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Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EERE 101
The Parker Ranch installation in Hawaii
August 2011
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Kerry Duggan
Senior Advisor
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Clean Innovative Energy Solutions Securing
America’s Future
“This is our generation’s Sputnik
moment. We’ll invest in … clean
energy technology — an investment
that will strengthen our security,
protect our planet, and create
countless new jobs for our people.
Maintaining our leadership in
research and technology is crucial
to America’s success.”
President Obama
State of the Union
January 25, 2011
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U.S. Energy Supplies in 2009
Electricity Generation by Source
Liquid Fuel by Source
Biofuel
Other Renewables a
Nuclear
Biomass
Coal
Wind
Petroleum
Hydroelectric
Petroleum
Natural Gas
Total: 36.1 Quadrillion BTU
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Includes geothermal and solar
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EERE
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EERE’s Programs
Energy Efficiency
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Buildings Technologies (BTP)
Industrial Technologies (ITP)
Vehicle Technologies (VTP)
Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
Weatherization & Intergovernmental (OWIP)
Renewable Energy
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Biomass Technologies (OBP)
Geothermal Technologies (Geo)
Hydrogen & Fuel Cells (Fuel Cells)
Solar Energy (Solar)
Wind & Water Energy
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EERE Goals
Reduce energy consumption, GHG emissions and oil
consumption and diversify our electric grid to grow our
economy and keep America competitive in the 21st
century.
Achieve rapid gains in the efficient use of energy:
• Enable the cost-effective energy retrofits of 1.1 million housing
units.
• Achieve a 20% improvement in commercial building energy
efficiency by 2020.
Transform the U.S. into the world leader in new
transportation technologies:
• Develop and deploy advanced battery manufacturing capacity to
support 500,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles a year by 2015.
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Accelerate growth in domestic renewable energy
supplies:
• Double renewable energy generation (excluding conventional
hydropower and biomass) from 2008-2012.
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Budget Request by Sector
FY 2012 Congressional Budget Request
($3,226M)a
Corporate
Programs
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8%
Renewable
Energy
$1,164.8M
36%
Energy
Efficiency
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56%
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($-26.4M) reduction in Prior Year Balances
Strategic Programs includes Planning, Analysis and Evaluation;
Technology Advancement and Outreach,; Strategic Priorities and
Impact Analysis; Commercialization; and International.
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EERE Budget Trend
EERE Budget Trend FY 2003 - 2012
$ in millions
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Current Appropriation
a Excludes ($-26.4M)
reduction in Prior Year Balances
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Crosscutting Activities – DOE
• Office of Science: EERE and Science are collaborating to develop synthetic-biology tools to enhance
national capability in biomanufacturing. Advances in nanotechnology and other new materials developed in
the Office of Science are moved to advanced product concepts in areas ranging from photovoltaic devices to
solid state lighting. EERE works to ensure that the Office of Science is aware of areas where a fundamental
breakthrough would be critical for cutting costs or improving the efficiency of key devices.
• Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy: Working collaboratively to achieve SunShot objectives for
power electronics and PV. Collaborating in the design of the buildings hub. Collaborations on advanced
biofuels feedstock development.
• Office of Electricity: Close collaboration on utility policy and regulations for encouraging energy efficiency
and on analysis showing how new transmission, smart grid technologies, energy storage, and other advances
will facilitate introduction of renewable energy.
• Fossil Energy: Collaboration on design of facilities that burn mixtures of coal and biomass, induced
seismicity on geothermal.
• Federal Energy Management Program: Plays a key role supporting all Federal Government plans to
implement Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic
Performance.
• Loan Guarantee: Supports the research, development and deployment of renewable sources of energy like
wind, biomass, geothermal and solar to bolster innovative renewable energy projects.
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Crosscutting Activities - Interagency
• EPA: Collaborating on Energy Star and other issues. DOE testing provides essential
data for E15 rule. Collaboration on advanced fuels/engine research and testing.
Collaboration on siting of renewables on brownfields.
• HUD: MOU allows DOE to work closely with HUD energy retrofit efforts.
• USDA: Collaboration on biomass feedstock.
• DOI: Collaboration on permitting and other regulatory issues associated with siting
renewables and transmission lines.
• DOD: Key collaborator on demonstrations and procurement. Collaborate on siting
renewable energy projects in a manner compatible with military mission.
