Technology Task Group Update – 31 Mar 1 TTG Call Reviewed list and discussed classification of white papers. Stephen will discuss on CSC chairs call Follow-up on L1 comments. Agreed Melissa will go through next version of sub group chapters and highlight what has not been addressed and work with TTG reps on response White paper staffing, kick-offs continue Review of distributed generation outline (Scott Samuelson UCI) and decision to combine this with integration with renewables, so not 1 paper vs. 2 Update/ more detailed outline from YMC and team on Beyond Li ion batteries Home refuelling white paper kick-off on 1 April (Robert Friedland Proton Energy) Wed briefings 13 April - DOE EV Infrastructure Activities 27 April - Lyn Orr, Standford Trying to schedule MIT Gas Study Gas technologies institute, Renewable Natural Gas Study, contact Jack Lewnard BMW to discuss light-weighting Still working through the date for the final Sept L1 Expert Review
Study Briefings 2 Scheduled/to be scheduled 13 April - DOE EV Infrastructure Activities MIT Gas Study Gas technologies institute, Renewable Natural Gas Study, contact Jack Lewnard Lyn Orr - Completed (summaries and materials available on NPC site) 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 EERE: Advanced Combustion Engines Technologies Program by Gupreet Singh and Fuels & Lubricants Technologies Programs by Kevin Stork National Academies Briefing on MD/HD Vehicles by Andrew Brown EERE Biomass Program Briefing by Valerie Sarisky-Reed EERE Clean Cities Briefing by Dennis Smith DOE/FE Coal Fuels Program by Dan Driscoll Toyota/MIT "Visualizing US Urbanization and Transportation Trends". Study NA- Assessment of Resource Needs for Development of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology & Potential Impacts of PHEVs ARPA-E Briefing, Overview by Arun Majumdar, Batteries by Dave Danielson, and Biofuels by Eric Toone National Academies study, Review of the Research Program of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership: Third Report, by Vernon Roan DOE Fuel Cell Technologies Program Briefing Pew Center on Global Climate Change’s study, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation, by Steve Plotkin (summary in progress) Briefing on the possibilities and challenges of RNG as a transport fuel- Sources, Capacities/Resources, Benefits, Barriers by Jim Wegrzyn of Brookhaven National Laboratory (summary in progress) February 23, 2011 – Briefing on the DARPA Biofuels Program by Program Manager, Dr. Robert Mantz. March 16, 2011 – Accenture’s studies, Electrification Pilots and The United States and China: The Race to Disruptive Transport Technologies, Implications of a changing fuel mix on country competitiveness 23 March EPA Briefing on LDV and CO2 Emissions Efforts