Advanced Power Technology Office of the US Air Force Carl Perazzola Subject Matter Expert for...

Advanced Power Technology Office of

the US Air Force

Carl Perazzola

Subject Matter Expert for Advanced Power

“There’s Opportunity in Chaos!”

(AF-APTO)

—putting the pieces together (i.e. How do you integrate this stuff in the real world?)

• Politics

• Self interest

• Trying to accelerate commercialization

• Multitude of players

Why the Chaos

Addressing the chaos

• Develop a Business plan• Meet the political needs• Meet Customer needs

• Tailor business plan to environment• Available resources• Input from entire team

Safety Transportation Fuels Civil Engineering

Typical Business plan

• Sell the business case

• Using distributed generation and renewable sources (particularly in the SE US) -applications and benefits of DG

• Teaming base and federal level

• Position to Win Win

Successful Examples

• Hydrogen Fueling Station at Hickam AFB HI

• Future Hydrogen Station at Kirtland AFB NM

• Fuel Cell grid power demo at Robins AFB GA

• Renewable Energy Tent City at Tyndall AFB FL

• More. .More. .More

Thrive on Chaos

• Don’t stove pipe

• Don’t worry about who gets the credit

• Stick to the facts only

• Always look ahead

What we cannot afford...

Toward Zero ToleranceSo, we are driven…

•An accident can terminate a technology and eliminate an entire energy option overnight

Crossing the Chasm

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A D

O P

T I

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Commercialization

Early MarketEarly Market Mainstream MarketMainstream Market

Low-RateLow-RateProductionProduction

Full-RateFull-RateProductionProduction

Introduction Research

GrowthUniversalSystemsEngineering

MaturityIntroductionto Comm.Market

Decline

Technology TransformationTechnology Transformation

APTOAPTO

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To achieve goals quicker and faster we need …

•Technology Breakthroughs Hydrogen and advanced battery

•Technology Maturation Increased reliability

Minimize material cost Moving to COTS (commercial off-the-shelf)

•Well-funded CommitmentsEnsure program continuity

•Government Policies that Make It RealFund, produce, use, deploy, sustain

Needs

Questions

AFRL Renewable Energy Tent City