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.

该奖项是为了回应亲爱的同事信23-108关于清洁能源主题的会议建议。美国的部落民族作为这片土地的原始居民，拥有作为主权自治社区的独特地位。部落土地拥有巨大的清洁能源潜力。与此同时，许多部落经历着严重的能源贫困，电力服务的可靠性和质量明显下降。改善部落民族的电力服务的可及性和质量对于支持改善四分之一生活在贫困中的人口的健康、福祉和经济机会至关重要。然而，这些挑战也为向清洁能源过渡的创新和领导带来了机遇。由于传统系统对土著社区的服务很差，他们也不太受其约束，因此这些社区有可能处于能源转型的前沿。虽然潜力巨大，但有必要进行融合的合作研究，以克服技术挑战，将土著知识和价值观纳入能源规划，并了解复杂的社会技术系统，其中清洁能源技术嵌入部落民族的背景下。该项目将召集来自学术界、部落政府和机构、联邦资助的研究和发展中心以及能源部门组织的各种利益攸关方参加为期两天的研讨会。本次研讨会的主要成果将是一份白色文件，描述一个趋同的、优先的研究议程，旨在支持部落国家的清洁能源转型，以及实现雄心勃勃的部落愿望所需的教育和劳动力培训。本次研讨会将增进对关键研究和劳动力发展需求的了解，这些需求必须得到满足，以推动美国部落国家的清洁能源转型。研讨会将在以下领域做出贡献：A）记录部落在推进清洁能源项目方面的目标和土著人对部落能源主权目标的观点; B）确定在部落土地上开发清洁能源项目的独特技术挑战，并确定克服这些挑战的研究议程; C）了解非技术性（即，文化，监管，经济）的障碍，以清洁能源发展的部落土地和确定议程的趋同研究的社会技术方法，以部落能源规划; D）确定关键的教育和劳动力培训需求，必须加以解决，以满足部落清洁能源的目标;和E）召集和培养教育工作者，研究人员和部落领袖，专业人士，和学生来推进和支持这一研究和教育议程。研讨会的主要成果将是一个研究议程，以推动美国部落民族的清洁能源技术和项目开发。该研讨会将汇集研究型大学和FFRDCs与部落学院和Priestival本科院校，为直接参与本科和研究生水平的土著学生的研究提供合作机会。该研讨会也将寻求确定战略，让土著学者参与清洁能源研究和专业领域，并促进研究和从业者社区之间的有效合作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。