A Partnership of UConn and Eversource
Eversource Energy Center
Author: Clean Energy Summit 2024 Take Aways
Last Monday (September 23, 2024) we had over 300 UConn students and faculty, and attendees from the state government, organizations, and industry participating at the UConn and Eversource Sustainable Clean Energy Summit: Decarbonizing Society and the Grid. In addition to an outstanding keynote address from Gene Rodrigues, U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Electricity, we heard from some thought-provoking panels, announced the Connecticut Sustainable Energy Institute at Avery Point, and signed a new three-year memorandum of understanding with Eversource for energy efficiency upgrades across all our campuses. UConn graduate students Zhiqing “Lucy” Li, Steven Matile and Meshach Ojo, were awarded the Clean Energy and Sustainability Innovation Program (CESIP) award for their research, “Potential Micro-Hydropower Retrofits at Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants,” and will receive additional funding from Eversource to further explore their project.
Several themes and key takeaways emerged from the panel discussions at the Summit, including:
- the necessity of maintaining grid reliability amid growing demands from artificial intelligence, the electrification of transportation, and overall increases in energy consumption.
- that the transition to a clean energy grid must not compromise accessibility, and that achieving balance will require thoughtful policies and investments that prioritize both innovation and equity.
- that a multifaceted approach, integrating advanced technologies and partnerships, is essential for building a cleaner, more resilient energy future for Connecticut and the region.
- the necessity for collaborative planning approaches, partnerships between state and federal entities, and engagement with academic institutions to foster innovation and facilitate the transition to a more resilient energy system.
- that neglecting investment in modernization ultimately leads to higher long-term costs, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations.
Check the CLEAN EARTH Laboratory website (https://cleanearth.engr.uconn.edu/?p=1266) for these, and other highlights from this year’s Summit.
Manos Anagnostou, Executive Director, UConn Tech Park, and Director of the Eversource Energy Center at UConn
Author: UConn and Eversource Host Third Annual Sustainable Clean Energy Summit
Author: Bracing for Impact: UConn, Partners to Improve Grid Resistance
Bracing for Impact: UConn, Partners to Improve Grid Resistance
Author: CyberCARED in the Media
- Our paper “A Lagrange-multiplier-based Reliability Assessment for Power Systems Considering Topology and Injection Uncertainties,” IEEE Trans. Power Systems, 2024, is now one of the Hot Paper according to Web of Science since May 2024-in the top 0.1% of papers in the field within the past two years.
- Our paper “A Physics-Guided Graph Convolution Neural Network for Optimal Power Flow,” IEEE Trans. Power Systems, 2024, is now one of the Hot Paper according to Web of Science since May 2024-in the top 0.1% of papers in the field within the past two years.
- Our paper “Reinforcement Learning and its Applications in Modern Power and Energy Systems: A Review,” Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2020, is now one of the most Highly Cited Paper according to Web of Science since May 2024-in the top 1% of papers in the field.
- I have been appointed Technical Committee Program Chair (TCPC) of IEEE PES Renewable Systems Integration Coordinating Committee.
- Government Market News reported our CyberCARED: University-based research centers focusing on energy sector cybersecurity
- Fox 61 reported our DOE CyberCARED: UConn gets federal funding for new cybersecurity center.
- CT News Junkie reported our DOE CyberCARED: UConn One Of Six Universities To Receive Federal Funding For New Cybersecurity Centers.
- CyberCARED project has been reported by GovTech at New Regional Centers Focus on Electrical Grid Cybersecurity.
Author: Clean Energy & Sustainability Innovation Program
@UConn is partnering with @Eversource Energy to support students interested in designing our energy future through the Clean Energy and Sustainability Innovation (CESIP), a funded innovation competition. This is a unique opportunity for teams of undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to propose their own ideas to facilitate a clean energy transition. Selected student teams will receive summer funding and be paired with mentors from the UConn faculty and Eversource Energy, to support the development of ideas on the real-world dimensions and details of the clean energy transition.
Learn more and apply at: Clean Earth
*Deadline May 17th, 2024*
