural Facilities • Carbon Harvesting Technologies Central Park & Amphitheater Sports N Medical Rehab Retail Cultural Planetarium Museum • H2 Production Facility Kanu School Stadium S Retail • EVs and FCEVs for on-site duty Sports Complex Kapuna Housing Wellnes Center & Clinic Soccer Cultural Cemetery Golf Cultural Arts Community Center University Golf Other Auditorium Other W Energy Systems N 0 50' 100' 200' Waimea Nui Agricultural Park
BIG ISLAND HYDROGEN (Hydrogen Highway)
FUELED BY EVERYTHING Geothermal Solar Wind Biomass Hydro
HOLISTIC APPROACH • Renewable & Sustainable Energy • Replace Transportation Fuels with Hydrogen and Electric Mobility • Make Agriculture Sustainable on a regional level • Carbon Neutral & Carbon Negative Technologies • Use Carbon Harvesting Technologies to sequester carbon into durable goods • Carbon Fiber, Carbon Foam, Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene
Civilization didn’t emerge from the STONE AGE because we ran out of STONES (fossil fuels)
Mahalo!
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