Alfred University unveils power grid training lab
With several key representatives from the utilities industry on hand, 周三皇冠体育app, 5月8日, unveiled a new facility that will be used to prepare students for careers in the growing renewable energy industry.
皇冠体育app收到了466美元,853 grant from the New York State Energy 研究 and Development Authority (NYSERDA) which will support student internships and fund a program that provides short course training for renewable energy engineering students and workers in the electric utilities field. 除了, the University has received a donation from 通用电气Vernova of $2,786,000 in power grid planning and operations software to support the NYSERDA-funded project.
剪彩仪式, 与通用电气Vernova的代表会面, NYSERDA, EPRI, 以及当地的电力公司, was held in the McMahon Engineering Building, 然后参观了新实验室.
“Sustainability is one of our most pressing issues,” Mark Zupan, Alfred University president. “We thank 通用电气Vernova and NYSERDA for providing us with a significant lever to help solve those problems.”
“We’re excited to be here to launch this lab,——乔·弗朗茨, senior director of Advance Technology Organization with 通用电气Vernova, 评论. “We look forward to meeting these challenges with Alfred University.”
该大学最初获得了786美元,000 in Advanced Energy Management System (AEMS) and Advanced Distribution Management Solutions (ADMS) software packages from 通用电气Vernova, 将于2023- 2024年使用, 项目的第一年. 通用电气Vernova has since awarded the University an additional $2 million in software, which will be used over the ensuing five-year period.
The program—to which the University will provide $117,000 of in-kind/cost share funding—will benefit students in the Alfred University Inamori School of Engineering’s Renewable Energy Engineering and Electric Engineering programs by providing them with access to state-of-the-art equipment and training. The NYSERDA workforce training grant will support student internships—22 over the next three years—as well as fund the purchase two microgrid control systems, which will be located in the new lab in McMahon Engineering Building and be used as a training tool for students. It will also the allow the University to subcontract with the EPRI, 一个独立的, non-profit research and development organization, to conduct industry-standard training short courses for students.
Patricia 流行病学, president and CEO of the AVANGRID companies Rochester 气体 and Electric (RG&E)和纽约州电力公司 & 气体 (NYSEG), was also on hand to make remarks. 流行病学, a 1988 Alfred University graduate of Alfred University with a bachelor’s degree in English, spoke of the importance of educating the “next generation” of power grid operators.
“It is important we prepare for a future with a network of renewables,” 流行病学 said. “这种方式, 我们正在从头做起, 给人们提供他们需要的培训, so they can better understand this amazing field.”
约翰·西明斯，84年, 博士90年, executive director of Alfred University’s Center for Advanced Technology, referred to the ribbon-cutting ceremony as a “very Alfred event,” noting the attendance of such accomplished Alfred University alumni as 流行病学, 约翰·埃德蒙，83年, co-founder of semi-conductor manufacturer Wolfspeed and an Alfred University Board of Trustees member, 斯科特·米斯特雷, ’90, ’94, Inamori Professor of materials science and engineering.
“There are a lot of people who helped make this happen,西明斯说, referring to Inamori School of Engineering Dean Gabrielle Gaustad ’04, who he thanked for her support and guidance. 他还感谢了NYSERDA, 通用电气Vernova, and EPRI “for their generosity and for providing the means for this project,并归功于王兴武, 电气工程教授, 感谢他在领导这项事业方面所做的工作.
“This lab will be a huge benefit for the region. Our students will be able to walk into a place like RG&E and NYSEG and contribute immediately,西明斯说. “Alfred University is committed to providing the utilities of New York State a pipeline (of workers and educational resources) they can count on for years to come.”