Natural Gas and the Transformation of the U.S. Energy Sector: A Program Studying Multi-sector Opportunities and Impacts.

摘要

In recognition of the major transitions occurring within the U.S. energy economy, the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA) and Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) engaged diverse energy system stakeholders in a discussion about robust, objective, and timely research priorities relating to natural gas. Held December 10-11, 2012 on the Golden, Colorado campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the workshop provided invited experts from government, industry, academia, and the environmental community an opportunity to describe the state of current knowledge in defined topic areas, and to suggest analytic priorities for ongoing research. Following discussion, stakeholders prioritized research questions through an interactive voting process. This record of proceedings is not a comprehensive recording of the event; rather, it focuses on key issues raised. To encourage honest and open discussion, session notes were recorded without attribution. Where appropriate, the report summarizes the key matters of discussion, and attempts to provide a sense of areas of consensus and divergence among the workshop participants.