In the years ahead, hundreds

of faculty and thousands of

students will be engaged in

the energy challenge.

Through their efforts, we

hope to find solutions that

will benefit the lives of

millions throughout the

world and leave our planet a

better place for our children.

—John Hennessy

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Update on the

Precourt Institute for

Energy Activities

Sally Benson

Acting Director May 1, 2013

Topics

▪ New faces and accolades

▪ Progress report on Precourt Institute for

Energy activities

▪ Evaluating impacts

▪ Agenda

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New Faces Coming to the

Stanford Energy Community

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Secretary

Steve Chu

Debbie Senesky

Eric Pop

Senator Jeff

Bingaman

Arun Majumdar

Rod Ewing

Physics and Medicine Aero-Astro

Electrical Engineering

Steyer-Taylor Center Mechanical Engineering GES

Accolades

4

2013 Ho-Am Award in Science

Harold Hwang

Professor of Physics (Stanford) and of

Photon Science (SLAC)

2013 Louis Néel Medal

Mark Zoback

Benjamin M. Page Professor, Geophysics

2013 National Medal of Science 2013 Michel Boudart Award

for the Advancement of Catalysis

Accolades

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Jens Nørskov The Leland T. Edwards Professorship in the School of Engineering

Sidney Drell Deputy Director Emeritus of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Seed Grant

Analysis & Control Of Smart Electrical

Distribution Systems

PowerCon 2012, Best Student Paper

Award: First Prize, Frequency Stability

for Distributed Generation Connected

through Grid-Tie Inverter

Accolades

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Eric Glover, Chung-Ching Chang, Dimitry Gorinevsky, and Sanjay Lall Aeronautics-Astronautics and Electrical Engineering

SanJay Lall and Dimitry Gorinevsky Aeronautics-Astronautics and Electrical Engineering

Progress Report: Stanford’s

Precourt Institute for Energy

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Game Changing

Research

Accelerating

Sustainable

Energy Solutions

Energy

Literacy

GAME CHANGING RESEARCH

Strategies for Game Changing Research

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Assess and

strengthen

capabilities

Develop new

cross-campus

research

initiatives

Stimulate new

research with

seed grants

Support

interdisciplinary

graduate

fellowships

▪ PIE, PEEC and TomKat

› Coordinated solicitation and review

▪ Stimulate new research activities and

interdisciplinary projects

▪ Initiated in 2010

▪ Total of $8M allocated in 32 different projects

▪ Projects up to $150,000 per year

› PIE and TomKat: Up to two years

› PEEC: renewable

▪ Selected by a peer review process managed by

the program directors

Seed Funding

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Seed Funding 2010 to Present

Advanced

Energy

Materials

Advanced

Hydrocarbon

Resources

Energy

Efficiency

Energy’s

Impacts

Policy,

Economics

& Politics

Renewable

Energy

Conversion

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Seed Funding

2010 to Present

Advanced

Energy

Materials

1 – electron and photon dynamics 1 – interfacial chemistry 3 – nanomaterials

Advanced

Hydrocarbon

Resources

1 – CO2 capture 1 – CO2 use 1 – organic catalysis

Energy

Efficiency

3 – behavior 3 – transportation 3 – buildings 2 – energy systems

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Seed Funding 2010 to Present

Energy’s

Impacts

1 – ecosystem services 1 – land & food 1 – water

Policy,

Economics

& Politics

Renewable

Energy

Conversion

2 – energy economics 1 – management & innovation 2 – tax & regulation

1 – solar thermal 4 – solar photovoltaic 3 – solar fuels 1 – geothermal 1 – interfacial chemistry 1 – wind power

Seed Funding—Advanced Energy Materials Novel Carbon-Based Catalysts for Metal-Air Batteries

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Challenge: Find a

cheap substitute

for platinum

catalysts

Solution: ‘Unzip’

the walls of

carbon nanotubes

& add impurities

Result: Low-cost

hybrid nanotubes

with catalytic

activity close to

platinum

Hongjie Dai (Chemistry)

Andrea Goldsmith (Electrical Engineering)

Stephen Boyd (Electrical Engineering)

Seed Funding—Energy Efficiency Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Buildings

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Algorithms to detect locations and activity to optimize energy use

Optimization techniques for sensor networks

Demonstrated system payback

Developed smart home lab

Follow-on projects include Stanford Energy Behavior Initiative (ARPA-E)

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2

4

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Seed Funding—Policy, Economics and Politics Unintended Consequences of State Rules on Car Mileage

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14 states set

limits on GHGs

per mile for cars

74% avoided

emissions would

have leaked due

to more sales of

gas guzzlers in

other states

Research spurred

Obama

administration to

accelerate federal

mileage in place

of 14-state

program

Lawrence Goulder (Economics)

