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: 1316575
• 负责人: Andrea Feldpausch-Parker
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• 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 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1316575&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.

超级风暴桑迪凸显了美国能源系统的脆弱性。风暴导致860万客户停电，纽约和新泽西出现汽油短缺。扩展已经在进行的关于智能电网开发和使用的价值观以及实施障碍的研究，来自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的政治和政策讨论，以及它是否会在没有直接受到风暴影响的地区产生影响。为了解决这些研究问题，这项由科学技术&社会计划和能源可持续发展计划资助的快速反应赠款将记录美国四个不同地区能源部门参与者和媒体之间的对话：纽约和新泽西（受灾最严重的地区），马萨诸塞州（受灾较轻的新英格兰地区），明尼苏达州（中西部地区没有受到直接影响），和得克萨斯（海湾地区易受飓风影响，但没有直接受到超级风暴桑迪的破坏）记录像超级风暴桑迪这样的事件发生后不同地区的话语转变或稳定性，将有助于环境传播理论，因为我们可以更好地理解灾害联合收割机与现有的通信网络结合在一起，影响政治的突出性。这项研究还将有助于社会技术转型文献，阐明自然灾害，如桑迪的潜力，影响社会技术向可持续发展的过渡。研究人员的研究结果将使能源专业人员、州和地区规划人员、政策分析人员、非营利组织和企业能够制定更有效的战略，以过渡到更安全和可持续的能源系统。