Early Stage Energy R&D and the ARRA · Linking Science, Innovation and Policy to Transform the...

Linking Science, Innovation and Policy toTransform the World’s Energy Systems

Early Stage EnergyR&D and the ARRA

Daniel EndertonExecutive Director

Sustainable Energy Revolution ProgramMIT Energy Initiative



The MIT Energy Initiative- Four themes:

- Research

- Education

- Campus energy management

- Outreach

- History of support:

- Core support from Industry Members

- Some philanthropic + government

- Challenges:

- Basic energy science

- Seeding (high risk) new ideas


Support for Energy R&Din the Stimulus Package

(Source: Congressional Research Service)

State / Local

Deployment

Deployment


Basic Science in the ARRA

NSF ($3B): - Funding old proposals - New solicitations: $300M MRI (!!) $200M ARI (??) - Energy a priority

Office of Science ($1.6B): - $830M to national labs - $277M for EFRCs + $100M in FY09 = 46 Centers - ~$400M uncommitted


Applied Energy RDD&D in ARRA

Fossil ($3.4B): - $1B for “R&D” - $800M for CCPI Round III - $1.347B Industrial CCS - $173M “CO2 Reuse” - $50M Seq. Characterization - $20M Training and Research

OEDER ($4.5B): - “Smart Grid” - $3.375B Investment - $615M Demonstration - $100M Training


Applied Energy RDD&D in ARRA

EERE R&D ($2.5B): - $800M for Bioenergy - $400M for Geothermal - Waiting for FOAs


ARPA-E- New program (Authorized in 2007, $400M from ARRA)

- Overcoming “Valley of Death”, 2 flavors

- First FOA released last Monday ($150M)

- The good: Bridges current gaps, few technology specifics, …

- The difficult: Security of funding, cost-sharing, …


Final Thoughts- ARRA Overall:

- Few details or FOAs

- R, D, D & D- Basic Energy Sciences:

- Encouraging support in ARRA

- ARPA-E:

-Cautiously optimistic

- What is next?

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