Innovation for a Sustainable Energy Future: Renewable Energys
Role
NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy operated by
Midwest Research Institute Battelle
Tod Perry
Sweden-U.S. Entrepreneurial Forum
September 2009
(Enabling) Business Opportunities in Clean Tech1
Energy ChallengesEconomyEnvironmentSecurity Secure supply
Reliable Infrastructure Economic Development Energy price
volatility Affordability Carbon mitigation Land and water useAll
three imperatives must be simultaneously addressed2 National
Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy FutureEnergy
(Entrepreneurship) ChallengesEnergy entrepreneurship is much harder
than entrepreneurship in other sectors-Bill Aulet, MIT Sloan Senior
Lecturer & Entrepreneur in Residence
Multi-dimensional knowledge: sciences, technologies, knowledge
monitization, markets, manufacturing, etc.Longer time frame:
EnerNOC vs. Evergreen Solar. How does this work with 10-15 year VC
funds?Larger scope and scale: $10s-100s investment required per
technology/companyPublic perception and emotion. Energy: a right or
privilege?Government affairs: regulation, subsidies, price
setting3
INLNRELLawrence BerkeleyLawrence LivermoreLos
AlamosSandiaPacific NorthwestArgonneBrookhavenNETLOak RidgeNuclear
SecurityScienceEnergy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyNuclear
EnergyFossil EnergySavannah RiverNREL: A DOE National
Laboratory
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NREL is Unique.Only national laboratory dedicated to renewable
energy and energy efficiency R&DCollaboration with industry and
university partners is a hallmarkAbility to link scientific
discovery and product development to accelerate
commercialization5National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation
for Our Energy Future
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy
FutureNREL: FY2009 Program PortfolioEstimated $460.5 MillionUpdated
May 2009Solar $65.2MWind & Hydro $31.1MBioenergy $33.2MHydrogen
$14.8M Vehicle Technologies $23.5MBuildings $28.3MFEMP $8.6MWFO
$24.8MOther DOE $17.2MBasic Sciences $7.7MFacilities and
Infrastructure $66.6MWeatherization $7.4MTransmission and
Distribution $2.1MGeothermal $1.4MWater $.7MSystems Integration
$4.5MIntegrated Deployment $12.7MARRA $110.7MNREL: Funding and
StaffingNREL: Technology Development ProgramsEfficient Energy
UseVehicle TechnologiesBuilding TechnologiesIndustrial
TechnologiesEnergy Delivery and StorageElectricity Transmission and
DistributionAlternative Fuels Hydrogen Delivery and
StorageRenewable ResourcesWind and waterSolarBiomassGeothermalNREL
R&D PortfolioFoundational Science and Advanced Analytics
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NREL: Technology Investment PathwaysSource: NREL
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy
FutureNational Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our
Energy FutureResearch: Patenting Research for SocietyWithout IP
ProtectionWith IP ProtectionResearchDevelopmentGovernment
FundedSocietal ImpactResearchDevelopmentGovernment FundedSocietal
ImpactPrivately FundedPatents enable private investment in
technology maturationand society penetration by allowing companies
to capture value for their risk.11Ampulse Case Study
Internal educationExternal support: Growth Forum
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy
FutureNREL: A Better Resource for Start-UpsNREL: Supporting
Start-Ups
November 3-5, Denver, COwww.cleanenergyforum.comMore than half
of the companies that participate in the Forum have received
funding (91/171)Raised $635.62M in cumulative financing within one
year; $1.12B within two years of participating in the forumRaised
more than $2.5 billion (as of August 2009) since giving their
presentationsAdded 3000+ US jobsRealized $1 billion in salesNREL:
Growth Forumcleanenergyalliance.comDenver, COIndustry Growth
Forum
NREL: A Better Resource for Start-UpsInternal educationExternal
support: Growth ForumExternal support: Accelerator
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy
FutureNREL: A Better Resource for Start-UpsInternal
educationExternal support: Growth ForumExternal support:
AcceleratorExternal outreach: me in Stockholm!
THANK YOU
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Future
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