Collaborative and Innovative Energy Solutions for Frog Lake First Nations

青蛙湖原住民的协作和创新能源解决方案

• 批准号: CCB21-2021-00211
• 负责人: Martez, DrV
• 金额: $ 16.03万
• 依托单位: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Technology Partnership Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=729279
• 关键词: Collaborative; Innovative; Energy; Solutions; Frog

The objective of this business driven portfolio of projects is to support the efforts of Frog Lake First Nations, their corporations and business partners' need to address national climate change goals through a process of greening their electrical power. Electrical power in Canada comes from a variety of diverse and reliable renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Rising electricity demand is a key greenhouse gas contributor. The desire of industry and communities to transition to cleaner energy sources is challenged by the need for validated energy solutions. As they transition to cleaner energy sources, Frog Lake First Nations will spend considerable time and investment into novel infrastructures which they seek to protect from wildfires; their reserves are situated boreal forest and at high risk of a significant burn. Many other businesses in Alberta are in a similar position with valuable infrastructure, people and resources situated in boreal forest and at risk of wildfires. The second objective of this research portfolio is to learn how to study wild fire risk, analysis of data from those studies and identification of mitigation recommendations. The research approach will be grounded in three projects of varying sizes that will undertake a set of applied research projects with a consortium of nine partners who all make significant in-kind contributions. Wildfire Resilience Mapping will ensure community infrastructure is protected. Wind Energy Connectivity will resolve renewable wind turbine infrastructure challenges for connection to existing grid utilities. Energy Storage Resiliency will develop novel long-term energy storage solutions with alternative energy integration via Vanadium. Redox Flow Batteries (RFB) and Regenerative Fuel Cell (RFC) will be studied for potential adoption by members of the consortium. The novelty and significance of the work is grounded in two key points. This is a novel collaborative effort of a consortium working to address reconciliation efforts through respectful and sustainable business partnerships between Indigenous and non- Indigenous corporations. It creates new opportunities for these corporations to apply innovative research and technologies and develop them into new products or services. Students and HQP are being trained in Indigenous relations, leading-edge green energy skills and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Beyond Line of Sight data gathering and analysis.

这一业务驱动的项目组合的目标是支持青蛙湖原住民及其公司和业务合作伙伴通过电力绿色化过程实现国家气候变化目标的需求。加拿大的电力来自各种多样化且可靠的可再生和不可再生能源。不断增长的电力需求是温室气体的主要贡献者。工业和社区向清洁能源过渡的愿望受到了对经过验证的能源解决方案的需求的挑战。随着青蛙湖原住民转向更清洁的能源，他们将花费大量时间和投资建设新型基础设施，以保护这些基础设施免受野火的影响；它们的保护区位于北方森林，发生严重燃烧的风险很高。艾伯塔省的许多其他企业也处于类似的境地，宝贵的基础设施、人员和资源都位于北方森林中，并且面临着野火的风险。该研究组合的第二个目标是学习如何研究野火风险、分析这些研究的数据以及确定缓解建议。该研究方法将以三个不同规模的项目为基础，这些项目将与九个合作伙伴组成的联盟开展一系列应用研究项目，这些合作伙伴都做出了重大的实物捐助。野火复原图将确保社区基础设施受到保护。风能连接将解决可再生风力涡轮机基础设施与现有电网公用事业连接的挑战。 Energy Storage Resiliency 将开发新颖的长期储能解决方案，并通过 Vanadium 集成替代能源。将研究氧化还原液流电池（RFB）和再生燃料电池（RFC），以供该联盟成员采用。这项工作的新颖性和意义基于两个关键点。这是一个联盟的一项新颖的合作努力，致力于通过土著和非土著公司之间尊重和可持续的商业伙伴关系来解决和解问题。它为这些公司应用创新研究和技术并将其开发成新产品或服务创造了新的机会。学生和总部正在接受原住民关系、前沿绿色能源技能以及超视距无人机数据收集和分析方面的培训。