April Innovation by an Organization: Keahole Solar Power (KSP)
KSP is a Hawai‘i-based solar project and technology developer. Using different solar technologies, including MicroCSP from Sopogy (a September 2008 Innovation Award winner), KSP is developing new proprietary methods for energy storage, installation and operation for solar farms that will help Hawai‘i reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels. KSP’s pilot project at the Natural Energy Laboratories of Hawai‘i in Kona uses MicroCSP solar collectors and KSP’s own thermal energy storage and utility scale controls and software.