US Priorities for New and Renewable Energy Technologies

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US Priorities for New and Renewable Energy
Technologies Cary Bloyd Argonne National
Laboratory
APEC Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy
Technologies Shanghai, China October 13-15, 2003
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The EERE Mission Directly Supports the National
Energy Policy

• The Mission of the Office of Energy Efficiency
  and Renewable Energy (EERE) is to strengthen
  Americas energy security, environmental quality,
  and economic vitality through public-private
  partnerships that
• P promote energy efficiency and productivity
• P bring clean, reliable, and affordable energy
  technologies to the marketplace and
• P make a difference in the everyday lives of
  Americans by enhancing their energy choices and
  quality of life

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EERE fulfills its mission through the pursuit of
3 objectives

• Objective 1 Modernize conservation. EERE energy
  efficiency programs constitute the majority of
  Federal efforts to improve the energy performance
  of the American economy by improving the
  productivity with which we use energy in our
  homes, vehicles, factories, and energy production
  and delivery systems.
• Reduce U.S. energy intensity by 29 percent in
  2020, compared to expected reductions of 26
  percent without EERE Conservation programs.
• Complete the weatherization of 753,000 low-income
  households from 2003 through 2008.

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Objective 2 Increase energy supplies

• Accounting for some 9 percent of domestic energy
  production (including hydropower), Americas vast
  domestic renewable energy resource base provides
  substantial opportunity for increasing and
  diversifying domestic production. EERE focuses on
  promoting technological improvements necessary to
  allow the private sector to develop these
  domestic resources.
• Through public-private partnerships, increase
  renewable energy production by 70 percent in
  2020, compared to an increase of 28 percent
  without EERE programs, including provision of
  about 22 percent of the expected 240 GW of
  additional electricity capacity installed between
  2005 and 2020 with the EERE portfolio.

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Objective 3 Modernize our critical energy
infrastructure

• EEREs portfolio employs an integrated supply and
  demand systems approach to reducing the stress on
  our Nations energy infrastructure by reducing
  peak demand for energy, developing on-site energy
  resources, and improving the efficiency with
  which energy is provided and distributed. Through
  public-private partnerships, help ensure the
  adequacy of our electricity generation and
  transmission system through the development by
  2020 of
• 56 GW of distributed generation (compared to 38
  GW without EERE programs) and technologies
  facilitating an improvement in the operating
  efficiency of existing transmission capacity.
• Demand and load management techniques and
  practices which allow an approximately 9 percent
  reduction in the expected 949 GW projected peak
  electricity demand, and provide the opportunity
  to reduce peak loads on an emergency basis.

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EERE has Identified the Following Priorities

• 1. Dramatically reduce or even end dependence on
  foreign oil.
• 2. Reduce the burden of energy prices on the
  disadvantaged.
• 3. Increase the viability and deployment of
  renewable energy.
• 4. Increase the reliability and efficiency of
  electricity generation, delivery and use.
• 5. Increase the efficiency of buildings and
  appliances.
• 6. Increase the efficiency/reduce the energy
  intensity of industry.
• 7. Create the new domestic bioindustry.
• 8. Lead by example through the governments own
  actions.
• 9. Change the way we do business
• FY 2004 Budget-in-Brief (www.eere.energy.gov)

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Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Funding Summary by Program
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The Development of Hydrogen was made a US
Priority in 2003

• This 1.2 billion Hydrogen Fuel Cell Initiative
  was announced by President Bush in his 2003 State
  of the Union Address
• Combined with the FreedomCAR (Cooperative
  Automotive Research) initiative, President Bush
  is proposing a total of 1.7 billion over the
  next five years to develop hydrogen-powered fuel
  cells, hydrogen infrastructure and advanced
  automotive technologies.
• http//www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20
  030130-20.html

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Why Hydrogen? Its abundant, clean, efficient,
and can be derived from diverse domestic
resources.
Transportation
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Biomass Hydro Wind Solar Geothermal
HIGH EFFICIENCY RELIABILITY
Nuclear
Oil
Distributed Generation
ZERO/NEAR ZEROEMISSIONS
Coal
With Carbon Sequestration
Natural Gas
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FY 2004 Hydrogen Production Funding
(38.5M)
DOE Offices of Fossil Energy, Nuclear Energy, and
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy are
collaborating on cost-shared hydrogen production
RD

• Coal 5 million (FE)
• Separation of pure hydrogen gas from synthesis
  gas (CO and hydrogen)
• Technologies also applicable to biomass
  feedstocks

• Nuclear 4 million (NE)
• High temperature chemical cycles for splitting
  water

• Renewables 17.3 million (EERE)
• Direct water splitting using solar energy
• Thermal processes using biomass
• Advanced electrolysis from wind power
• Biological WGS Processes

• Natural Gas 12.2 million (FE/EERE)
• Small, distributed systems to begin making
  hydrogen available at local refueling stations
• Centralized Production

Energy Independence Through Diversity of Domestic
Supplies
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Baseline Hydrogen work has been completed

• National Hydrogen Energy Vision document
• National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap
• Fuel Cell Report to Congress
• Hydrogen, Fuel Cells Infrastructure
  Technologies Program Multi-Year Research,
  Development and Demonstration Plan Planned
  activities for 2003-2010 (Draft 6/3/03)
• http//www.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/