• FERC: Key partner for analyzing transmission and other needs associated with rapidly
expanding use of wind and solar.
• ACOE: MOU on assessing renewable energy generation from Federal hydropower
facilities and developing best practices to increase sustainable generation.
• CEQ: Collaboration on permitting and siting renewables and transmission lines.
• NIST: Partner on innovation in manufacturing and outreach to upgrade manufacturing
enterprises.
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Building Technologies
Overview: The U.S. Department of Energy funds RD&D to help commercial builders, businesses, and
homeowners reduce energy use through energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
Recent Program Accomplishments
Key FY12 Program Activities
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Residential Buildings Integration ($49.0M): Integrate advanced
building technologies to reduce the energy consumption of existing
and new homes.
Commercial Buildings Integration (CBI) ($224.0M): A new
major competitive program to demonstrate innovative approaches
to improve the efficiency of the commercial sector and cost
effective energy efficient retrofits in commercial buildings.
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Emerging Technologies ($102.7M): Research fills identified
gaps in technical performance and/or cost reduction needed to
accelerate market penetration.
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Technology Validation and Market Introduction ($25.0M):
Transform the market through the testing and verification of
ENERGY STAR products.
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Equipment Standards and Analysis ($70.0M): DOE is
committed to clearing the backlog of delayed actions, while
simultaneously meeting all new requirements instituted by EPACT
2005 and EISA 2007.
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Issued ten appliance standards since January 2009 that will save
customers a projected $250-300 billion in electricity costs by 2030.
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Developed one of the largest gains in an energy efficiency standard
within a single code cycle.
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Worked with DOE Commercial Building Energy Alliances to develop
innovative and high efficiency design specifications for 10-ton
capacity commercial air conditioners (rooftop units) that will be used
as the basis for procurement by building owners that are about 50
percent of the market for these units. These high-efficiency rooftop
units are expected to reduce energy up to 50-60 percent compared
with current equipment.
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Working with Whirlpool Corporation to develop 50 percent
improvement (relative to Federal minimum standards) in energy
efficiency performance in domestic refrigerators, with an estimated
cost premium of less than $100.
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Research led directly to a heat pump water heater (HPWH)
introduced by General Electric in 2010. This created market ripple
effects as A.O. Smith and Rheem met the competitive challenge with
HPWH products of their own. The potential energy savings of these
products is 0.7 Quads annually.
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Industrial Technologies
Overview: The Industrial Technologies leads the drive to reduce energy intensity and carbon emissions by
changing the way industry uses energy. The program sponsors cost-shared R&D, and supports the use of today's
advanced technologies and energy management best practices.
Key FY12 Program Activities
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Next Generation Materials ($100.8M): Initiate competitively
selected R&D projects that focus on novel materials for use in a
variety of clean energy and other applications
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Next Generation Manufacturing Processes ($129.0M): Initiate
competitively selected R&D projects that focus on innovative
manufacturing processes to achieve reductions in life cycle energy
use and carbon emissions.
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Industrial Technical Assistance ($75.0M): Continue
development of and launch a credible, transparent industrial energy
efficiency certification program.
Manufacturing Energy Systems Partnerships ($15.0M):
Support three knowledge development and dissemination centers
to help solve critical manufacturing issues and accelerate
emergence of the most promising clean energy technologies into
full-scale manufacturing.
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Program Accomplishments
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Partnered with Yahoo to create a data center operating with 25
percent less energy than conventional designs.
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Supported R&D required to prepare 220 new, energy-efficient
technologies for commercial use.
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Provided energy savings assessments and plant optimization
software tools and training to more than 33,000 industrial plants
over the past ten years.
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Identified $1.6 billion in annual savings from energy assessments
conducted at 970 large plants and 1,900 small- and medium-sized
facilities through Save Energy Now Audits (as of Jan. 2011).
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105 companies – including approximately 7 of the top 50 largest
U.S. industrial energy consumers –have signed the Save Energy
Now LEADER pledge to reduce their energy intensity by 25
percent or more in 10 years.
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Federal Energy Management Program
Overview: Facilitates the Federal Government’s implementation of sound, cost effective energy management and investment
practices resulting in lifecycle savings of over 52 trillion Btus. Increased funding for technical assistance will support Federal cost
and GHG reduction efforts by developing guidance, technical assistance and GHG reporting protocols.
