Iowa EPSCoR: Harnessing Energy Flows in the Biosphere to Build Sustainable Energy Systems

爱荷华州 EPSCoR：利用生物圈中的能量流构建可持续能源系统

• 批准号: 0939552
• 负责人: Robert Brown
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0939552&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Iowa; EPSCoR; Harnessing; Energy; Flows

AbstractProposal Number: EPS-0939552Lead Institution: Iowa State UniversityProject Director: Robert C. BrownProposal Title: Iowa EPSCoR: Harnessing Energy Flows in the Biosphere to Build Sustainable Energy SystemsProject Description The vision for the Iowa EPSCoR project is to build research capacity within the state to support a transition in energy supply from mining subsurface (fossil) energy stores to harnessing renewable energy flows at or near the earth's surface. Inherent to this new energy paradigm is large-scale interventions in the biosphere, which require a fundamental rethinking of the interactions between human societies and the natural environment. If future energy use is to be truly sustainable, then energy flows and processes must be studied and managed from a holistic systems perspective that considers technical, economic, social and environmental constraints and impacts. This comprehensive program will enable innovative research, educate students, train a clean-tech workforce and engage diverse communities in implementing environmentally and economically sustainable solutions to growing energy demands.Intellectual MeritThrough a coordinated planning effort, it is expected that collaboration will increase between and among academic institutions in the State of Iowa. The planning process will be used to develop collaborations among the three public research institutions, (Iowa State University, University of Iowa, Northern Iowa University), and one private college (Grinnell) and two community colleges (Kirkwood Community College and Indian Hills Community College). The planning committee represents major institutions across Iowa and this committee will provide the leadership needed to successfully execute the elements outlined for this project. The vision incorporates principles such as exploration of innovations to concentrate, store, and distribute inherently diffuse and intermittent renewable energy and recognition of three fundamental economies to devise renewable energy paradigms, namely the financial economy, the energy economy, and the carbon economy; which are subject to constraints of food production, protection of wild spaces, and other land use priorities.Broader ImpactsBy establishing closer relationships between and among Iowa?s institutions of higher learning, this project will improve the educational experience of science and technology students at all levels, and increase the educational opportunities of under-represented groups. The results of these efforts are expected to significantly increase the capabilities of Iowa?s researchers to successfully compete federal and private sector research and development funding.The project seeks to foster partnerships between scientists, industry, and the communities where the proposed technologies are to be deployed to assure commercial adoption of renewable energy technologies and establish resilient rural communities.

摘要提案编号：EPS-0939552牵头机构：爱荷华州立大学项目总监：Robert C. Brown提案标题：爱荷华 EPSCoR：利用生物圈中的能量流构建可持续能源系统项目描述爱荷华 EPSCoR 项目的愿景是建设该州的研究能力，以支持能源供应从开采地下（化石）能源储存过渡到利用地表或地表附近的可再生能源流。这种新能源范式的本质是对生物圈的大规模干预，这需要从根本上重新思考人类社会与自然环境之间的相互作用。如果未来的能源使用要真正可持续，那么必须从整体系统的角度研究和管理能源流动和过程，考虑技术、经济、社会和环境的限制和影响。这一综合计划将促进创新研究、教育学生、培训清洁技术劳动力，并让不同社区参与实施环境和经济可持续的解决方案，以满足不断增长的能源需求。智力优势通过协调规划工作，预计各社区之间的合作将会增加爱荷华州的学术机构。该规划过程将用于发展三个公共研究机构（爱荷华州立大学、爱荷华大学、北爱荷华大学）、一所私立学院（格林内尔）和两所社区学院（柯克伍德社区学院和印第安山社区学院）之间的合作）。规划委员会代表爱荷华州的主要机构，该委员会将提供成功执行该项目概述的要素所需的领导力。该愿景融合了一些原则，例如探索创新以集中、储存和分配本质上分散和间歇性的可再生能源，并认识到三种基本经济体以设计可再生能源范式，即金融经济、能源经济和碳经济；这些都受到粮食生产、野生空间保护和其他土地利用优先事项的限制。更广泛的影响通过在爱荷华州高等教育机构之间建立更密切的关系，该项目将全面改善科学技术学生的教育体验水平，并增加代表性不足群体的教育机会。这些努力的结果预计将显着提高爱荷华州研究人员的能力，以成功竞争联邦和私营部门的研究和开发资金。该项目旨在促进科学家、工业界和拟议技术所在社区之间的伙伴关系部署以确保可再生能源技术的商业采用并建立有复原力的农村社区。