Energy Innovation in the 21st Century - nescaum

23 Pages·2010·2.11 MB·English

Energy Innovation in the 21st Century:
Role of ARPA-E
Dr. Arun Majumdar
Director, ARPA-E
U.S. Department of Energy

http://arpa-e.energy.gov/
SPUTNIK MOMENT OF
OUR GENERATION
EXAMPLE
Lithium-ion battery manufacturing volumes in 2009
(millions of cells/year)
2009
John Goodenough, U. Texas at Austin
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SPUTNIK MOMENT OF
OUR GENERATION
We import 60% of our oil.
Need to make that 0%!

Energy Innovation is at the core of our
• National Security
• Economic Security
• Environmental Security
WHICH PATH SHOULD WE TAKE?
CO Emissions of Selected Countries
2
Opportunity
Opportunity
ALIGNED INNOVATIONS
Science and Technology
Finance and Markets
Policy
Education and Society
CREATION OF ARPA-E
American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Recovery Act)
$400M appropriated for ARPA-E
2007
President Obama launches
America COMPETES Act
ARPA-E in a speech at NAS
on April 27, 2009
2006
Rising Above the Gathering Storm
(National Academies)

ARPA-E TEAM
Program Team
Commercialization Team

Leshika Samarasinghe
Eric Toone Dave Danielson Mark Hartney Rajeev Ram
Srini Mirmira
Sanjay Wagle
Ravi Prasher Karma Sawyer Shannon Yee
Mark Johnson
Operations Team
Strategic Outreach
Peder Maarbjerg
Shannon Barrett Shane Kosinski Tony DiGiovanni Matt Dunne Erin Alexander
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WHAT IS AN ARPA-E PROJECT?
Disruptive, Innovative
High Impact on ARPA-E
Technical Approaches &
Mission
New Learning Curves

Best-in-class People &
Strong Impact of ARPA-E
Teams; Attract the US
Funding Relative to Private
Intellectual Horsepower
Sector
to Energy
Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage for
Transportation (BEEST)

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Japanese govt investing $60M/yr