חוקרי וחוקרות האו"פ בוקר טוב,
EPRI- Electric Power Research Institute פרסמה קול קורא למחקר בנושא Clean Energy Future.
הקול הקורא יתמוך בהצעות בתחומים הנ"ל:
Clean Energy Technologies
A portfolio of clean generation technologies are critical to achieving an equitable and affordable decarbonized future. Typical research areas include, but are not limited to:
• Alternative fuels as a fuel source (i.e. hydrogen, ammonia, other)
• Renewable Energy Technologies (i.e. wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, tidal, etc...)
• CO2 capture, removal, transport, and storage technologies (i.e. CO2 capture, direct air capture, pipeline, underground assessment, etc...)
Electric System and Customer Reliability & Resilience
Physical and cyber vulnerabilities are growing, increasing the frequency and intensity of potential electricity outages. Hardening the electric system - from planning to construction, introducing predictive
and preventive maintenance, and implementing dynamic grid operations, and consumer are all part of providing reliable, resilient, and affordable electricity. Typical research projects may include, but are not
limited to:
• Defining and measuring resiliency, Identifying control challenges/opportunities, siting expansion of assets, Design standards for hardening individual assets and system control(s), such as communication and operations.
System Flexibility and Flexible Resources
Flexible resources are expected to grow significantly as deployment of renewable energy and distributed energy resources, and adoption of customer solutions in transport, buildings, and industry, accelerate. Typical research projects may include, but are not limited to:
• Distributed energy resources, scenario-based planning tools to optimize investments for resource adequacy, reliability, and resiliency, grid operations tools and processes to run a more distributed and variable system.
End-Use/ Economy-Wide Carbon Reductions
Increased commitment to a low-carbon economy may affect the scale of investments that may be directed toward clean energy sources. This may accelerate technology shifts for new equipment purchases as well as capital stock turnover. Typical research projects may include, but are not limited to:
• Cost/benefit analysis framework(s) supporting customer and/or grid investment(s) in infrastructure and incentive programs that support adoption of end-use electrification technologies.
Market Transformation
Explore the impacts: What impacts may this have, and what opportunities may this highlight on electricity markets, and may markets evolve so that reliability can be maintained as market flexibility increases and as new resources and services are deployed and integrated.
Open Category: Innovation
Recognizing that the highlighted priorities do not fully address the abundant opportunities to support the energy transition
• Innovation equals the value arising from change, including changes in technology and to the business model. Innovation opportunities for energy companies, as well as challenges, are significant. Major strains on current operations include a rapidly aging workforce, aging generation, and delivery assets, and the demand for improved performance and security. Addressing these challenges can provide excellent opportunities for innovation. Collaborative R&D and innovation are critically important to transition to a clean energy future and to meeting decarbonization goals while addressing reliability, affordability, and social equity. In this category, EPRI will consider innovative proposals related to reliability, resiliency, market transformation, equity, affordability, and safety.
תאריך הגשה:
Proposals for the 2023 Award will be accepted on a rolling basis, until October 1st, or until funds are exhausted. On October 2nd, EPRI will open the 2024 call for proposals.
תקציב: לא צוין (ממוצע $200,000 לשנה)
צוות רשות המחקר עומד לרשותכם ולרשותכן.
למידע נוסף פנו אל דינה, 09-7783306, dinagal@openu.ac.il
לסיוע בהגשה בתחום מדעי הרוח והחברה פנו אל גלית, 09-7781538, galitsh@openu.ac.il
לסיוע בהגשה בתחום המדעים המדויקים פנו אל איריס, 09-7781133, iristal@openu.ac.il