Conference: Conference: CET: Convergent Clean Energy Research in Support of Sovereign and Prosperous Tribal Nations

会议： 会议：CET：支持主权和繁荣部落国家的融合清洁能源研究

• 批准号: 2346425
• 负责人: Nathaniel Williams
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-11-15 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2346425&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; CET; Convergent; Clean; Energy

This award was in response to Dear Colleague Letter 23-108 on Conference Proposals on Clean Energy Topics. Tribal Nations in the United States, as the original inhabitants of the land, hold a unique status as sovereign, self-governing communities. Tribal Lands hold immense clean energy resource potential. At the same time, many tribes experience high levels of energy poverty and significantly less reliable and poorer quality electricity service. Improving access to and the quality of electricity services in Tribal Nations is crucial to supporting improved health, well-being, and economic opportunity in a population where one in four lives in poverty. However, these challenges also bring opportunities for innovation and leadership in the transition to clean energy. Because Indigenous communities are poorly served by the legacy system, they are also less bound to it, and with this comes the potential for these communities to be on the leading edge of the energy transition. While the potential is immense, convergent, collaborative research is necessary to overcome technical challenges, integrate Indigenous knowledge and values into energy planning, and understand the complex socio-technical systems in which clean energy technologies are embedded in the context of Tribal Nations. This project will convene a diverse group of stakeholders from academia, Tribal governments and agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and energy sector organizations for a two-day workshop. The primary outcome of this workshop will be a White Paper describing a convergent, prioritized research agenda aimed at supporting clean energy transitions in Tribal Nations, and education and workforce training needs to achieve ambitious Tribal aspirations.This workshop will advance knowledge of the critical research and workforce development needs that must be met to advance clean energy transitions in Tribal Nations in the United States. The workshop will make contributions in the following areas: A) documenting Tribal objectives in advancing clean energy projects and Indigenous viewpoints on the goals of Tribal energy sovereignty; B) identifying unique technical challenges to developing clean energy projects on Tribal lands and defining a research agenda to overcome these challenges; C) understanding non-technical (i.e., cultural, regulatory, economic) barriers to clean energy development on Tribal lands and defining an agenda for convergent research on socio-technical approaches to Tribal energy planning; D) identifying critical educational and workforce training needs that must be addressed to meet Tribal clean energy goals; and E) convening and fostering a diverse network of educators, researchers, and Tribal leaders, professionals, and students to advance and champion this research and educational agenda. The primary outcome of the workshop will be a research agenda to advance clean energy technology and project development in Tribal Nations in the United States. The workshop will bring together research universities and FFRDCs with Tribal colleges and Primarily Undergraduate Institutions to seed collaborative opportunities for research that directly engages Indigenous students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The workshop will as well seek to identify strategies to engage Indigenous scholars in clean energy research and professional fields, and to foster effective collaboration between the research and practitioner communities.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.

该奖项是回应《亲爱的同事信》第23-108封关于清洁能源主题的会议提案的23-108。作为土地的原始居民，美国的部落国家拥有独特的主权，自治社区。部落土地具有巨大的清洁能源资源潜力。同时，许多部落经历了高水平的能源贫困和质量较差的电力服务。改善部落国家的电力服务的获取和质量对于支持改善健康，福祉和经济机会至关重要，在四分之一的人口中，贫困人口中有一个人的生活。但是，这些挑战还为过渡到清洁能源的创新和领导能力带来了机会。由于土著社区对传统系统的服务也很差，因此它们也不太束缚，随之而来的是这些社区处于能源过渡的领先地位的潜力。尽管潜力是巨大的，趋同的，协作研究对于克服技术挑战，将土著知识和价值观整合到能源规划中，并了解复杂的社会技术系统，其中必须将清洁能源技术嵌入到部落国家的背景下。该项目将召集来自学术界，部落政府和机构，联邦资助的研发中心以及为期两天的研讨会的能源部门组织的各种利益相关者。该研讨会的主要结果将是一份白皮书，描述了旨在支持部落国家清洁能源过渡的收敛性，优先的研究议程，教育和劳动力培训需要实现雄心勃勃的部落愿望。该研讨会将促进对重要的研究和劳动力发展需求的了解，以促进在美国部落中促进清洁能源过渡。研讨会将在以下领域做出贡献：a）记录部落目标，以促进清洁能源项目和原住民观点，了解部落能源主权的目标； b）确定在部落土地上开发清洁能源项目的独特技术挑战，并定义研究议程以克服这些挑战； c）了解非技术（即文化，法规，经济）在部落土地上清洁能源开发的障碍，并定义对部落能源计划的社会技术方法的收敛研究议程； d）确定必须满足部落清洁能源目标的关键教育和劳动力培训需求； E）召集和培育多样化的教育工作者，研究人员，部落领导者，专业人士和学生，以推进和倡导这项研究和教育议程。研讨会的主要结果将是促进美国部落国家清洁能源技术和项目发展的研究议程。该研讨会将与部落学院和本科机构一起将研究型大学和FFRDC汇集在一起​​，以供种子合作的研究机会，以直接吸引本科和研究生级别的土著学生。该研讨会还将寻求确定与土著学者参与清洁能源研究和专业领域的策略，并促进研究与从业人员社区之间的有效合作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估审查标准来通过评估来支持的。