The center for Weather Innovation and Smart Energy And Resilience

WHAT IS WISER

The proposed Center for Weather Innovation and Smart Energy and Resilience (WISER) is a partnership between The University at Albany and the University of Connecticut. WISER aims to provide state-of-the-art weather and climate information combined with leading edge industry-inspired research and development to empower and safeguard the energy industry of the future. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), we envision WISER to become a leading energy industry-academia partnership, advancing research and cutting-edge technologies to continually improve power grid efficiency and reliability in the face of a changing climate and transition to clean energy.

Proposed Research Projects

• Enabling Least-Cost Firm PV Power Generation

• Effectively Integrating Disparate Operational Data Sources into Research, Products, or Action

• An Offshore Wind Resource Assessment and Forecasting Tool (OWRAFT)

• Climate Change and Renewable Energy

• Weather and Impact Modeling for Outage Prediction, Management and Restoration

• Integrating System Resilience with Dynamic Economic Analysis

• Incorporating Dynamic Vegetation Structure and Tree Biomechanics into Outage Prediction and Resilience Investment Modeling

• Power System Optimization Designs to Spur Renewable Energy Sources Adoption in a Changing Climate

• Power System Optimization Designs to Spur Renewable Energy Sources Adoption in a Changing Climate

• 3D-DERMS: Data-Driven Distribution Systems Distributed Energy Resource Management System

• Energy Demand Forecast System for Cities

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Leverage Research Dollars: Get high ROI (Return on Investment) via joint project funding model. Each member dollar leverages 11 additional dollars (1:11 Leverage Ratio)

Access Talent: Members can scout student talent and mentor them, so they end up with the desired skills for work in industry

Reduce R&D Risk: Share the risks of early-stage research for disruptive technology

Research Cost Avoidance: Save internal research dollars, access to facilities and infrastructure, and lower human capital costs

Access Network: Interact collegially with other members/competitors/regulators

Access Intellectual Property (IP): Royalty-free, non-exclusive licenses on IP produced in the Center