CAREER: Advancing Grid Integration of Diverse Renewable Energy Sources

职业建议#0846533该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该奖项的目标是进行必要的基础研究，以推进不同可变可再生能源的电网整合。 该方法分为三个任务：第一，构建工具来描述和分析可变的可再生能源;第二，使用这些工具来模拟可变的可再生能源如何与电网相互作用，并发现高渗透率的障碍;第三，利用从以前的任务和研究方法中获得的知识，消除可变可再生能源高电网渗透率的障碍。这项研究是在匹配一个完善的，可调度的资源，化石燃料的范例，以一个新的，灵活的，可变的可再生能源发电范例的挑战的前沿。 将大量可变源集成到电网的挑战和解决方案还没有得到很好的理解。 本项目进行必要的基础研究，以了解这些限制，并探索和创造新的，有效的方法来消除这些限制。更广泛的影响：本研究将通过发现大规模可再生能源转换和发电的优势和挑战，影响能源系统领域。 更广泛的影响也延伸到更大的社会，因为越来越多的可再生能源转换和发电将最终取代化石燃料发电。 该项目的引擎将是研究生，他们将对可再生能源的重要性有深刻的理解。 这项研究的教育和推广部分将通过教师讲习班向主要教育工作者传播信息。将通过一系列关于能源问题的免费短期课程和讲座为公众提供服务。

CAREER Proposal #0846533This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The objective of this award is to perform the fundamental research necessary to advance the electric power grid integration of diverse variable renewable energy resources. The approach is separated into three tasks: first, building the tools to describe and analyze variable renewable energy resources; second, using those tools to model how variable renewable resources interact with the electric power grid and discover barriers to high penetration; third, taking the knowledge gained from the previous tasks and research means of removing barriers to high grid-penetration of variable renewable resources.Intellectual Merit:This research is on the cutting edge of the challenge of matching a well-established, dispatchable-resource, fossil fuel paradigm to a new, flexible, variable renewable power generation paradigm. The challenges and solutions to integrating large amounts of variable sources to the grid are not well understood. This project performs the fundamental research necessary to understand these limitations and also explores and creates novel, effective methods for removing these limitations.Broader Impacts:This research will impact the energy systems field by discovering the advantages and challenges that lie within large-scale renewable energy conversion and electric power generation. The broader impacts also extend to the larger society, as increasing renewable energy conversion and electric power generation will allow the eventual displacement of fossil fuel based electric power generation. The engine of this project will be the research students, who will gain a keen understanding of the importance of renewables. The education and outreach components of this research will disseminate information to leading educators through faculty workshops. The public will be served through a series of free short courses and lectures on energy issues.