Assessment of Energy Systems

能源对人类活动至关重要。由于全球人口和经济活动的增加，对能源的需求正在增加。今天，大部分能源来自化石燃料能源。能源的生产、转换和使用对环境产生了影响，包括大气中温室气体浓度的增加、淡水消耗的增加和土地利用的干扰。随着世界能源转型，正在开发几种能源生产、转换和使用途径。这一转变的关键问题是如何选择环境友好、经济可行和社会可接受的能源途径。这是一个具有挑战性的问题，具有复杂的解决方案，也是Amit Kumar博士研究计划的重点。在Kumar博士的领导下，加拿大能源系统评估研究主席(CRC)计划将通过整合基于基础科学的工程原理和机器学习技术来开发新的方法和技术，用于评估能源系统。CRC计划将考虑能源资源的可用性，包括基础设施、能源转换路径和能源使用路径，以对能源系统进行综合评估。这项研究将制定一个新的框架，对能源系统进行短期、中期和长期评估，同时考虑到可再生能源和非可再生能源技术。这将帮助我们理解作为能源转型的一部分，实现温室气体净零排放的成本效益和环境友好型途径。《儿童权利公约》项目提供的信息将有助于全球决策和政策制定。该计划将培训高素质的人员，他们将为全球劳动力以及温室气体和气候变化缓解努力做出贡献。

Energy is critical for human activity. Demand for energy is increasing because of the increase in global population and economic activity. Today, most energy comes from fossil fuel energy sources. The production, conversion, and use of energy has environmental impacts including increases in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, increased freshwater consumption, and land use disturbances. Several energy production, conversion and use pathways are being developed as the world goes through energy transition. The key question in this transition is how to choose the environmentally friendly, economically viable, and socially acceptable energy pathways. This is a challenging question with complex solutions and is the focus of Dr. Amit Kumar's research program.The Canada Research Chair (CRC) Program in Assessment of Energy Systems, under the leadership of Dr. Kumar, will develop novel approaches and techniques through the integration of fundamental science-based engineering principles and machine learning techniques for the assessment of energy systems. The CRC program will consider energy resource availability including the infrastructure, energy conversion pathways, and energy use pathways for the integrated assessment of energy systems. The research will develop a novel framework for short-, medium-, and long-term assessments of energy systems considering both renewable and non-renewable energy technologies. This will help us understand the cost-effective and environmentally friendly pathways to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as part of energy transition. The information developed by the CRC program will be helpful in decision-making and policy formulation globally. The program will train highly qualified personnel who will contribute to the global workforce and to greenhouse gas and climate change mitigation efforts.