Recent Accomplishments
Key FY12 Program Activities
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Project Financing ($10.1M): Facilitates Federal agencies’ access to
private sector financing to fund energy efficiency improvements through
its Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs), public benefit funds,
and Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs) program support which
results in lifecycle savings of about 33 trillion Btus.
Technical Guidance and Assistance ($12.0M): Provide unbiased,
expert technical assistance in areas such as audits for buildings, new
technology deployment or analytical software tools with projects resulting
in lifecycle savings of about 19 trillion Btus.
Planning, Reporting and Evaluation ($5.0M): Required by statute to
collect, verify, and report on progress by the Federal agencies toward the
Federal energy management goals of reducing energy intensity in
buildings, reducing petroleum usage, and conserving water.
Federal Fleet ($2.0M): Assist Federal agency with technical assistance
and support to meet the goals for reducing petroleum use by 20 percent
and to increase alternative fuel consumption by 10 percent between 2005
to 2015 in vehicles as set forth in Executive Order 13423.
DOE Specific Investments ($4.0M): Includes activities designed to
implement Federal sustainability goals throughout the DOE complex.
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Catalyzed an all-time Federal record by facilitating $536 million
in investment from federal energy savings performance
contracts in FY 2010 that will result in guaranteed savings of
over $1.1 billion over the contracts’ lifetime.
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Leveraged $13 million in ARRA funds for technical assistance in
support of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects with
Federal agencies into an investment of $74 million.
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Assisted DOE in:
• Reducing energy intensity by 17.7 percent (exceeding
2010 15 percent targeted reduction from 2003);
• Reducing water usage by 12 percent since 2007
(exceeding 6 percent target); and
• Obtaining 9 percent of electricity from renewables
(exceeding 5 percent goal)
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Funded 119 technical assistance projects resulting in $122
million in project work in Federal facilities.
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Trained more than 10,000 federal employees through its First
Thursdays Seminars on 6 topics in 2010.
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Vehicle Technologies
Overview: Working to develop more energy efficient and environmentally friendly highway transportation
technologies that will enable America to use less petroleum. The long-term aim is to develop "leap frog"
technologies that will provide Americans with greater freedom of mobility and energy security, while
lowering costs and reducing impacts on the environment.
Recent Accomplishments
Key FY12 Program Activities
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Battery and Electric Drive Technologies ($188.0M): Develop next
generation battery technology and prototype systems that provide full
electric drive vehicle performance and reduce cost to $300/kWh.
Vehicle and Systems Stimulation & Testing ($58.0M): Includes
new focus on wireless charging of in-motion and stationary electric
vehicles, high efficiency systems, codes and standards. Accumulate
112 million miles of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle testing by 2015.
Advanced Combustion Engine R&D ($49.0M): Novel combustion
designs and thermoelectrics to improve passenger vehicle fuel
economy by 25% to 40%, and 20% for commercial vehicles in 2015.
Materials Technology ($38.0M): Multi-material vehicle validation of
50% weight reduction compared to 2002 midsized body and chassis.
Develop non-rare earth element alloys for high performance
lightweight magnesium extrusions.
Fuels Technology ($18.5M): Expand work on engine and
transmission lubricants to demonstrate 2% fuel efficiency improvement
from improved lubricants (2015). Demonstrate next generation
biofuels in ultra-clean combustion regimes.
Outreach, Deployment & Analysis ($236.5M): Support community
based EV deployment initiatives via Clean Cities to support the
President’s goal of a million electric drive vehicles on the road by
2015.
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VTP-sponsored R&D enabled engine manufacturers to improve
diesel engine efficiency by 5 percent since 2002, which has saved
2.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel worth more than $7.6 billion – more
than 60 times VTP’s $123 million investment in commercial engine
R&D from 1999 to 2007.
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Helped reduce the cost of PHEV Lithium-ion battery to $650 per
kilowatt-hour, a 35 percent reduction from the 2008 baseline of
$1000 per kilowatt-hour, and on track to reduce cost to $300 per
kilowatt-hour by 2015.
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VTP and Argonne National Laboratory developed breakthrough
battery technology that has been licensed to multiple users,
including GM and its suppliers.
