HI SCR42

Request to rename the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority Gateway Center to "The Guy Toyama Gateway Center at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority"

Guy Toyama was a leader in deep seawater technology, renewable energy, and sustainable fuels who passed away in 2012 at age 42

Toyama served as Executive Director of Friends of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority and worked to develop the first commercial Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion power plant in the world

Toyama founded H2 Technologies to demonstrate compressed hydrogen as a transportation fuel and was involved in deep seawater desalination and salt production enterprises

Certified copies of the resolution are to be transmitted to the Executive Director of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority, the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and the Mayor of the County of Hawaii