Richard Rocheleau
Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, USA
Presentation: Barriers to a Fully Renewable Island Grid: The Last 20%.
Richard Rocheleau has 40 years of experience in renewable energy, including photovoltaics, hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, ocean energy systems and grid integration. He has served as Director of the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI), an organised research unit at the University of Hawaiʻi, since 2000.
His current focus areas include analysing cost-effective pathways to achieving Hawaiʻi’s 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals, developing and demonstrating advanced grid architectures to enable alternative energy use, and establishing international partnerships across the Asia-Pacific region.