News
February 26, 2021
WEICan receives funding to build climate monitoring facility
WEICan, partnered with UPEI's Climate Research Laboratory, has received
funding from PEI’s Climate Challenge Fund for a Climate Monitoring Facility. This
will allow WEICan to enhance our research capabilities, both with renewable energy, and with regards to climate change.
WEICan will use the facility to:
- Support research in
adjacent renewable energy and meteorological infrastructure
- Provide infrastructure for
long-term climate change observations and intensive experiments with
national and international partners
- Provide insight into the
impact of climate change on ice accumulation, major weather events,
precipitation, storm surges, sea level rise, and renewable energy power
production and how these changes impact stakeholders
- Research, test, compare,
and verify meteorological and environmental measurement systems all
co-located in the same facility for calibrations, intercomparisons, and
contributions to global monitoring networks. This will aid in determining
what type of equipment is needed and where the instrumentation will be
best sited for monitoring the impacts of climate change
- Educate the public through
workshops and pamphlets targeted at relevant stakeholders
- Provide climate forecasting
data what will aid renewable energy owners/developers in planning future
renewable energy installations and in developing control algorithms for
renewable energy generators and batteries that will optimize output of
renewable energy generators and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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