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Ellen D. Williams, Director of ARPA-E
October 25, 2015
U.S. Energy
Source: EIA AER Table E1 and MER Tables 1.1 and 10.12
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Atmospheric CO2 concentration 1960: 320 ppm2010: 390 ppmDesired maximum by 2100: 450 ppm
ARPA-E
Goals: Ensure America’s• Economic Security • Energy Security• Technological Lead in Advanced
Energy Technologies
Mission: To overcome long-term and high-risk technological barriers in the development of energy technologies
Reduce Emissions
Improve Energy
Efficiency
Reduce Energy Imports
Means: • Identify and promote revolutionary advances in fundamental and applied
sciences • Translate scientific discoveries and cutting-edge inventions into technological
innovations • Accelerate transformational technological advances in areas that industry by
itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty
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Dynamic Portfolio
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ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICAL GRID & STORAGE
EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION & STORAGE
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ADEPT
ALPHA
AMPED
ARID
BEEST
BEETIT DELTA
ELECTROFUELS
FOCUS
GENI
GENSETS
GRIDS HEATS
IMPACCT
METALS MONITOR
MOSAIC
MOVEPETRO
CHARGES NODES
RANGE
REACT
REBELS
REMOTE
SOLAR ADEPT
SWITCHES
TERRA TRANSNET
If it works…
will it matter?
Changing What’s Possible – GENI Program
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What’s Important?
GENI
GENIGreen Electricity Network
Integration
What’s Old?
15:45
What’s New?
Hardware Software
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICAL GRID & STORAGE
EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION & STORAGE
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ADEPT
ALPHA
AMPED
ARID
BEEST
BEETIT DELTA
ELECTROFUELS
FOCUS
GENI
GENSETS
GRIDS HEATS
IMPACCT
METALS MONITOR
MOSAIC
MOVEPETRO
CHARGES NODES
RANGE
REACT
REBELS
REMOTE
SOLAR ADEPT
SWITCHES
TERRA TRANSNET
Changing What’s Possible – METALS Program
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METALS
Advanced Processing and Recycling of Lightweight Metals
What’s Old?
What’s New?
What’s Important?
METALS Program
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICAL GRID & STORAGE
EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION & STORAGE
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ADEPT
ALPHA
AMPED
ARID
BEEST
BEETIT DELTA
ELECTROFUELS
FOCUS
GENI
GENSETS
GRIDS HEATS
IMPACCT
METALS MONITOR
MOSAIC
MOVEPETRO
CHARGES NODES
RANGE
REACT
REBELS
REMOTE
SOLAR ADEPT
SWITCHES
TERRA TRANSNET
Changing What’s Possible – FOCUS Program
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What’s Important?
What’s New?What’s Old?
FOCUS
FOCUS Program
Full-Spectrum Optimized Conversion and Utilization of SunlightELECTRICITY
GENERATION
ELECTRICAL GRID & STORAGE
EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION & STORAGE
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ADEPT
ALPHA
AMPED
ARID
BEEST
BEETIT DELTA
ELECTROFUELS
FOCUS
GENI
GENSETS
GRIDS HEATS
IMPACCT
METALS MONITOR
MOSAIC
MOVEPETRO
CHARGES NODES
RANGE
REACT
REBELS
REMOTE
SOLAR ADEPT
SWITCHES
TERRA TRANSNET
What’s New?
Changing What’s Possible – DELTA Program
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What’s Old?
What’s Important?
DELTA Program
Develop Localized Thermal Management Systems
DELTA
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICAL GRID & STORAGE
EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION & STORAGE
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ADEPT
ALPHA
AMPED
ARID
BEEST
BEETIT DELTA
ELECTROFUELS
FOCUS
GENI
GENSETS
GRIDS HEATS
IMPACCT
METALS MONITOR
MOSAIC
MOVEPETRO
CHARGES NODES
RANGE
REACT
REBELS
REMOTE
SOLAR ADEPT
SWITCHES
TERRA TRANSNET
Personal heating and cooling
Ventilation comes to you Comfort control
through clothing
Energy and Emissions – U.S. Energy
* Includes both traditional and modern uses of biomass
11Left: EIA AEO Figure MT-9 (Reference Case), 2013 updated for Actual
Right: EIA 2014 AEO Tables A2 and 17, and IEA World Energy Outlook 2014, Table 2.1 ,Note: EIA biofuels projection moved to “Bioenergy” to match IEA categorization
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Nuclear
All renewables*
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EIAReferenceCase, 2040
IEA 450Scenario,
2040
Other Renewables
Bioenergy
Hydro
Nuclear
Natural gas
Coal
Oil
U.S. CO2 emissions, Gtonne/yr5.6 1.9
U.S. CO2 emissions (Gtonne/yr)5.5 (2025 target: 4.3)6.04.8
U.S. 2050 target~1.2
ARPA-E Summit –Partner Discovery and EngagementTechnology Showcase: ARPA-E-funded project teams as well as a selective group of researchers and technologists from other companies and organizations.
Formal Partner Engagement: Corporate Acceleration ProgramNetworking Receptions
Industry trade association sponsoredGovernmentRegional development groups
Outreach:Student ProgramWomen in Energy Networking Breakfast
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Changing What’s Possible – PETRO ProgramWhat’s Important?
What’s Old? What’s New?
PETRO Program
Non-food crops to produce fuel
directly
PETRO
photosynthesis
Biomass
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICAL GRID & STORAGE
EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION & STORAGE
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ADEPT
ALPHA
AMPED
ARID
BEEST
BEETIT DELTA
ELECTROFUELS
FOCUS
GENI
GENSETS
GRIDS HEATS
IMPACCT
METALS MONITOR
MOSAIC
MOVEPETRO
CHARGES NODES
RANGE
REACT
REBELS
REMOTE
SOLAR ADEPT
SWITCHES
TERRA TRANSNET