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Precourt Institute Energy Advisory Council
November 4, 2013 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lou Henry Hoover Building Stanford University
ATTENDEES Advisory Council: George Shultz (Chair), Dan Arvizu, T.J. Glauthier, Pete Higgins, Douglas Kimmelman, Stephen Pacala, William Perry, Jay Precourt, Burton Richter, Thomas Stephenson, Erik Straser, Ward Woods, Jane Woodward Precourt Fellows: Lynn Orr (Director, Precourt Institute), Sally Benson, Stacey Bent, Thomas Devereaux, Martin Fischer, Fritz Prinz, James Sweeney Other Stanford Attendees: Ann Arvin, Dean of Research Jeffrey Ball, Fellow, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance Charlie Barnhart, Postdoctoral Scholar, Global Climate and Energy Project Jeremy Carl, E-IPER Graduate Student, Hoover Institution Yi Cui, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and of Photon Science/SLAC Shanhui Fan, Professor of Electrical Engineering Richard Sassoon, Managing Director, Global Climate and Energy Project Clare Wildenborg, Associate Director, Environment & Energy Programs, Office of Development Precourt Staff: Steve Eglash, Executive Director, Energy & Environment Affiliates Program Mark Golden, Communications Leigh Johnson, Program & Outreach Manager Nancy Sandoval, Executive Assistant Mark Shwartz, Communications Sunny Wang, Program Associate Miki Yu, Event & Outreach Program Planner
These minutes summarize the discussions that took place during the meeting, as well as important comments and suggestions made by members of the Advisory Council and other attendees. The minutes are organized according to the approved agenda, which is included at the end. Presentation materials and documents distributed prior to and during the meeting are available from the Precourt Institute. Overview of activities Lynn Orr discussed spending for major energy-research programs on campus. Direct annual spending now totals $67M, including government grants, private gifts and industry support, with additional funds (perhaps $35M) from academic departments and other sources. This large financial commitment helped create today’s robust, campus-wide conversation on energy. Inquiries were made about the percentage of federal support, and how energy-research funding at Stanford compares to other institutions.
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A question was raised about how the Institute looks at areas like transportation. The Institute supports the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS), whose director receives 20 percent of his salary from the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC). Several Council members emphasized the importance of supporting research to create better batteries for electric vehicles and to enhance security of the electrical grid. George Shultz urged continued government support for R&D, which he defined as getting a technology to the point where it’s operational and scalable, and then letting the market do the work. In May he delivered that message to House Speaker John Boehner and others during the Game Changers Workshop in Washington, DC. In October, Shultz and Sen. Jeff Bingaman of the Steyer-Taylor Center convened a roundtable on energy policies at the state level. Participants included state utility regulators, power suppliers and experts from academia, NGOs and the private sector. The results of the meeting will be published to improve awareness about states with successful clean-energy policies. Seed funding Since 2010, the Precourt Institute, the TomKat Center and PEEC have awarded proof-of-concept seed grants to 57 Stanford and SLAC faculty in 21 departments and 10 independent institutes and labs. Stacey Bent discussed the TomKat Center’s new program to support the transfer of innovative energy technologies from the lab to the marketplace. TomKat received 13 applications for the first round in 2013 and awarded $100,000-$150,000 to three promising startups: NGEN (extraction of nitrogen waste for biofuel combustion), Aurora (reduction of solar installation “soft costs”) and Dragonfly (correcting electrical mismatches between installed PV panels). TomKat is working closely with Stanford’s Office of Technology Licensing on this effort. Metrics The Council was asked for advice on developing high-level metrics to assess the impact of energy research at Stanford. Among the suggestions: (1) emphasize the importance of something significant coming out of the work; (2) monitor and evaluate the ability of the PIs to attract follow-on research and commercial investment; (3) focus on documenting the number of academic citations; and (4) review the criteria for metrics used by other institutions. Research updates Global Climate and Energy Project GCEP Director Sally Benson said that the financial commitment made by the project sponsors ends in about two years, and that GCEP will continue for at least three years beyond that as GCEP research projects come to an end. ExxonMobil, DuPont and Schlumberger are likely to renew, although it’s unlikely that ExxonMobil will continue underwriting half of the project. GCEP hopes to increase the number of sponsors and is in intense discussions about the next phase, GCEP 2.0. Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium BAPVC Co-Director Yi Cui described efforts by consortium researchers to find technologies that will lower the installed cost of a commercial PV module to 50¢ in 10 years. DOE has invested $25M in BAPVC over five years. SLAC Tom Devereaux discussed research at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) and the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, as well as plans for phase
