Travel Grant: Workshop on Research Directions for the Grid Edge, To Be Held March 24-25, in Alexandria, VA

该提案要求为大学教授提供旅费补贴，让他们参加NSF研讨会，以确定网格边缘的研究方向：将公用事业公司运营的传统网格与边缘第三方拥有和运营的新兴网格连接起来。研讨会将于2020年3月24日至25日在华盛顿特区举行，重点关注5-10年时间范围内悬而未决的问题、技术要求和研究方向。本次研讨会旨在将获得旅行补助金的人以及行业和政府利益相关者聚集在一起，从整体上解决网格边缘的概念、基础和愿景。拟议的研讨会将提供一个论坛，讨论和协调研究战略和相关行动计划，以满足行业对新解决方案的需求，以应对影响电网的新发展。电网边缘被认为是电网未来的关键发展，电网需要学者、工程师、政策制定者、经济学家、社会科学家、政府官员和技术领袖做出贡献，为下一代电网提供造福社会的解决方案。推进电网边缘所需的基本概念需要跨学科的方法，涉及基础研究、应用工程、技术创新、行为研究、市场经济和政策见解。在此背景下，通过多个维度定义了电网边缘：a)资产所有权，包括公用事业所有和非公用事业所有的资产；b)边缘利益相关者角色，包括以公用事业为中心和以第三方为中心的观点，以及关注跨越边缘边界密切合作的必要性的观点；以及c)结构化的运营层，涵盖物理电网组件、控制和保护、技术、网络-物理安全和隐私、市场、监管框架和商业模式。本次研讨会将通过最近一系列及时的研讨会继续NSF过去和当前所做的努力，以提供更多的研究见解和观点，重点关注电网边缘能源生产和消费的网络和物理方面。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This proposal requests funding to provide travel subsidies for university professors to attend the NSF Workshop to define the Research Directions for the Grid Edge: Interfacing the Legacy Grids Operated by Utilities with Emerging Grids Owned and Operated by Third Parties at the Edge. The workshop focusing on unresolved problems, technology requirements and research directions for the time horizon of 5-10 years will be held in Washington DC on March 24-25, 2020. This workshop intends to bring the travel grant recipients, as well as industry and government stakeholders together to address the Grid Edge concepts, fundamentals and vision holistically. The proposed workshop will offer a forum to discuss and coordinate a research strategy and related action plan to meet industry needs for new solutions in response to the new developments affecting the grid. The grid edge is considered a crucial development for the future of the electricity grids requires contributions from academics, engineers, policy makers, economists, social scientists, government officials, and technology leaders in delivering solutions for the next generation electricity grid for the benefits of the society.The fundamental concepts needed for advancing the grid Edge require an interdisciplinary approach involving basic research, applied engineering, technology innovation, behavioral studies, market economics, and policy insights. The grid edge is defined in this context through multiple dimensions: a) the asset ownership, which entails the utility owned and non-utility owned assets, b) the edge stakeholder role, which encompasses the utility-centric and third party-centric view, and the view that focuses on the need to closely collaborate across the edge boundaries, and c) the structured operational layers covering physical grid components, control and protection, the technology, cyber-physical security and privacy, markets, regulatory framework, and business models. This workshop will continue the NSF past and current efforts undertaken through a recent series of timely workshops to offer additional research insight and a perspective focusing on the cyber and physical aspects of energy generation and consumption at the grid edge.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.