Honolulu (KHON2) – The Hawai‘i State Energy Office (HSEO)and the University of Hawai‘i introduce HAVEN, an interactive 3D Energy Planning Tool that helps visualize the impact of decisions on Hawaii’s energy landscape. 

The newest technology by HSEO and the University of Hawai‘i highlights tradeoffs and interdependencies of resource deployment in various scenarios to achieve 100% renewable energy.

“To create HAVEN, we partnered with LAVA LAB – Laboratory for Advanced Visualization & Applications, providing us with access to advanced computing infrastructure, state of the art visualization cyber infrastructure. We work with UH students and faculty to develop novel visualizations. HAVEN was originally used to visualize the data from HECO’s Integrated Grid Plan,” says Jonathan Chin, Manager, Resilience, Clean Transportation, and Analytics of The Hawai‘i State Energy Office (HSEO).

The Laboratory for Advanced Visualization and Applications, LAVA, is one of the top laboratories in the world that invent and apply emerging technologies to make complicated issues more easily understandable to the general public.

“HAVEN was developed in response to the challenge of comprehending volumes of information to compare and contrast the various paths to 100% renewable energy. The visualizations allow us to analyze and communicate complex energy data sets,” says Monique Schafer, Decarbonization Program Manager of The Hawai‘i State Energy Office (HSEO).

Those looking to learn more about the Hawai‘i State Energy Office and HAVEN, are encouraged to log onto the official website of the Hawai‘i State Energy Office.