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two of SLAC’s high-powered Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). A proposal has been submitted to DOE for a new Theoretical Institute of Photon Science that would provide theory to guide experiments in photon sciences. In FY 14, SLAC’s Lab Directed Research Development Funds (LDRD) will provide $1.6M for fundamental research. The LDRD program is similar in scale to the Precourt Institute/TomKat/PEEC seed grant effort. Electromagnetic radiation Shanhui Fan described three ongoing research efforts focused on controlling electromagnetic fields for energy applications: (1) thermophotovoltaics – enhancing PV efficiency by converting solar heat into usable wavelengths of light; (2) wireless charging – using magnetic resonance coupling to wirelessly charge electric vehicles driving down the highway; and (3) cold space – cooling buildings during daytime by transferring heat into the chilly vacuum of outer space. Burton Richter described the cold space concept as “the most innovative work I’ve heard in years. It’s not just improving something, it’s a totally new direction of research.” Energy storage Fritz Prinz discussed work at the Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion on key technologies: splitting water to produce hydrogen; Jens Norskov’s search for oxygen-reducing photocatalysts made with perskovites; and progress on solid oxide fuel cells. He noted that the high cost of producing hydrogen limits is current use. Charlie Barnhart presented the results of his study on the material and energy limits to electrical energy storage, which found that significant improvement in battery cycle life is essential if grid-scale batteries are to compete with pumped hydro and other geological storage technologies. A suggestion was made to include thermal storage in future analyses. People Arum Majumdar, former director of ARPA-E, will hold the first Jay Precourt Chair in energy science. Clare Wildenborg is the new associate director for environment and energy Stanford’s Office of Development. The meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m. after an hour-long closed session of the Advisory Council. The next Advisory Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 19, 2014.
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Agenda
Precourt Institute for Energy Advisory Council Meeting
November 4, 2014 8:30 Continental Breakfast Welcome and Overview 9:00 Welcome and Game Changers Update
The Honorable Secretary George Shultz, Chair, Precourt Institute Energy Advisory Council; Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Chair, Shultz-‐Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy
9:20 Update on the Precourt Institute for Energy Activities
Lynn Orr, Keleen and Carlton Beal Professor in Petroleum Engineering; Director, Precourt Institute for Energy
9:50 Seed Grants: Engagement, Innovation and Impact
Lynn Orr, Keleen and Carlton Beal Professor in Petroleum Engineering; Director, Precourt Institute for Energy
Stacey Bent, Jagdeep & Roshni Singh Professor in Stanford School of Engineering; Director, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy; Co-‐Director, Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC)
Jim Sweeney, Professor of Management Science & Engineering; Director, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center
10:35 Break Energy for All 10:50 Research Talk
Rising Power: How China is Shaping the Global Race for Cleaner Energy Jeffrey Ball, Scholar-‐in-‐Residence, Steyer-‐Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance
11:20 Strategy & Management Workshop in India on Energy Technologies for the Developing World and GCEP Looking Ahead Sally Benson, Professor of Energy Resources; Director, Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP)
12:00 Lunch Stanford Solar Decathlon and Stanford Solar Car Project Solar Energy 12:45 Strategy & Management
Solar Energy: Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium (BAPVC) and Solar Energy Research at Stanford Yi Cui, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering of Photon Science; Co-‐Director, Bay Area Photvoltaic Consortium
1:15 Research Talk Control of Electromagnetic Radiation for Energy Applications Shanhui Fan, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Energy at Stanford & SLAC 1:45 Strategy & Management
Energy Research at Stanford & SLAC: Looking Ahead Tom Devereaux, Professor of Photon Science; Director, Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy
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Sciences (SIMES) 2:15 Break Energy Efficiency 2:30 Research Talk
Energy Efficient Buildings Martin Fischer, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Energy Storage 3:00 Research Talk
Energy Storage Research at Stanford Fritz Prinz, Finmeccanica Professor of Engineering and former Chair of Mechanical Engineering; Director of the Nanoscale Prototyping Laboratory; and Co-‐Director Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC) Analysis Material and Energy Limits to Electrical Energy Storage Charlie Barnhart, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Climate Energy Project (GCEP)
4:00 Closed Advisory Council Session with Ann Arvin, Vice Provost and Dean of Research, Lucile Salter
Packard Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology 5:00 Close of meeting 5:30 Reception and dinner at the home of Lynn and Susan Orr
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