RAPID: Collaborative Research: Post-Sandy Discourse about Energy Infrastructure and Security

RAPID：合作研究：桑迪后关于能源基础设施和安全的讨论

• 批准号: 1316330
• 负责人: Elizabeth Wilson
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-15 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1316330&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Collaborative; Research; Post; Sandy

Superstorm Sandy highlighted the vulnerability of US energy systems. The storm resulted in power outages to 8.6 million customers and gasoline shortages in New York and New Jersey. Extending research already underway on the values that inform Smart Grid development and use as well as barriers to implementation, collaborators from four regions in the US will explore if and how Sandy will influence political and policy discourse about energy infrastructure and security and whether it does so in regions not directly impacted by the storm. To address these research questions, this RAPID response grant, funded by the Science, Technology & Society Program and the Energy for Sustainability Program, will document discourse among energy sector actors and the media in four different U.S. regions: New York and New Jersey (those areas hardest hit), Massachusetts (a New England region which was less severely hit), Minnesota (a Midwest region which was not directly affected), and Texas (a Gulf region which is vulnerable to hurricanes but was not directly disrupted by Superstorm Sandy).Documenting discursive shifts or stability in different regions in the aftermath of an event like Superstorm Sandy will contribute to environmental communication theory by refining our understanding of how natural disasters combine with existing communication networks to influence political salience. This research will also contribute to the socio-technical transitions literature by illuminating the potential of natural disasters like Sandy to influence socio-technical transitions toward sustainability. The researchers' results will enable energy professionals, state and regional planners, policy analysts, non-profits, and businesses to develop more effective strategies for transitioning to more secure and sustainable energy systems.

超级风暴桑迪强调了美国能源系统的脆弱性。这场风暴导致纽约和新泽西州860万客户和汽油短缺的停电。扩展已经对智能电网开发和使用的价值的研究以及实施的障碍进行了研究，美国四个地区的合作者将探讨桑迪是否以及如何影响有关能源基础设施和安全性的政治和政策论述，以及它是否在不直接受风暴直接影响的地区。为了解决这些研究问题，这项由科学，技术与社会计划和可持续发展能源计划资助的这一快速回应赠款将记录美国四个不同地区的能源部门参与者和媒体之间的话语：纽约和新泽西州：马萨诸塞州，马萨诸塞州（新的英格兰地区最严重的命中）（不太受到列出的新英格兰地区），明尼苏达州的一个地区，该地区不受欢迎的地区，该地区的特征是A的A.A.飓风，但并未被超级风暴桑迪（Superstorm Sandy）所破坏）。记录在诸如超级风暴桑迪（Superstorm Sandy）之后的不同地区的话语转变或稳定性，将通过完善我们对自然灾害如何与现有沟通网络结合的理解来影响政治恐惧。这项研究还将通过阐明像桑迪这样的自然灾害影响社会技术过渡到可持续性的潜力，从而为社会技术过渡文献做出贡献。研究人员的业绩将使能源专业人员，州和地区规划人员，政策分析师，非营利组织和企业能够制定更有效的策略，以过渡到更安全，更可持续的能源系统。