RII Track-2 FEC: Critical Resource Availability for the Future of the Renewable Energy Industry: Critical Minerals and Ground Water Resources in Iowa and Kansas

RII Track-2 FEC：可再生能源行业未来的关键资源可用性：爱荷华州和堪萨斯州的关键矿产和地下水资源

• 批准号: 2119551
• 负责人: Bradley Cramer
• 金额: $ 399.28万
• 依托单位: University of Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2119551&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RII; Track; FEC; Critical; Resource

Wind energy and ethanol production are two of the largest growth industries in Iowa and Kansas, and both states have become national leaders in renewable energy over the past two decades. Iowa is the clear national leader in biofuel production and the two states are #3 and #4 in total wind energy production. Unfortunately, both industries face significant resource challenges. Wind energy is threatened by limited national supplies of critical minerals, particularly the Rare Earth Elements (REEs), and ethanol production faces limitations imposed by access to sufficient groundwater supplies required for the conversion of corn into biofuel. The two limitations, REEs and groundwater, represent two of the largest challenges facing the future of the renewable energy industry in the United States. This joint project funded by the National Science Foundation EPSCOR program and carried out in partnership between the University of Iowa, Iowa Geological Survey, University of Kansas and the Kansas Geological Survey will utilize this multisector collaboration between universities and state governmental agencies to produce data and resources that support private sector growth by providing the technical capacity and information required for sustainable growth and development of the renewable energy sector in both jurisdictions.Advancements and growth within the renewable energy industry are a priority objective of United States energy research and policy. Wind, solar, hydro-electric, geothermal, biofuels, and energy storage in batteries, are all major components of the future U.S. renewable energy portfolio, yet all face significant resource challenges to their development and deployment. Among these, wind, solar, and battery storage are threatened by limited national supplies of critical elements, particularly the Rare Earth Elements (REEs: e.g., neodymium, dysprosium, terbium, praseodymium, indium, gallium, and tellurium). Ethanol, the primary biofuel in the U.S., utilizes cheap and abundant corn as the primary feedstock. However, ethanol production also faces critical limitations imposed by access to sufficient water supplies (typically groundwater) required for bioconversion. These two limitations, REEs and groundwater, represent two of the largest challenges facing the future of the renewable energy industry in the United States. Iowa and Kansas have quietly become national leaders in renewable energy over the past two decades, particularly with respect to wind energy and ethanol production. The two states are #3 and #4 in total wind energy production for 2019 and are now #1 and #2 in wind power electric generation as a share of state total. Iowa is by far the national leader in ethanol production and Kansas is now a top ten producer as well. This joint proposal funded by the National Science Foundation EPSCOR program and carried out in partnership between the University of Iowa, Iowa Geological Survey, University of Kansas and the Kansas Geological Survey will utilize this multisector collaboration between universities and state governmental agencies to expand the technical research capabilities of both jurisdictions as well as provide fundamental research necessary to continue sustainable growth in the renewable energy sector in both jurisdictions.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.

风能和乙醇生产是爱荷华州和堪萨斯两个最大的增长产业，在过去的二十年里，这两个州都成为了可再生能源的国家领导者。爱荷华州在生物燃料生产方面是全国领先的，这两个州在风能总产量方面分别排名第三和第四。不幸的是，这两个行业都面临着巨大的资源挑战。风能受到国家关键矿物供应有限的威胁，特别是稀土元素，乙醇生产面临着将玉米转化为生物燃料所需的足够地下水供应的限制。稀土元素和地下水这两个限制是美国可再生能源行业未来面临的两个最大挑战。这个联合项目由国家科学基金会EPSCOR计划资助，并与爱荷华州大学、爱荷华州地质调查局、堪萨斯大学和堪萨斯地质调查局将利用大学和州政府机构之间的这种多部门合作，通过提供可持续增长和发展所需的技术能力和信息，产生支持私营部门增长的数据和资源可再生能源行业的进步和增长是美国能源研究和政策的优先目标。风能、太阳能、水电、地热、生物燃料和电池储能都是美国未来可再生能源组合的主要组成部分，但它们的开发和部署都面临着重大的资源挑战。其中，风能、太阳能和电池存储受到关键元素，特别是稀土元素（REEs：例如，钕、镝、铽、镨、铟、镓和碲）。乙醇是美国的主要生物燃料，利用廉价而丰富的玉米为主要原料，然而，乙醇生产也面临着生物转化所需的充足供水（通常是地下水）的严重限制。这两个限制，稀土元素和地下水，代表了美国可再生能源行业未来面临的两个最大挑战。在过去的二十年里，爱荷华州和堪萨斯已经悄悄地成为可再生能源的国家领导者，特别是在风能和乙醇生产方面。这两个州在2019年的风能总产量中排名第3和第4，现在在风力发电中排名第1和第2。到目前为止，爱荷华州是全国乙醇生产的领导者，堪萨斯现在也是十大生产者。这项联合提案由美国国家科学基金会EPSCOR计划资助，并与爱荷华州大学、爱荷华州地质调查局、堪萨斯大学和堪萨斯地质调查局将利用大学和州政府机构之间的这种多部门合作，扩大两个司法管辖区的技术研究能力，并提供必要的基础研究，以继续可再生能源的可持续增长。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Expansion of Reducing Marine Environments During the Ireviken Biogeochemical Event: Evidence From the Altajme Core, Gotland, Sweden

易瑞维肯生物地球化学事件期间海洋环境减少的扩展：来自瑞典哥特兰 Altajme 核心的证据

• DOI: 10.1029/2022pa004484
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: Stolfus, Brittany M.;Allman, Lindsi J.;Young, Seth A.;Calner, Mikael;Hartke, Emma R.;Oborny, Stephan C.;Bancroft, Alyssa M.;Cramer, Bradley D.
• 通讯作者: Cramer, Bradley D.