NNA Track 2: Collaborative Research: Adaptable Microgrids in Arctic Communities

NNA 轨道 2：合作研究：北极社区的适应性微电网

• 批准号: 2022687
• 负责人: Marie Lowe
• 金额: $ 10.76万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Anchorage Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2022687&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NNA; Track; Collaborative; Research; Adaptable

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. The Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by supporting planning activities with clear potential to develop novel, leading edge research ideas and approaches to address NNA goals. It integrates aspects of the built environment and social systems to addresses important societal challenges, builds significant educational opportunities, and engages with local communities. Arctic communities currently face environmental and economic changes that threaten their way of life. New ways of designing and building electric power systems might help these communities meet these challenges now and in the future. The goal of this research is to address these challenges by bringing together researchers, rural Alaska energy experts, and local people living in the Arctic. These groups are identifying needs and design research on less expensive, portable, and renewable energy-based electric systems to address changing conditions. The “adaptable microgrid” designs from this work have potential for application in other remote places around the world. The design concepts could also help people build better water and sanitation systems, thus broadening the impact of this project. Community-researcher partnerships are central to the development of feasible and socially-accepted models for microgrid design alternatives. The goal of this planning grant is to create these partnerships and build trust with Arctic community members and other rural Alaska energy stakeholders. This is being achieved through the following activities: (1) Formation of a research advisory committee composed of people from regional Alaska Native organizations, regional electric utilities, Alaska-wide renewable energy groups, and the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) at the University of Alaska Anchorage; (2) Development of two advisory committee workshops; (3) Convening meetings of the research team with Arctic communities to build relationships and gather initial information; and (4) Development of relationships with Arctic community schools and ANSEP for K-12 education and continuing participatory science projects. These activities are laying the foundation for a research agenda focused on community values on energy use, economic tradeoffs in the design and relocation of infrastructure, demand for electricity by integrated water and sewer systems, and data inputs for optimization modeling. The model output is providing communities with options for building adaptable infrastructure that meets their needs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

导航新北极 (NNA) 是 NSF 的 10 大创意项目之一，旨在解决快速变化的北极地区的融合科学挑战，为国家、更大地区和全球的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。 NNA 授权从地方到国际范围内的新研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强正规和非正规教育方面的努力，并在适当的情况下整合知识的共同生产。该奖项通过以下方式实现了部分目标。它支持具有明显潜力的规划活动，以开发新颖的、前沿的研究思想和方法来实现 NNA 目标，以解决重要的社会挑战，创造重要的教育机会，并与当地社区互动。当前面临着威胁他们生活方式的环境和经济变化，设计和建造电力系统的新方法可能会帮助这些社区应对现在和未来的这些挑战。这项研究的目标是通过聚集研究人员来应对这些挑战。阿拉斯加农村能源专家和生活在北极的当地人。小组正在确定对更便宜、便携式和可再生能源的电力系统的需求和设计研究，以应对不断变化的条件。这项工作的“适应性微电网”设计有可能在世界各地的其他偏远地区得到应用。还可以帮助人们建立更好的供水和卫生系统，从而扩大该项目的影响。社区-研究人员伙伴关系对于开发可行且社会接受的微电网设计替代模型至关重要。这项规划赠款的目标是建立这些伙伴关系。并与北极建立信任这是通过以下活动实现的： (1) 成立一个由来自阿拉斯加地区原住民组织、地区电力公司、阿拉斯加范围内的可再生能源团体和阿拉斯加的人员组成的研究咨询委员会。阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇分校的本土科学与工程项目 (ANSEP)；(2) 举办两个咨询委员会研讨会；(3) 召开研究团队与北极社区的会议，以建立关系并收集初步信息；(4) 开发；与北极社区学校和 ANSEP 的关系K-12 教育和持续参与性科学项目为研究议程奠定了基础，重点关注能源使用的社区价值观、基础设施设计和搬迁的经济权衡、综合供水和下水道系统的电力需求、该模型输出为社区提供了构建满足其需求的适应性基础设施的选择。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。