Shanhui Fan (Electrical Engineering)

Sven Beiker (CARS)

Richard Sassoon (GCEP)

Seed Funding—Renewable Energy Conversion Wireless Power Transfer to a Moving Vehicle

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Challenge

Eliminate “range

anxiety” in

electric vehicles

Solution

Use magnetic

fields to transfer

electric currents

from the road to

the car

Long-term Goal

To wirelessly

charge EVs

cruising at

highway speeds

Energy Initiatives New cross-campus initiatives

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Build a critical mass of research and teaching in high-impact areas

Natural

Gas

Water-Energy

Project

Energy

Storage

Energy Systems

Integration

NREL/Stanford Natural Gas Initiative Informing Robust Decision Making

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ACCELERATING SUSTAINA BLE

ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Strategies to Accelerate

Sustainable Energy Solutions

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Develop strategic

partnerships to

leverage our

strengths

Accelerate

commercialization

and scale-up

through industry

collaborations

165 Faculty PI’s

713 Grad

Students and

Post-docs

515 Peer-Reviewed

Publications

721 Conference

Presentations

80 Full-Scale

Research Activities

> $300M of

Follow-On

Funding

34 Patent

Applications

4 Start Up

Companies

GCEP

Impact

Cumulative GCEP Highlights

2002 - 2012

Renewables

Carbon-Based

Energy

Systems

Other

Electrochemistry

and Electric Grid

Hydrogen

$131M Total Research

Funding Commitments

GCEP

Milestones

2002 – Launching of

GCEP at Stanford

with four Sponsors

2011 -Began Cost-

Sharing of External

Follow-On Research

2010 – First license

of GCEP technology

2008 – First patent

issued on GCEP

technology

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LONG LIVED STORAGE

FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER GRID

GRID-SCALE BATTERIES Yi Cui and Robert Huggins, Stanford University

Barnhart and Benson, 2013 (EES)

C. Wessels, R. Huggins, Y. Cui, Nature Communication, 2:550

(2011)

M. Pasta, R. Huggins, Y. Cui Nat. Comm. (2012), In Press.

PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

FOR GRID SCALE STORAGE Sally Benson, Stanford University • Open framework

of prussian blue

analogues can

enable: fast ion transport

minimum strain

high cycle life

• Need to improve electrochemical storage cycle

life by a factor of 5 or more for it to have a

significant global impact as an energy storage

technology

Grid-scale

Storage

• Demonstrated 40,000 charging cycles using

copper hexacyanoferrate

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• Explore

challenges &

opportunities for

new energy

technologies for

the developing

world

• Visit to Indian

energy facilities

and villages

• Build relationship

with a potential

new Sponsor

• Workshop

scheduled for

May 15-16

GCEP Workshop on Energy

Technologies for the Developing World

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Research Awards

$6.2M of new awards made to Stanford

▪ Steam-carbon fuel cells

▪ High-efficiency thin-film solar cells

▪ Advanced water-splitting for direct solar fuels

▪ New electrochemical catalysts for converting CO2 into liquid

fuels and chemicals

▪ Systems analysis for CO2 capture

New Solicitations (~$10 M in new awards for 2013)

▪ General Stanford call

▪ Net Negative Carbon Emissions Energy Technology

Recent GCEP Research

Awards and Solicitations

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ENERGY LITERACY

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Strategies for Increasing Energy Literacy

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Expand and

enhance the

energy

curriculum

Enhance

communications

and outreach

Build a vibrant

energy

community

at Stanford

Vail Global Energy Forum

2nd Annual Forum, hosted by Jay Precourt, founder of the Vail Global Energy Forum, co-organizer Jim Sweeney

High Attendance, including students from nearby colleges

Presenters include: Gov. John Hickenlooper and former U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman

Active participation from attendees

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▪ Shultz-Stephenson Energy Policy Task Force Leadership

▪ Stanford/MIT collaboration on one-day conference in

Washington DC on March 7

▪ Identified promising technologies

› Already successfully developed

› Impact in 5-10 years

› Long term impact, but important

▪ Areas of emphasis

› Reducing oil dependence in transportation

› Electricity and the built environment: Decarbonizing energy

› Infrastructure/supply chains: 21st century efficient and resilient

energy infrastructures

› Moving the energy innovation agenda forward: What are the

next steps?

Game Changers Conference

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Connecting the Dots 2013

The Energy,

Food, Water and

Climate Nexus

Celebrating

Earth Day

Faculty talks

Student-led

breakout sessions

Charged Particles

jazz band

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Rising Power Mini-Series

at the Energy Seminar

Jeff Ball, Fellow

at Steyer-Taylor

All speakers from

China

Energy

investments in

both countries

Topics include:

- Better Burning

- Clean Capital

- Ramping

Renewables

- Market Maker

- Beijing’s Bets

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Energy

Week

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EVALUATING IMPACTS OF

STANFORD’S PRECOURT

INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY

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Many Types of Impact

“Measures of

impact should

reflect the diverse

goals of the

institute,

balancing both

retrospective and

prospective

indicators of

impact.”

