Technology Task Group Update 30 September

SME L1’s Final 2 AreaSME Solar FuelsDan Nocera, MIT Agriculture – biofuelsRobert Fraley, Monsanto BiotechnologyJay Keasling - JBEI Materials science / nanotechnologyGeorge Whitesides, Harvard EnginesJohn Heywood, MIT Batteries/ ElectrochemistryYet-Ming Chiang, A123 Systems/MIT Energy EfficiencyAmory Lovins (Rocky Mountain Institute) Hydrogen/ Fuel CellsHenry White, University of Utah Cryogenic StorageTom Drube, Chart Industries OtherJohn Deutch

October priorities 3 Technology pinch points across sub groups (as per Natural Gas and engines/platforms charts presented in DC Finalise technology representatives across sub groups L1 onboarding First Peer Review – finalise format (tentative w/c 29 November- webex w/ possible face to face in Boston) and preparation New Fuels – complete staffing, kick-off and agree technical scope

Recovery Briefings 4 Coming up October 6, EERE: Advanced Combustion Engines Technologies Program by Gupreet Singh and Fuels & Lubricants Technologies Programs by Kevin Stork October 13, National Academies Briefing on MD/HD Vehicles by Andrew Brown October 20, EERE Biomass Program Briefing by Valerie Sarisky-Reed October 27, EERE Clean Cities Briefing by Dennis Smith November 3, 2010 – DOE/FE Coal Fuels Program by Mark Ackiewicz November 24, 2010 – ARPA-E Briefing, Overview by Arun Majumdar, Batteries by Dave Danielson, and Biofuels by Eric Toone. Completed (materials available) Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy AEF: Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass EERE Vehicle Technologies Program- Energy Storage, Power Electronics & Electric Machines, and the Hybrid and Vehicle Systems by Stephen Boyd, Dave Howell, and Lee Slezak America's Energy Future: Energy Efficiency Technologies: Opportunities, Risks, and Tradeoffs To be scheduled: DARPA (biofuels) NA- Potential Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Transportation- study in progress, schedule for Jan NA- Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production- study in progress, schedule next year The Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources “Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States” Office of Electricity (PHEV integration) DOT- Alternate Fuel (biofuels) NA- Assessment of Resource Needs for Development of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology & Potential Impacts of PHEVs NA- Review of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Research and Development Partnership, Phase 3 EERE- Hydrogen and Fuel Cells DOT- Hydrogen

Update from 21 Sept TTG working session 5 Vision and the technology scope in Vision Difference between our technology scope and what is in Vision Prioritized and discussed this w/ John Maples Next version of Vision should address most of the scope differences, and we will minimize changes Assigning ownership to each input table and also create a guidance for the sub groups “Super users” will support the sub groups to ensure control of the runs, but each sub group is free to play around Aim for Vision run for each scenario by 15 Dec Technology commentary in AEO 2010 will cover: Technology scope compared to the scope being covered by the sub group Level of detail in AEO compared to how the technology scope is defined in the study and the level of detail the sub group will go in analysing the technology For each technology in scope, key assumptions on Technology developments Operational and investment cost evolution Timing of commercialisation and scale up How does the treatment of technology compare with your views on the current state of the technology? Technology evaluation and development of views on evolution and acceleration Concern re: study of studies- ie. If we are supposed to evaluate how a technology could evolve to 2050 (particularly in an accelerated high technology case where we are challenged to really think out of the box), it is unlikely in many cases that this information will be in other studies and, even if they are, that they will be comparable across technologies Melissa and Joseph will work on developing guidelines for how each group defines the stage of maturity of the technology, developments and acceleration- there needs to be some consistency across the sub groups Melissa and Joseph had a call w/ National Academies- used decision tree over time approach Contacted Matt Rogers to get a copy of the High Technology, Innovation scenario they developed for internal DoE use

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