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VTP’s Clean Cities initiative has enabled the replacement of
approximately 2.4 billion gallons of petroleum since 1993. Through
Recovery Act investments, Clean Cities deployed more than 9,000
vehicles that will displace an estimated 38 million gallons of
petroleum per year, and installed more than 2,100 new fueling and
charging stations.
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Weatherization and Intergovernmental Activities
Overview: Accelerates deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, policies, and
practices by building on successful Recovery Act initiatives with State and local governments, utilities, and Native
American tribal governments.
Recent Accomplishments
Key FY12 Program Activities
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Weatherization Assistance Grants Program ($320.0M): The
program will support over 48,000 residential energy retrofits and
prepare of thousands of workers for “green” careers. Formula grants
result in reduced national energy consumption and energy costs for
low-income families.
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In the first quarter of 2011, the Weatherization Assistance Program
(WAP) supported nearly 15,000 jobs, and completed retrofits on
more than 75,000 low income homes bringing the total number of
homes retrofitted under the Recovery Act to more than 400,000.
WAP continues to retrofit 25,000 homes per month.
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State Energy Program ($63.8M): Formula grants support innovative
State and local energy projects and protects the core capability of
energy offices. “Special Projects” competitive grants have a significant
energy impact by addressing “policy” and “financial” components of
the technology deployment process. The program also supports
grantees through outreach and technical assistance and performance
management improvements.
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In first quarter of 2011, under the State Energy Program 118,000
new workers were trained.
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States upgraded 15,750 buildings (14,500 residential),and thousands
of renewable energy systems were installed through Q4 2010,
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Tribal Energy Activities ($10.0M):
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The program builds partnerships with tribal governments to
address Native American energy needs. Competitive financial
support and technical assistance stimulate clean energy project
planning and implementation on tribal lands.
Management of FY 2012 programs complement the $11.5B in
State and local energy efficiency and renewable energy projects
initiated under the Recovery Act.
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Nearly 2,500 solar photovoltaic systems with 25.5 megawatts of
capacity;
Over 1,100 solar thermal systems with nearly 38,000 square
feet of capacity;
Over 200 wind turbines with over 8.5 megawatts of capacity;
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Over 580 geothermal systems with over 2,800 tons of capacity.
In the first quarter of 2011, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block
Grants (EECBG) recipients reported creating/retaining 4,494 jobs.
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Biomass Program
The Biomass Program works with industry, academia, and our national laboratory partners on a balanced portfolio of
research in biomass feedstocks and conversion technologies. Through research, development, and demonstration efforts
geared toward the development of integrated biorefineries, the Biomass Program is helping transform the nation's renewable
and abundant biomass resources into cost competitive, high performance biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower.
Key FY12 Program Activities
• Feedstocks ($16.0M): Enable competitive feedstock supply by: 1) reducing
dry herbaceous feedstock logistics cost from $36.10 in 2011 to $35 per dry
matter ton (in $2007) and 2) initiating algal feedstock, cultivation, and
handling activities.
• Conversion Technologies ($117.0M): Reduce cellulosic ethanol
conversion cost to meet 2012 cost target via cost reductions in enzyme and
pretreatment.
• Integrated Biorefineries ($25.0M): Validate 15 million gallons of annual
advanced biofuel production capacity in demonstration- and commercialscale biorefineries in support of RFS2 goals.
• Analysis and Sustainability ($10.0M):
Quantitative assessments including: feedstock resources, lifecycle GHG emissions, biofuel production costs, and water impacts to target
Biomass Office R&D.
• Biopower ($22.5M): Initiate a competitive solicitation for co-firing biomass
with coal and biomass densification RD&D, including a feedstock supply
assessment to ultimately add 30MW new generation by 2016.
• Cellulosic Biofuels Reverse Auction ($150.0M): Create a production
incentive to reduce risk and encourage investment through demonstrated
cash flow.
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Recent Program Accomplishments
• Supported 29 innovative biorefineries, which are projected to
contribute at least 100 million gallons of advanced biofuels by
2014, and for which each DOE dollar leverages $1.70 in
private funding. Most of these biorefinery projects are either
in construction or will be by the end of 2011.
• Validated sustained operations at a cellulosic ethanol
biorefinery with 1.4 million gallons per year (MGY) capacity.