Policy and Public Opinion Commercial

Science and Technology

Education

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Policy and Public Opinion Commercial

Science and Technology

Education

Many Types of Impact

Science and Technology

Recruitment and

retention of

leading faculty

scholars

Number of

journal papers

Impact of

journal papers

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Policy and Public Opinion Commercial

Science and Technology

Education

Many Types of Impact

Policy and Public Opinion

Publication in

media

Changing public

opinion

New laws and

regulations

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Policy and Public Opinion Commercial

Science and Technology

Education

Many Types of Impact

Commercial

Financial support

from industry

Number of

patents

Number of

startup

companies

Number of

products/service

s offered by

existing

companies

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Policy and Public Opinion Commercial

Science and Technology

Education

Many Types of Impact

Education Quality and

number of

courses

Number of

graduate degrees

Extent of

interdisciplinary

education

Career choice

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Many Types of Impact

“Measures of

impact should

reflect the diverse

goals of the

institute,

balancing both

retrospective and

prospective

indicators of

impact.”

Policy and Public Opinion Commercial

Science and Technology

Education

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TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY

Patent application

Follow-on funding by the private sector

or government

Start-up company

or…

Scientific discovery and publication in

leading journals Market

Penetration

POLICY PATHWAY

Publications as scholarly works

Policy white

papers

Government assessment of

implementation

Local, regional, or state laws

or regulations

National or international

implementation

Solution Identification

Solution Validation

Solution Diffusion

Measures of Impact Take Different Forms

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Academic Success

1-3 years

>15 years

3-5 years

5-10 years

Solution Adoption

10-15 years

▪ Discussions with the Woods Institute

› Focus on high value metrics

› Use data to guide management approach

› Consider cost to benefit ratio of data collection

▪ Initiate data collection this summer

› Approach and data collection under discussion

▪ Provide examples of impact from existing Precourt Seed

Funding Projects

› Roland Horne: PIE (Geothermal energy)

› Stacey Bent: TomKat Electric Grid RFP

› Ram Rajagopal: TomKat (Wind Power)

› Ken Goodson: PEEC (Efficiency)

The Precourt Institute for Energy Will Start

Collecting Data to Measure Impact

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Agenda for the Rest of the Meeting

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Morning session

8:30 Continental breakfast

WELCOME AND OVERVIEW

9:00 Welcome: The Honorable George Shultz, Chair, Precourt Institute Energy Advisory Council

Strategy and management: Sally Benson, Acting Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Director, Global Climate and Energy Project Update on the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy

ADVANCED HYDROCARBON RESOURCES

9:45

Strategy and management: Mark Zoback, Benjamin M. Page Professor in Earth Sciences Collaborative Research on Shale Gas Development in China and Induced Seismicity Industrial Affiliates Program

Research Talk:

Roland Horne, Thomas Davies Barrow Professor of Earth Sciences; Acting Deputy Director, Precourt Institute for Energy

Assessing earthquake risks from hydraulic fracturing for geothermal power, natural gas and CO2 storage

10:45 Break

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

11:00

Strategy and management: Dan Reicher, Executive Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance Increasing capital flow to energy efficiency and renewable energy

Research talk: Kenneth Goodson, Mechanical Engineering Department

Novel materials and packaging for thermoelectric waste-heat recovery in buildings and transportation systems

12:00 Lunch (Room 115)

Agenda for the Rest of the Meeting

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Afternoon session

12:45 The Honorable George Shultz, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow; Chair, Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy, Hoover Institution, Game Changers meeting in Washington DC

RENEWABLE ENERGY

1:30

Strategy and management: Stacey Bent, Director, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy Assessing progress from TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy’s seed grant program

Research talk: Ram Rajagopal, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Catching Wind by the Tail: Improving intermittent power operations with sensing, statistics and control

2:30 Break

ENERGY POLICY, ECONOMICS AND POLITICS

2:45

Strategy and management: Larry Goulder, Director, Stanford Environment and Energy Policy Analysis Center Stanford Environment and Energy Policy Analysis Center research

Research talk: Roz Naylor, Director, Food Security and the Environment Center Geopolitics of biofuels

3:45 Discussion

4:30 Reception in Hoover Tower Rotunda

4:30 Executive Session with Dean of Research Ann Arvin and the Stanford Precourt Institute Energy Advisory Council. Reception following at Hoover Tower Rotunda

6:00 Reception ends

Universities

such as Stanford need

to focus their full

talent on the greatest

challenges facing the

world today.

—John Hennessy

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