Leveraging the Internet of Things and Open Data to Support Clean Energy

利用物联网和开放数据支持清洁能源

• 批准号: RGPIN-2019-05599
• 负责人: Corbett, Jacqueline
• 金额: $ 1.68万
• 依托单位: Université Laval
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=765329
• 关键词: Leveraging; Internet; Things; Open; Data

As the devastating consequences of climate change become more pronounced, transformational changes are required in all areas of society. The aim of this research program is to support Canadian and international efforts to halt the progression of climate change and transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. Achieving a sustainable, low-carbon economy will require substantial changes in electricity supply and demand conditions. The smart grid, enabled by advanced information and communications technologies, offers much promise in this regard. This research program focuses on how two emerging trends within the smart grid, the Internet of Things (IoT) and open data, can be used to support the development of clean energy technologies (energy cleantech). Customer-side applications enabled by IoT and open data can contribute to improving energy efficiency, increasing demand management effectiveness, and facilitating the integration of distributed renewable energy generation, such as rooftop solar. In addition, the IoT, in combination with open data, offers opportunities for creating new value-added energy management services, and could lead to new business models and peer-to-peer electricity markets. Two streams of research make up this program. The first stream investigates data and information management challenges associated with energy cleantech initiatives and provides recommendations for addressing these challenges. The second stream focuses on the design of IoT- and open data-enabled applications to reduce informational barriers and create new value-added products, services, and decision-support systems for clean energy. A participatory design thinking approach will be applied to involve key stakeholders (such as customers, electricity utilities, technology providers and innovators) in the development of cleantech applications and services from the initial problem definition, to design, idea generation, solution prototyping, and testing. This program breaks new ground by integrating knowledge at the intersection of IoT, open data, and clean energy. The theoretical contributions of the research will serve as a guide for future research, clean energy innovation, and evidence-based policy-making by highlighting critical challenges for big and open data. In addition, the research will result in practical IoT and open data solutions that address real-world problems or develop new opportunities for clean energy. The approach of working in the field with energy cleantech energy innovators will permit faster knowledge transfer and deliver more immediately usable solutions that help to position Canada as a global leader this this area.

随着气候变化的破坏性后果变得更加明显，社会所有领域都需要进行变革性变革。这项研究计划的目的是支持加拿大和国际社会阻止气候变化进程和向可持续低碳经济转型的努力。要实现可持续的低碳经济，将需要电力供需状况发生重大变化。在先进的信息和通信技术的支持下，智能电网在这方面提供了很大的希望。该研究计划重点关注如何利用智能电网中的两个新兴趋势--物联网(IoT)和开放数据--来支持清洁能源技术(能源清洁技术)的发展。物联网和开放数据支持的客户端应用程序有助于提高能源效率、提高需求管理效率，并促进分布式可再生能源发电(如屋顶太阳能)的集成。此外，物联网与开放数据相结合，为创造新的增值能源管理服务提供了机会，并可能带来新的商业模式和对等电力市场。两个研究流派组成了这个项目。第一个流程调查与能源清洁技术倡议相关的数据和信息管理挑战，并提供应对这些挑战的建议。第二个重点是设计支持物联网和开放数据的应用程序，以减少信息壁垒，并为清洁能源创造新的增值产品、服务和决策支持系统。将采用参与式设计思维方法，让主要利益攸关方(如客户、电力公用事业公司、技术提供商和创新者)参与清洁技术应用和服务的开发，从最初的问题定义到设计、创意产生、解决方案原型和测试。该计划通过整合物联网、开放数据和清洁能源的知识开辟了新的天地。这项研究的理论贡献将通过强调大数据和开放数据的关键挑战，为未来的研究、清洁能源创新和循证政策制定提供指导。此外，这项研究将产生实用的物联网和开放数据解决方案，以解决现实世界的问题或为清洁能源开发新的机会。与能源清洁技术能源创新者在该领域合作的方法将允许更快的知识转移，并提供更多可立即使用的解决方案，有助于将加拿大定位为该领域的全球领导者。