2018

Today was my second day exploring the Big Island of Hawaii. My group, the Siphonophores, were exploring the depths of Pololu Valley. At the begging of the hike, I was walking right next to my buddy Braxton, and of course I slipped and almost fell of the cliff entirely! Luckily I got the edge and Braxton actually pulled...

After around nine long hours of sitting on a cramped plane, I was excited to finally get started on my Hawaiian adventures with the boys. We started off the day with a hot breakfast of french toast and a wide variety of delicious berries. Once everyone finally woke up and adjusted to the time change, both groups set off...

Today we visited NELHA, went to a charter school that is based around marine life, and hiked from the top of a cliff to a black sand beach. At NELHA we learned about many different types of renewable ocean energy sources. NELHA is a nonprofit organization that works as a research support group, a business incubator, and helps economic...

So today we had a fun day of adventures. In the morning, groups traveled to NELHA, the home of one of the OTEC stations. OTEC means Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, and it is used to produce clean energy that doesn't pollute the air. Using OTEC, Hawaii has been able to reduce the amount of energy imports. One other interesting...

Starting off the day, we visited NALHA to learn about renewable energy and other programs helping the environment. After the brief presentation about OTEC and how it works, we were able to visit an actual OTEC facility which generates 100 kilawatts of energy. Then we traveled to the munk seal rehabilitation facility where they monitor and help the seals...

After waking up around 6:00 we got a nice breakfast and then relaxed for a while until we left to the NELHA and got to learn about OTEC and agriculture. My first specific topic is OTEC and how it created one megawatt out of 136 megawatts of energy for Hawaii. Later we visited. Monk seal facility but sadly we...

Today was a very action packed day. We first went to NELHA, which is an organization that specializes in OTEC and other technologies. Then we went to a local school based around marine life. The school is very unique because the students learn by creating projects. The projects include efficient energy proposals, which are so close to a real...

After an exciting arrival day on the island, we set out on our second day. Our first stop, NELHA taught us three main points: OTEC, ocean water air conditioning, and the process of rehabilitating a monk seal. Firstly, OTEC creates renewable energy that can be accomplished by pumping cold deep ocean water and warm surface water. They use the...

Three things I learned: The first thing I learned during our OTEC lecture was that ocean energy thermal conversion can attribute a large amount of our nations energy at such low costs. The second thing I learned was that the cost of water that is taken from the deep sea by the NELHA is not only more clean, but priced...