Two Hawaiian Electric engineers win Technology Transfer Awards
Hawaiian Electric announced Feb. 13 that two of its engineers received Technology Transfer Awards from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) for their achievements in collaborative research and development projects.
“The 2019 Technology Transfer Award recipients lead by example, elevating the societal value of EPRI’s collaborative R&D by deploying advanced energy technologies across the power industry,” EPRI President Arshad Mansoor said. “Their contributions are essential to transforming electricity generation, delivery, and use for the benefit of energy customers around the world.”
Randy China, Customer Solutions Engineering senior power quality manager for Hawaiian Electric, received the award for the implementation of tools for advanced power quality monitoring and analysis. Several utilities worked with EPRI to develop an Open Power Quality Dashboard software tool. Hawaiian Electric demonstrated a more efficient process for managing large trend data sets and analytical processing with the dashboard. These capabilities can lead to more consistent delivery of higher quality electric power, Hawaiian Electric said.
Yoh Kawanami, Customer Energy Resources co-director, received the award for advanced flexible demand response implementation. Hawaiian Electric and other utilities applied the new methods to valuate customer load management to demonstrate the capabilities and value of various types of heaters to support the increased integration of renewable energy.
