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Energy and Sustainability Research and Education enabled by NSF Pramod Khargonekar Assistant Director for Engineering National Science Foundation “Energy from Renewables: Envisioning a Brighter Future University of Minnesota April 16, 2016 2
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Energy and Sustainability Research and Education enabled by NSF
Pramod KhargonekarAssistant Director for Engineering
National Science Foundation
“Energy from Renewables: Envisioning a Brighter Future
University of MinnesotaApril 16, 2016
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Outline
• Introduction to NSF
• Energy and Sustainability
• Relevant NSF Programs
• Conclusion
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Fundamental
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•Advanced Manufacturing
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Paris COP21 Agreement
• Reaffirm the goal of limiting global temperature increase well below 2 degrees Celsius, while urging efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees;
• Establish binding commitments by all parties to make “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs), and to pursue domestic measures aimed at achieving them;
• Commit all countries to report regularly on their emissions and “progress made in implementing and achieving” their NDCs, and to undergo international review;
• Commit all countries to submit new NDCs every five years, with the clear expectation that they will “represent a progression” beyond previous ones;
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Paris COP21 Agreement
• Reaffirm the binding obligations of developed countries under the UNFCCC to support the
efforts of developing countries, while for the first time encouraging voluntary contributions
by developing countries too;
• Extend the current goal of mobilizing $100 billion a year in support by 2020 through 2025,
with a new, higher goal to be set for the period after 2025;
• Extend a mechanism to address “loss and damage” resulting from climate change, which
explicitly will not “involve or provide a basis for any liability or compensation;”
• Require parties engaging in international emissions trading to avoid “double counting;” and
• Call for a new mechanism, similar to the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto
Protocol, enabling emission reductions in one country to be counted toward another
country’s NDC.
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2 Degree Capital Stock for Electricity Sector
“Complete decarbonisation of the electricity sector is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition to limit average temperature increases to below 2°C (with 50% probability). This paper shows that even under the very optimistic assumption that other sectors reduce emissions in line with a 2°C target, no new emitting electricity infrastructure can be built after 2017 for this target to be met, unless other electricity infrastructure is retired early or retrofitted with CCS.”
4/24/2016 9Source: Pfeiffer et al 2016, Oxford University
Key NSF Programs
• Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES)
• Energy, Power, Controls and Networks (EPCN)
• Cyber-Physical Systems (CISE+ENG)
• Critical Resilient Infrastructure Systems and Processes (CRISP)
• Renewable electricity Dear Colleague Letter
• Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS)
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Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES)
• To advance science, engineering, and education to
inform the societal actions needed for
environmental and economic sustainability and
sustainable human well-being.
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SEES and Energy
• Energy Harvesting & Conversion from Renewable Resources;
• Sustainable Energy Storage Solutions;
• Critical Elements & Materials for Sustainable Energy;
• Nature-Inspired Processes for Sustainable Energy Solutions;
• Reducing Carbon Intensity from Energy Conversion & Use;
• Sustainable Energy Transmission & Distribution;
• Energy Efficiency & Management.
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Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS)
Growing populations, economic growth, and increased variability in
precipitation and temperatures will increase stress on the food-energy-
water resources
13Image credits, from left: courtesy of Richard Luthy, Stanford University; Zhiyong Jason Ren, University of Colorado Boulder, Constantine M. Megaridis, Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at
Chicago; NSF.
Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS)
Advance understanding of the FEW system through quantitative and
computational modeling
Develop real-time, cyber-enabled interfaces that improve understanding of the
behavior of FEW systems and increase decision support capability
Enable research that will lead to innovative solutions to critical FEW problems
Grow the scientific workforce capable of studying and managing the FEW
systems
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62M NSF$13M ENG
ECCS: Renewables DCL
• NSF 15-082: “Dear Colleague Letter: Research on Theory and Analytical Tools for Power Networks with High Levels of Renewable Generation”
• Competition for EAGER grants
• Purpose: support creative ideas addressing the continuing rise of renewable electric power generation.
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Renewables DCL: Proposals and Grants
• NSF received 86 unique proposals in response to the
Renewables DCL, representing 104 universities
(including collaborative proposals).
• 14 grants were funded from across the nation.
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Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science
• This program supports active long-term collaborative partnerships between K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, Computer and Information Science, and Mathematics (STEM) teachers and community college and university faculty and students to bring knowledge of engineering or computer and information science and engineering as well as technological innovation to pre-college/community college classrooms.
• The goal of these partnerships is to enable K-12 STEM teachers and community college faculty to translate their research experiences and new knowledge gained in university settings into their classroom activities.
• Mechanisms:– Supplements to existing NSF grants
– RET Site Awards
• NSF 15-536
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