NSF Global Centers Track 2: Energy Sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples (ESIP)

NSF 全球中心轨道 2：土著人民的能源主权 (ESIP)

• 批准号: 2330387
• 负责人: Wayne Seames
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: University of North Dakota Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2330387&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Global; Centers; Track; Energy

This Global Centers Track 2 Design grant supports solutions-based research and planning to develop renewable energy and microgrid technologies, along with associated economic and sustainability data for use by Indigenous communities to support energy sovereignty. Indigenous communities often consist of rural, remote, spread-out populations with distributed, smaller-scale power, heat, and fuel energy systems, which are less reliable and less resilient to anticipated shifts in weather patterns and severity due to climate change. To assist in addressing this issue, the University of North Dakota in collaboration with North Dakota State University, Kansas State University, the University of Leeds (UK), and the University of Manitoba (Canada) will work with the local indigenous communities with whom team members have connections and will build new connections as the project matures. The goal is to develop the plans needed for an Energy Sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples (ESIP) global center. ESIP plans a suite of research tasks in four key technology areas to provide sustainable, reliable, and efficient engineering infrastructures and solutions for Indigenous energy sovereignty around the globe. ESIP will work directly with Indigenous community members and practicing Indigenous scientists and engineers to shape the ESIP research agenda. The award will focus on three main components: 1) listening sessions from Indigenous members, 2) feedback and regular meetings with an external advisory board, and 3) refinement and alignment of the center’s research goals and tasks to reflect the needs of our current and future Indigenous community partners. The project also plans opportunities to engage Indigenous students in STEM research and professional development. ESIP will plan a suite of long-term transformational and short-term solutions-based research tasks to develop renewable energy and microgrid technologies, along with associated economic and sustainability data for use by Indigenous communities to support their energy sovereignty. ESIP research focus areas are: 1) small-scale power, heat and fuel generation, 2) combined autonomous/integrated power distribution systems and supply resiliency, and 3) social, policy, and socio-economic aspects of energy sovereignty. ESIP will provide support services for each research task, including techno-economic, sustainability, and chemical analyses. It is envisioned that ESIP transformative track 1 research will focus on thermal energy systems, microgrid advancements, process intensification for small-scale waste-to-energy processes, and advanced knowledge in assessing economic and environmental benefits to Indigenous communities. Track 1 solution-based research will be planned to expand the capabilities of rural remote smart grid technologies coupled with advancements in photovoltaic heat pump applications. Research tasks will be planned with feedback from surveys, focus group interviews, and consensus from Indigenous community members within the ESIP Global Center. This award is funded by the Global Centers program, an innovative program that supports use-inspired research addressing global challenges related to climate change and/or clean energy. Track 2 design awards support U.S.-based researchers to bring together international teams to develop research questions and partnerships, conduct landscape analyses, synthesize data, and/or build multi-stakeholder networks to advance their use-inspired research at larger scale in the future.  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.

该全球轨道2设计赠款支持基于解决方案的研究和计划，以开发可再生能源和微电网技术，以及相关的经济和可持续性数据，以供土著社区使用，以支持能源主权。土著社区通常由粗糙，遥远，扩散的种群组成，这些种群具有分布式，较小的功率，热量和燃料能源系统，它们对由于气候变化而导致的天气模式和严重程度的预期变化较差，并且弹性较低。为了协助解决这个问题，北达科他大学与北达科他州立大学，堪萨斯州立大学，利兹大学，英国大学（英国）和加拿大曼尼托巴大学（加拿大）合作，将与当地的独立社区合作，他们与当地的独立社区合作，这些社区将与他们建立联系，并随着项目成熟而建立新的联系。目的是制定土著人民（ESIP）全球中心的能源主权所需的计划。 ESIP计划在四个关键技术领域的一系列研究任务，以提供全球土著能源主权的可持续，可靠和高效的工程基础设施和解决方案。 ESIP将直接与土著社区成员合作，并实践土著科学家和工程师来塑造ESIP研究议程。该奖项将重点关注三个主要组成部分：1）来自土著成员的聆听会议，2）与外部顾问委员会的反馈和定期会议，以及3）中心的研究目标和任务，以反映我们当前和未来的土著社区合作伙伴的需求。该项目还计划机会让土著学生参与STEM研究和专业发展。 ESIP将为ESIP计划一套长期转型和短期解决方案的研究任务，将为每个研究任务，小规模的功率，热量和燃料产生和综合自主/集成的功率分配系统和供应弹性提供支持服务，以及3）社会，政策以及能源主权的社会经济方面。 ESIP将为每个研究任务提供支持服务，可以预见，ESIP变革性轨道1的研究将重点关注热能系统，微电网的进步，小规模废物到能源过程的过程强化以及评估土著社区的经济和环境益处的高级知识。计划基于解决方案的研究计划，以扩大粗糙的远程智能网格技术的功能以及光伏热泵应用中的进步。研究任务将通过调查，焦点小组访谈的反馈以及ESIP全球中心内的土著社区成员的共识进行计划。该奖项由Global Centers计划提供资金，该计划是一项创新计划，该计划支持以使用与气候变化和/或清洁能源相关的全球挑战的使用启发的研究。 Track 2 design awards support U.S.-based researchers to bring together international teams to develop research questions and partnerships, conduct landscape analyses, synthesize data, and/or build multi-stakeholder networks to advance their use-inspired research at larger scale in the future.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed precious of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.