• Completed ethanol blend testing for vehicle model years 2001
and newer, supporting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
waiver decisions on E15 in 2010 (for model years 2007 and
newer) and 2011 (for model years 2001 – 2006)
• Helped reduce feedstock logistics costs from $46 per dry ton
to $38 per dry ton (on an oil-equivalent basis, about a $10 –
15 per barrel reduction in feedstock costs).
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Geothermal Technology
Overview: The Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP) develops innovative geothermal energy technologies to find, access,
and use the Nation's geothermal resources. Through research, development, and demonstration efforts that emphasize the
advancement of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), GTP is working to provide the United States with an abundant, clean,
renewable baseload energy source.
Key FY12 Program Activities
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Enhanced Geothermal Systems ($61.5MM): Initiate R&D effort to
validate tools, methodologies , predictive models and the use of
carbon dioxide as a geofluid.This will focus on R&D of technologies
that decrease near-field EGS LCOE to 18 cents/kWh in 2012.
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In partnership with TerraGen Power, a 2 megawatt low temperature
bottoming plant was built and commissioned at Beowawe in
northern Nevada. The plant achieves a nearly 20 percent increase
in electrical capacity – from about 12 megawatts to 14 megawatts.
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Low Temperature Coproduced Resources ($14.0M): Initiate R&D
to improve overall system power output that will establish a LCOE
baseline for resources coproduced with oil or gas with the aim of
reducing LCOE to 8-10 cents/kWh by 2016.
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Systems Analysis ($5.0M): Complete the Geothermal Vision Study
to determine impacts of a high geothermal deployment scenario in
partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, complete the
sedimentary basin resource assessment to establish valid resource
estimates encouraging industry investment.
In partnership with Energent Corporation, DOE is developing and
field testing a variable phase turbine that has the potential to
generate 30% more power from low temperature geothermal
resources than current state of the art power conversion
technologies.
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Demonstrated that geothermal brine can be a source of lithium and
other strategic minerals that can be used in batteries.
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Funded 24 resource exploration projects through ARRA to help
confirm up to 400 megawatts of new geothermal resources by 2014
and reduce the risks and costs of geothermal exploration.
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Through an FY 2008 award, GE Global Research fabricated an
electronics platform which can operate at 300˚C (approximately
570˚F). The technology can convert temperature to frequency
without using active cooling or flasking technologies. The silicon
carbide based tool will ultimately be able to measure pressure, fluid
flow, and down hole tool orientation in addition to temperature.
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Innovative Exploration Technologies ($15.0M): Will conduct
RD&D in remote sensing, geochemistry and advanced geophysical
techniques and establish a baseline for site exploration costs.
Permeable Sedimentary Resources ($6.0M): Assess feasibility of
scalable innovative systems to achieve low risk energy production.
Develop integrated subsurface and power conversion systems
through field-scale projects.
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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
Program Focus/New Directions: Develop cost competitive hydrogen and fuel cell technologies for diverse
applications to meet long-term goals of $30/kW for transportation, $750/kW for stationary power, and $2-4/gge for
hydrogen production and delivery.
Key FY12 Program Activities
• Fuel Cell Systems R&D (45.5M): Consolidates the former
Distributed Energy, Transportation Fuel Cell Systems, Fuel Cell
Stack Component R&D, and Fuel Processor R&D subprograms.
Key goals include:
• Hydrogen Fuel R&D ($35.0M): Will focus on production and
storage materials R&D to achieve a 25% reduction in electrolyzer
capital cost by 2012, reducing the total hydrogen cost to less than
$5/gge compared to $6/gge in 2009.
• Manufacturing R&D ($2.0M): Will develop low-cost, high-volume,
continuous in-line MEA quality control measurement technologies in
2012, on track to develop continuous fabrication and assembly
processes for polymer electrolyte membranes by 2016.
• Safety, Codes and Standards ($7.0M): Will determine and
demonstrate hydrogen storage system testing procedures to enable
publication of a Global Technical Regulation by 2012.
• Systems Analysis ($3.0M): Will determine technology gaps,
economic/jobs potential, and quantify 2012 technology
advancement.
• Technology Validation ($8.0M): Will collect real-world data from
fuel cells operating in forklifts, backup power, vehicles, and buses
including 2012 projects with DOD (e.g. Hawaii).
