JST-NSF Workshop on Cooperative Distributed Energy Management Systems. To be Held in Honolulu, HI, January 11-12,2014.

本次研讨会汇集了来自日本、美国、德国和英国的主要国际研究人员，讨论在我们迈向对可持续发展至关重要的低碳社会的过程中，稳定和安全的能源供应。研讨会的目的是讨论我们的集体研究方法，然后共同努力制定合作分布式能源管理系统。研讨会将于2014年1月11日至12日在夏威夷檀香山的威基基海滩希尔顿酒店举行。随着我们走向一个更加可持续的社会，世界各地迫切需要改变我们如何生产和使用能源的范例，考虑到需要工程、计算、环境、政策、经济和社会科学研究和教育的解决方案。在日本科学技术机构（JST）的支持下，该提案将能源和可持续发展领域的一组国际研究人员和教育工作者聚集在一起，讨论这些问题。研讨会将研究一种对能源生产和需求响应进行最优控制的合作分布式能源管理系统。本次研讨会的独特之处在于，它将邀请杰出的美国研究人员与JST邀请的日本研究人员以及来自德国和英国的研究人员一起讨论并形成合作式分布式能源管理系统。讨论的主题包括：可再生能源发电，包括太阳能和风能，以及分布式发电和可再生能源的整合；智能电网的通信、控制和计算方面；存储选项;需求响应包括负荷控制、需求侧管理、价格控制和消费者参与；以及智能电网和智能社区示范项目。研讨会将邀请来自不同国家的研究人员就开发合作分布式能源管理系统提出不同的观点。这将导致多国合作研究和教育努力。这可以带来解决能源和可持续性问题的新方法，也可以带来创新和商业化机会。

This workshop brings together leading international researchers from Japan, United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom to discuss the stable and secure supply of energy as we head towards a low carbon society that is essential for sustainable development. The objective of the workshop is to discuss our collective research approaches and then develop collaborative efforts to formulate cooperative distributed energy management systems. The workshop will be held at the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel in Honolulu, HI on January 11-12, 2014. Intellectual Merit There is a pressing need around the world to change paradigms of how we both generate and use energy as we move to a more sustainable society considering solutions that require engineering, computational, environmental, policy, economic, and social science research and education. This proposal along with the support of the Japan Science and Technology (JST) Agency brings together a group of international researchers and educators in energy and sustainability to discuss these issues. The workshop will study a cooperative distributed energy management system that makes optimal control of energy generation and demand response.This workshop is unique as it will bring in distinguished US researchers to participate with Japanese researchers invited by JST along with researchers from Germany and the United Kingdom to discuss and form collaborations on cooperative distributive energy management systems. Topics of discussion include: renewable energy generation including solar and wind along with distributed generation and integration of renewable energy sources; communications, control, and computational aspects of the smart grid; storage options; demand response including load controls, demand side management, price controls, and consumer participation; and smart grid and smart community demonstration projects.Broader Impacts The workshop will bring in researchers from different countries to give different perspectives on developing a cooperative distributed energy management system. This will lead to multinational collaborative research and education efforts. This can lead to novel approaches to tackle energy and sustainability problems and also innovation and commercialization opportunities.