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    Korean delegation learns about energy programs aboard MCAS Miramar

    Korean delegation learns about energy programs aboard MCAS Miramar

    Photo By Staff Sgt. Kimberlyn Patterson | Mick Wasco, energy program manager for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.,...... read more read more

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, UNITED STATES

    02.17.2016

    Story by Cpl. Kimberlyn Patterson 

    Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

    Marine Corps AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - A Korean delegation visited Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Feb. 17, to learn about the energy-conservation program established on base.

    The delegation is a research group for the Department of Energy. It’s made up of 14 South Korean citizens from different academies, institutes and industries. The delegation added two U.S. citizens to their group by partnering with the University of California, San Diego.

    “They are partnering with to the University of California, San Diego collaborate on energy technology, mainly microgrids and energy storage,” said Mick Wasco, installation energy manager for MCAS Miramar and a Pacifica, California, native.

    The group started their tour with a slideshow presentation at the environmental building aboard
    MCAS Miramar.

    “The slideshow presentation gave an overview of our installation’s microgrid, development, efforts, and preliminary concept ideas for projects that we are hoping to award and have completed in the next couple of years,” said Wasco. “The overview of the installation’s microgrid project is to have energy security for the installation’s operational facilities.”

    After the presentation, Wasco escorted the delegation to the Primus Power battery, a liquid battery used to store energy aboard the installation. The delegation also traveled to a landfill the air station uses to produce methane, which generates reusable power and avoids carbon emissions.

    “While photovoltaic and energy-storage systems are main sources of energy in Korea, the size of these systems are small,” said Jung Joo Hwang, assistant director of International Innovation Initiative at Qualcomm Institute, UCSD division and a South Korea native. “The use of landfills is new to us. This system was built on a larger platform and can cover a bigger area.”

    The concept of a project like this is progressive in the utility world; it’s uncommon to have a back-up microgrid system, said Wasco.

    “California and other entities around the world are interested in distributed energy resources and being able to use renewable energy resources more effectively,” said Wasco. “Our project is doing exactly that.”

    According to Wasco, it’s critical for the installation to collaborate with other entities learning about the same technologies and implementing them correctly.

    “The delegation was interested to learn of the difference between military and utility microgrids,” said Hwang. “From what we have learned, the microgrid aboard MCAS Miramar establishes reliable and backup power to the base.”

    According to Wasco, clean energy is going to be critical for both the Marine Corps and MCAS Miramar’s operational capability.

    “Projects like this are important because they are paving the way for a more efficient and clean-energy future,” said Wasco. “It also saves money and protects the environment.”

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    Date Taken: 02.17.2016
    Date Posted: 02.19.2016 14:20
    Story ID: 189367
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, US
    Hometown: PACIFICA, CA, US
    Hometown: SAN DIEGO, CA, US

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