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Recent Program Accomplishments
Supported projects that:
• Reduced the cost transportation fuel cells by more than 30 percent
since 2008 and more than 80 percent since 2002 – to $51/kilowatt.
• Demonstrated 152 fuel cell electric vehicles and 24 hydrogen
stations – these vehicles have traveled more than 3 million miles,
demonstrating up to 2500-hour durability (more than 75,000 miles of
driving), up to 59 percent efficiency (more than twice the efficiency
of conventional gasoline engines), and a driving range of more than
250 miles. The Program also independently validated an additional
vehicle to be capable of 430 miles on a single fill of hydrogen.
• Developed advanced gas diffusion layer manufacturing processes
that have reduced cost by more than 50 percent and quadrupled
manufacturing capacity since 2008.
• Made several key advances in renewable hydrogen production
technologies, including reducing electrolyzer costs by 80 percent
since 2001 and 15 percent in the last year – to $350 per kilowatt
(compared to 2012 target of $400 per kilowatt); and demonstrating
potential to exceed the 10 percent solar-to-hydrogen efficiency
target for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production (greater than
16 percent efficiency observed at lab-scale).
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Solar Energy
Overview: The Solar Energy Technologies Program focuses on developing cost-effective solar energy
technologies that have the greatest potential to benefit the nation and the world. A growing solar industry also
stimulates our economy by creating jobs in solar manufacturing and installation.
Recent Accomplishments
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Photovoltaic R&D ($336.6M): The “SunShot” goal of $1/W is
mandatory (nominally 5-6 cents / kW-hr) if U.S. is to regain PV
manufacturing competitiveness. Collaborative effort amongst Office of
Science, ARPA-E and EERE to develop modules, power electronics.
Advanced PV R&D (long-term) to explore innovative concepts and
materials in laboratory-scale devices to achieve transformational cost
reductions.
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) ($50.0M): R&D to develop next
generation components, thermal storage that can provide a up to a
75% capacity factor, and advanced high temperature technologies to
enable CSP to compete in intermediate and baseload power markets.
Systems Integration ($43.4M): Component development including
inverters, DC-AC converters, module racking, and other hardware.
Modeling and simulation to address unique solar grid integration
issues associated with high penetration. Develop and implement
codes and standards.
Market Transformation ($27.0M): Focused on reducing nonhardware balance of system costs by supporting key implementation
projects and partnerships with states, utilities, local governments and
other stakeholders.
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Supported research through the Photovoltaic Incubator Program
that resulted in the production of a world record 27 percent efficient
single junction solar cell by Alta Devices.
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Supported research at the National Renewable Energy Lab that
beat (by 6.5 percent) a previously held record by demonstrating an
18.5 percent efficient low-indium thin film (CIGS) solar cell.
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Leveraged $1.2 billion in private capital for solar energy start-ups
from $59 million of DOE funding since 2007, through earlier rounds
of the Incubator program.
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In April 2011, Solar Junction, a current awardee, was certified as
having created a 43.5 percent peak efficiency solar cell, the world’s
most efficient to date.
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Wind Energy
Overview: Improve cost, performance, and reliability of land and offshore utility wind; facilitate wind energy’s
rapid market expansion; and address potential barriers to integrating wind into the electric transmission system.
Key FY12 Program Activities
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Technology Development and Testing ($107.8M): This includes
detailed testing and analysis of wind turbine drivetrains and blades
to improve reliability, manufacturing processes and materials,
aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. Developing higher resolution
capacity factor (Cf) prediction models to improve annual energy
production (AEP) and lower the cost of energy. Using high
performance computing assets
Offshore Wind: This will support and accelerate responsible
deployment of the first U.S. offshore wind energy projects. R&D will
focus on validation testing, innovative integrated direct drive turbines
and deepwater platform systems. This will help lower capital costs,
increase energy capture, reduce risk and bring U.S.-developed
technologies to the global market. DOE will partner with industry,
states and research institutions on offshore demonstration projects
to mitigate technical, environmental, commercial, and regulatory
challenges.
