Transcript Russ C. Keller (Senior Director, Alternate Energy, SCRA)

Alternative Energy
Technologies:
From Inception to Market
Russ Keller
Senior Director, Alternative Energy Programs
South Carolina Research Authority
30 April 2008
Who We Are
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SCRA is a global leader in consortium management
– We are a public, non-stock research and development company with
core competencies in:
• Building Collaborations
• Managing R&D Programs
• Developing Technology Roadmaps for Industry
– Our clients include:
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Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Energy
Department of Transportation
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Others
– We manage numerous collaborations in fields that include:
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Supply Chain Management
Advanced Composite Materials
Security Intelligence Fusion
Defense Interoperability
Alternative Energy
IT for First Responders
Cost Reductions at U.S. Shipyards
Knowledge Economy Development
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SCRA’s Energy “Network”
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National
– National Energy Marketers Association (Board Member)
– National Hydrogen Association (Member)
– US Fuel Cell Council (Member)
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State
– South Carolina Biomass Council (Executive Committee Member)
– South Carolina Department of Agriculture / South Carolina Energy Office
(Member of Review Committee for SC Renewable Energy Loans and Grants
Program)
– South Carolina Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance (Member)
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Existing energy-related consortia that SCRA manages
– University of South Carolina – City of Columbia Fuel Cell Collaborative
(hydrogen and fuel cell technology)
– International Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Collaboration (Head of
Delegation for the United States)
– Next Generation Manufacturing Technology Initiative (R&D for improved
manufacturing processes for power sources)
– Cast Metal Coalition (energy savings for metal casting processes)
– Copper-base Casting Technology (electrical motor energy efficiency)
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Access to Leading-Edge Research
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SCRA’s collaboration partners and customers include world leaders
in basic and applied research
– Colleges and Universities
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Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western University
Clemson University
Colorado School of Mines
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University
Texas A&M University
University of South Carolina
And many others
– Federal R&D organizations
• Army Research Laboratories
• Office of Naval Research
• UT Battelle
– National Labs
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Savannah River National Laboratory
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Insights into Emerging Markets
• SCRA’s positioning within our existing networks and
collaborations gives us unparalleled insight into:
– A broad spectrum of emerging alternative energy technologies
– Having near-market-ready applications
– For existing and prospective customers whose business
requirements span the full array of size and scope
• From individual consumers through federal departments
• For niche applications or primary energy demand
– Across military AND commercial environments
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Alternative Energy Notional Examples
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Hydrogen and fuel cell technology for early markets in portable
power, stationary power and transportation/mobility applications
(ongoing SCRA collaboration with Ohms Energy)
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Marriage of digester technology with large fuel cells to turn
agriculture waste into an energy-independent poultry farming
operation
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Thermal gasification technology to convert biomass (including
municipal solid waste) into heat, power and liquid biofuels
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Technology applications that recover petroleum-based constituents
from non-recyclable plastic waste
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Biofuel feedstock R&D on low input / high yield sources, including
sweet potatoes, switch grass and wood waste
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Sustainability initiatives to reduce energy consumption, improve
energy efficiency and shift electrical demand away from peak
loading periods
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And more….. like the presentation that follows this one
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Power – Enormous Range of DoD Needs
COMMERCIAL
Heavy Vehicle
Marine
Automotive
Industrial
Electronics
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Locomotive
Residential
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Power, Watts
Vehicles,
Mobile Generators
Sensors, Unmanned
Vehicles, Portable
Generators
Ship
Service
Ship
Propulsion
Individual
Marine
MILITARY
USMC RSTV
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FUEL CELL
Geothermal
• World Class Geothermal Resource
• First power from Coso Field in 1987
through PPV
Drilling Rig
• Enough power to supply electricity to
180,000 homes
• 18,000 gigawatt-hrs to date
• DOD Lead Agency for Technology
Transfer and development
NAVY I Power Plant
• Awarded NAS Fallon Nv
COSO Facilities
– Plant Sized at 30 MW
• Four power plants – 2 Navy & 2 BLM
• Assisting Army at Hawthorne, NV
• Nine turbine-generator sets
• Exploring NAF El Centro, CA
• 270 MW Max net output
• Two transmission lines
• 166 wells, >200,000 lineal feet of pipe
• $850M invested by operator
• Navy revenue reinvested in energy program
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Solar/Photovoltaic
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Two largest federal U.S. Photovoltaic
Projects
Naval Base Coronado
– 750 Kilowatt Photovoltaic Parking Garage at
Naval Base Coronado, North Island, Ca
– 1.1 Megawatt Photovoltaic Generating Plant
at Marine Corp Base,Twenty Nine Palms Ca
– Together these projects avoid burning 6,000
Barrels of Crude Oil and save $620K
annually
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FY06 and 07 ECIP will fund four SolarPhotovoltaic Projects
DOD Lead Agency for Technology
Transfer and Development
Still very expensive
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MCB 29 Palms
Wind
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Two Remote Location Wind Farms
– 3.8MW Wind Diesel Hybrid at Naval
Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
NS Guantanamo Bay
• 25% stations power requirements saving
$1.2 Million of energy cost annually
– 675KW wind turbine at NB Coronado San
Clemente Island Ca
• 15% of stations power requirements
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Viable for remote locations where wind
–diesel hybrid can be developed
San Clemente
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Wave Power
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MCB Kaneohe, HI
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Small Business Innovative Research project
Prototype buoy
Ultimate goal 1MW array
Non-polluting
Other technologies
– Permanent Magnet Linear Generator Power
Buoy
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Red Hook Water Pollution Control Plant
Brooklyn, New York
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Screaming Eagle Road Landfill
Richland County, South Carolina
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Collins Chick Farm
Lamar, South Carolina
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A “Green” Brewery
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico CA
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And the Answer to our Energy Future is…
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There is no single answer or “silver bullet”
– The “answer” to meeting our nation’s long term energy requirements will be a
family of technologies, practices and procedures
– As the “family” develops and grows there will be the danger of “fratricide”
among competing technologies (ethanol vs. hydrogen, clean coal vs.
biodiesel, etc.)
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Much of the innovation required to bring these new technologies to
the point of commercialization is occurring in small, entrepreneurial
companies (not the big energy companies and utilities)
– Governments (federal, state and local) can help accelerate this transition
through forward-looking policies and “first adopter” leadership
– Energy marketers can leverage these emerging opportunities to provide a
larger menu of choices for their customers, a subset of whom already would
be willing to pay a premium for products that are energy efficient, “green”
and/or “renewable”
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Questions?
Contact information:
Russ Keller
Senior Director, Alternative Energy Programs
South Carolina Research Authority
5300 International Blvd.
N. Charleston, SC 29418
(843) 760-4358 (phone)
(843) 207-5293 (fax)
[email protected]
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