Ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻāina, ua komo ʻo HOUPU i ka R&D a me ka hana ʻana i nā mea hana o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe a me ka ʻenehana lako wahie no nā moku. Ua hoʻomohala a hana ʻo ia i nā pūʻulu like ʻole o nā lako hoʻopiha piha ʻana i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe no nā moku, e like me ka barge-type, shore-based, a me nā ʻōnaehana kelepona, a me ka LNG moana, methanol, nā lako lako uila uila a me nā ʻōnaehana palekana. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻomohala a hāʻawi i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻolako wai hydrogen wahie wai mua ma Kina. Hiki i ka HOUPU ke hāʻawi i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā hopena piha no ka mālama ʻana, ka lawe ʻana, ka hoʻoulu ʻana, a me ka hoʻohana hope ʻana o nā wahie LNG, hydrogen, a me methanol.