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Technology Application ($19.0M): Systems Integration: Develop
operational strategies to mitigate wind variability, support planning
for new transmission facilities to access remote renewable
resources, and develop enhanced wind resource characterization
information and capabilities by: (1) Exploration of new methods to
ensure power system reliability under high penetration wind
scenarios. (2) Advance recently executed MOU with NOAA via
public-private partnerships for improved wind energy forecasting and
modeling of complex wind plant inflow.
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Funded wave tank testing of innovative off-shore wind energy
technologies by a University of Maine led consortium, resulting in
the world’s most comprehensive analysis of deepwater floating
support structures to date.
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25 percent of 695 patents assigned to leading wind energy
organization cite one or more of the 112 DOE-funded patents or
papers.
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Built the nation’s first large wind blade test facility capable of testing
longer blades than any other facility in the world. The facility has
the capacity to test blades up to 90 meters in length, suitable for
wind turbines up to 15 megawatts.
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Worked with several small wind industry partners to develop
commercially available, award-winning small wind generation
systems.
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Created a wind energy test facility at Clemson University that will
enhance the performance, durability, and reliability of utility-scale
wind turbines. It will feature power analysis equipment capable of
performing highly accelerated life testing of land-based and offshore
wind turbine systems rated at 5-15 megawatts.
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Water Power
The Water Power Program works to improve the performance, lower the costs, and accelerate the deployment of innovative water
power technologies. Greater use of the nation's abundant water resources for electric power generation will help stabilize energy
costs, enhance energy security, and improve our environment.
Recent Program Accomplishments
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Conventional Hydropower ($19.6M): Complete 25 facility upgrade
feasibility studies that will lead to select detailed engineering studies to
capture 100 MW of additional incremental hydropower by 2015.
Increase generation with small hydro and pumped storage hydro
technologies, and sub-hourly gird modeling. Complete and validate
advanced fish friendly turbine designs.
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In partnership with industry, utilities, and city governments, seven
new hydroelectric facility upgrades were launched – the first
hydropower improvement projects undertaken in over 20 years.
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Funded development of an advanced hydroelectric turbine with
dramatically improved fish passage rates without sacrificing power
conversion efficiency.
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Develop hydro-optimization toolbox to increase energy generation per
fixed amount of water. Continue basin scale planning initiative in
support of DOE/DOI MOU.
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Awarded 27 cost-shared grants to marine and hydrokinetic
technology developers to advance commercial readiness of this
emerging technology sector.
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Marine and Hydrokinetic ($17.8M): Develop, deploy and test at least
10 wave, tidal, ocean current and/or river in-stream energy systems in
open water conditions to establish baseline cost of energy and
performance by FY 2013 and reduce cost of energy for all marine and
hydrokinetic technologies.
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Conducting resource assessments to more precisely quantify the
energy generation potential of all U.S. water resources, including
conventional hydroelectric supplies as well as new resources derived
from waves, ocean/tidal/river currents, and ocean thermal power.
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Develop comprehensive standards governing device design and
performance measurement, as well as test facilities, data acquisition
instrumentation, and sensors measuring flow, load, and acoustics, to
validate device performance , and provide high-quality economic and
environmental performance data to enable developers to secure
private sector financing for project development.
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Executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between DOE,
the Department of Interior, and the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Developed three state-of-the art marine and hydrokinetic (MHK)
Technology Design Tools that simulate the behavior and
performance of MHK device types in complex marine environments
(covering tidal/ocean current, and wave resources).
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Facilities and Infrastructure
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Golden, CO
Mission
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy
efficiency research and development (R&D). NREL develops renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and
practices, advances related science and engineering, and transfers knowledge and innovations to address the nation's
energy and environmental goals.
R&D Expertise
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NREL's focused R&D capabilities are positioned to advance national energy goals by developing innovations to change the
way we power our homes and businesses, and fuel our cars.
– Renewable electricity
– Renewable fuels
– Integrated energy system engineering and testing
– Strategic energy analysis
NREL's innovative technologies have also been recognized with 45 R&D 100 awards
Strategy
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NREL has forged a focused strategic direction to increase its impact on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) and our
nation's energy goals by accelerating the research path from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy
solutions.
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Clean Innovative Energy Solutions
Securing America’s Future
“Our future as a Nation
depends on making sure
that the jobs and industries
of the 21st century take root
here in America. And there
is perhaps no industry with
more potential to create jobs
now – and growth in the
coming years – than clean
energy”.
President Obama
October 2010
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