Grant: College and Community Innovation Program
St. Lawrence College
$250,000.00
Sustainable Energy Applied Research Centre
EF 2010-11
Résumé
St. Lawrence College will expand its applied research activity in sustainable energy technologies over the next five years, creating a Sustainable Energy Applied Research Centre. Applied research will draw upon faculty expertise in the college's Energy Systems Engineering Technology Program, as well as Wind Turbine Technology, Civil Engineering, Instrumentation Control Engineering, and other programs, and will involve highly motivated college students. Partners will come from eastern Ontario's fast-growing sustainable energy industries and local university researchers. Projects will assist prototype development and field testing, improve efficiencies in new and existing technologies, and develop integrations of the variety of emerging technologies concerned with solar, geothermal, wind, and biomass energy with one another and with the existing power grid. Typically, small and medium enterprises (SME's) in the field have focused upon a single technology (just solar, just wind, etc) as have researchers. Sustainable energy technology adoption will be greatly aided if 1) basic performance can be enhanced, 2) it can dovetail with conventional technology including the public power grid, and 3) multiple new or old technologies can be integrated into a supple and effective system. Most SME's do not have research resources. St. Lawrence College can leverage its comprehensive energy system programming with regional SME's and universities by facilitating collaborative applied research to improve and integrate the technologies. SEARC and its research network are ready to launch almost 20 research projects in the first two years, with resources in place to promote the research enterprise, completing 60 projects in five years, and to commercialize results, while directly involving over 500 college students. SEARC will greatly enrich the college teaching and learning platform, producing superb Highly Qualified Personnel significantly supporting the sustainable energy sector, locally and nationally.
Programme
College and Community Innovation ProgramCollege and Community Innovation Program (lien de confiance élevée)
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Other
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
393890-2009
Name nom
McEachern, Cam
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
25433
Institution établissement
St. Lawrence College
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2010
Competition year année de concours
2009
Award amount
250000
Program id
CCIP
Program name en
College and Community Innovation Program
Program name fr
Programme d'innovation dans les collèges et la communauté
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1074
Committee name en
Private Sector Advisory Board
Committee name fr
Conseil consultatif du secteur privé
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Partie
2
Nb partie
6
Application title
Sustainable Energy Applied Research Centre
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
St. Lawrence College will expand its applied research activity in sustainable energy technologies over the next five years, creating a Sustainable Energy Applied Research Centre. Applied research will draw upon faculty expertise in the college's Energy Systems Engineering Technology Program, as well as Wind Turbine Technology, Civil Engineering, Instrumentation Control Engineering, and other programs, and will involve highly motivated college students. Partners will come from eastern Ontario's fast-growing sustainable energy industries and local university researchers. Projects will assist prototype development and field testing, improve efficiencies in new and existing technologies, and develop integrations of the variety of emerging technologies concerned with solar, geothermal, wind, and biomass energy with one another and with the existing power grid. Typically, small and medium enterprises (SME's) in the field have focused upon a single technology (just solar, just wind, etc) as have researchers. Sustainable energy technology adoption will be greatly aided if 1) basic performance can be enhanced, 2) it can dovetail with conventional technology including the public power grid, and 3) multiple new or old technologies can be integrated into a supple and effective system. Most SME's do not have research resources. St. Lawrence College can leverage its comprehensive energy system programming with regional SME's and universities by facilitating collaborative applied research to improve and integrate the technologies. SEARC and its research network are ready to launch almost 20 research projects in the first two years, with resources in place to promote the research enterprise, completing 60 projects in five years, and to commercialize results, while directly involving over 500 college students. SEARC will greatly enrich the college teaching and learning platform, producing superb Highly Qualified Personnel significantly supporting the sustainable energy sector, locally and nationally.
