The Smart Grid Vision & Sustainability Jennie C. Stephens, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy Department of International Development, Community and Environment A Smarter Grid and a Wiser Community DCU Center, Worcester, MA April 24, 2013 Transmission lines Beijing China Worcester Green Jobs Coalition Hull Wind Turbine
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The Smart Grid Vision & Sustainability
Jennie C. Stephens, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy Department of International Development, Community and Environment
A Smarter Grid and a Wiser Community DCU Center, Worcester, MA
April 24, 2013
Transmission lines Beijing China Worcester Green Jobs Coalition Hull Wind Turbine
Mechanisms for University’s to Contribute to Sustainability
Teaching Transdisciplinary courses/degrees teaching skills of integration, synthesis, and systems thinking – how to cope with complex interconnections, service learning
Research Faculty and students conduct research that contributes to confronting
sustainability challenges
Campus as a Model for Society Campus Operations, demonstrating role, the campus as a microcosm of society
Service within the Community Unique anchor /intermediary organizations Ability for long-term thinking, Convening Role
Stephens, JC, et al. (2008). Higher Education as a Change Agent for Sustainability in Different Cultures and Contexts. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 9 (3): 317-338
Increasing CO2 concentrations
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Increasing global energy
demand
Climate Change Primarily an Energy Problem: Reliance on fossil-fuel based energy systems
AIM NASA 2012
Holdren, 2006
Why are energy systems difficult to change? Social dynamics of energy technology innovation Socio-technical system change
With graduate students at Hull Wind Turbine
Wind
Marris, 2008
Smart Grid Geothermal
Carbon Neutral, 2013
Health/safety
Cultural Political
Technical Economic
Environmental Energy
Technology Deployment
SPEED (Socio-Political Evaluation of Energy Deployment) A framework to assess the complexity of perspectives influencing energy
technology deployment: How is discourse of technologies framed?
Environmental Communication Research How are emerging energy technologies talked about? What frames? What factors influence perceptions of emerging energy technologies?
Generation
Transmission
Distribution
Consumption blackhillsenergy.com
Storage
SMART GRID: A Shared Vision of Electricity System Change
Increasingly used term - incorporates multiple technologies Information Communication Technology (ICT), Renewables, Energy Storage Technology, Sensors Advanced Metering Infrastructure – Smart Meters and more……
Smart Grid A shared vision of change, but different priorities in - What technologies? - How much change ?
Source: FERC, 2012
Smart Grid Research: How does social and political context for Smart Grid compare regionally? What are different priorities and can they be aligned?
METHODS Focus Groups Interviews Media Analysis Policy Analysis
Financial Support: NSF Science, Technology & Society Program NSF-SES1127697 NSF RAPID Grant Science, Technology & Society (NSF-SES 1316442)
How is “Smart Grid” presented in the media?
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Different Smart Grid Technologies
Technologies Examples Transmission and Distribu/on power lines, transformers, voltage, AC, DC, relays,
capacitors
Smart meter Smart meter, advanced meter
Energy Storage ba>eries, fly wheels
Sensors, informa/on and communica/on technologies sensors, soAware, hardware, SCADA