Next Generation Energy Storage, Optimization, and Microgrids for a Carbon-Constrained Economy

在加拿大，能源生产和消费占全国温室气体排放量的81%。由于加拿大的极端温度和人口分散在很远的地方，这一数字高于全球平均水平。尽管这些因素对加拿大向低碳能源系统的转型构成障碍，但它们也为加拿大可再生能源和清洁技术领域的发展提供了机会。在安大略省，33%的发电来自可再生能源。到2021年，安大略省预计将在可再生能源和清洁技术领域创造56,500个就业岗位，创造30亿加元的就业收入，为省GDP贡献54亿加元。大多伦多地区（GTA）是安大略省该部门的中心。在大多伦多地区，它在1700多家公司雇佣了36000多名员工。在过去的15年里，百年纪念学院发展了广泛的专业知识和设施来支持可再生能源的应用研究，包括一支经验丰富的研究人员团队和核心基础设施的发展。百年纪念学院的NSERC IE（2012-2018）支持了一项可再生能源研究计划，该计划的重点是进行可再生能源技术演示、测试和原型评估，以帮助多伦多地区的中小企业克服技术挑战并将产品推向市场。由于这些技术已经商品化，加拿大工业对应用研究的需求已转向新技术。在2018-19年期间，通过广泛的行业咨询，百年纪念学院专注于帮助中小企业克服存储、管理和优化能源技术的产品开发挑战。该提案提出了一个研究计划，涉及七家合作伙伴公司（随着计划的进行，预计会有更多公司加入），并在该领域实现技术发展目标。

In Canada, energy production and consumption accounts for 81% of national greenhouse gas emissions. This is higher than the global average due to Canada's extreme temperatures and a population dispersed across great distances. Although these factors present obstacles to Canada's transition to lower-carbon energy systems, they also provide the opportunity to advance Canadian renewable energy and clean technology sectors. In Ontario, 33% of electricity generation is from renewable sources. By 2021, an expected 56,500 jobs in Ontario are expected to be created, in the renewable energy and clean technology sector generating $3 billion in employment earnings, and contributing $5.4 billion to provincial GDP. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is the hub of the sector in Ontario. In the GTA, it employs over 36,000 people at over 1,700 companies. Over the past 15 years, Centennial College has developed extensive expertise and facilities to support renewable energy applied research, including a team of highly experienced researchers and the development of core infrastructure. Centennial College's NSERC IE (2012-2018) supported a renewable energy research program focused on conducting renewable energy technology demonstrations, testing, and prototype evaluation to help Toronto-area SMEs overcome technical challenges and bring products to market. As these technologies have become commodified, the need for applied research by Canadian industry has shifted to new technologies. Extensive industry consultations throughout 2018-19 led to Centennial College focusing on helping SMEs overcome the product development challenges of technologies that store, manage and optimize energy. This proposal presents a research program involving seven partner companies (with more expected to join as the program gets underway) with technology development goals in this area.