2019 UAF ARCTIC Program Review

Feburary 2019 ACEP hosted an ONR review team for the current and future ONR projects at ACEP. The following is an agenda summary with links to presentations as PDFs.

bundle of all presentations & agenda

ONR Review Team: Michele Anderson, Michael Resner, Steve Glotzhober, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Thursday, February 14’th

Location: ACEP Conference Room 403, 4th Floor ELIF

9:00 am Introductions, Goals for Visit, Review Agenda

9:30 am Broader ARCTIC Program Overview

• Overview of ARCTIC Program (Gwen Holdmann)

10:00 am Power Systems Integration Program: Technology Analysis, Development & Testing

The PSI team report on progress to date under ONR 1, and review proposed work plan for ONR 2.

• Enhanced PSI Lab Capabilities for Next Generation Power Systems Testing (Mariko Sharazi)
• Control Strategy Optimization Task (Rich Wies, Tawna Morgan, Rob Cermak)
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)(Tawna Morgan/Rob Cermak)
• Grid Bridging System Modeling and Testing - MiGRID sizing tool (Jeremy Vandermeer)
• GBS system specifications and deployment (Michelle Wilber)
• Enabling Grid-forming Capability for Asynchronous Prime Power Generators Task (Rich Wies)
• Modeling the Integration of Variable Hydrokinetic Power Sources and Energy Storage in Islanded Electrical Grids (Stephanie Jump)

12:00 pm Working Lunch

2:00 pm Solar Efficacy in Alaska

• Solar Technologies Program (Erin Whitney)
• ANTHC - ACEP Collaboration (Bailey Gamble)

2:45 pm Data Portal Management System

• Data Collection & Analysis Program (Erin Whitney, Dayne Broderson)

3:30 pm Field Deployment

• Kakhanok Wind-Diesel System and Testbed (Mari Shirazi)

• Review of Phase 2 Scope of Work

4:00 pm Discussion/Feedback/Comments

5:00 pm Adjourn

Friday, February 15’th

Location: ACEP Conference Room 403, 4’th Floor ELIF

9:00 am Student Engagement and Workforce Development

• ACEP ONR Student Engagement and Workforce Development (George Roe)
• ACEP student industry internship program in conjunction with ASU Microgrid Bootcamp (Marcia Cassino)
• Heating fuel consumption measurement (Bax Bond, Alana Vilagi)
• ARENA program (George Roe and Carolyn Loeffler)

10:30 am UAA Business Enterprise Institute

• Work Plan for Phase 2 (Nolan Klouda)

11:00 am Energy Economics and Policy

• Current and future energy policy projects (Dominique Pride)
• Smart policy for smart grids: intelligent rate design - and more - to support microgrids, renewables, and storage (Steve Colt)

12:00 pm Video Dispatches from the Field (Amanda Byrd)

• Kongiganak - an energy success story
• Edible Classroom

12:15 pm Working Lunch

1:30 pm Center ICE (UAF Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization)

• Introductions (Gwen Holdmann)
• Overview of ONR Program (Mark Billingsley)
• Center ICE initiative/Entrepreneur in Residence (Nigel Sharp)
• Spin-off company profile: Coupi (Jerry Johnson) (slides confidential)

3:00 pm OneTree Alaska

• One Tree Alaska & Sun Journals

3:30 pm Discussion/Feedback/Comments

4:00 pm Energy Technology Facility Tour

5:00 pm Adjourn