# Presentation: 701811

## Distributed Energy Program

**Debbie Haught**
** ****Distributed Energy Program **
**U.S. Department of Energy**

**November 18, 2003**
** ****EBC Workshop**
**U.S. Department of Energy**

## U.S. Department of Energy

- Distributed Energy Program
- Office Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Small generation/cooling, heating and power technologies
- State Support
- Support OETD (limited distribution support)
- Customer focus
- C&I
- Residential
- Utilities?
- Budget: House- $64.284 M
-               Senate- $57.534 M

- Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution
- Direct Report to the UnderSecretary of Energy
- Focus on Transmission and Distribution
- Policy
- Lead on Blackout Investigation
- Grid Technologies (superconductivity,  storage, interconnection)
- Budget: House- $73.616 M
-               Senate-$92.838 M

- OETD Vision
- and Roadmap

## Office of Distributed Energy

- Pat Hoffman (Acting director)
- Geraldine Harper (Secretary)
- Ron Fiskum
- Debbie Haught
- Merrill Smith

## Goal #1

- 	By 2008, DER will complete development and testing of a portfolio of distributed generation and thermally activated technologies that will show an average of **25 percent increase in efficiency** (compared to 2000 baseline) with **NOx emissions of less than 0.15grams/KWh** at an **equivalent of 10% reduction in cost.**

**Partnership**

_*Industry*_
- Systems Integration

_*Government*_
- Technology Development

## Distributed Generation Technologies

**2010**

**2000**

**2001**

**Cost competitive with the market**
**<<.15 lbs/ MWh NO****x**

**2010**

**$900-$1,200/kW**
**17-30% Efficiency**
**.35 lbs/MWh NOx**

**Cost competitive with the market**
**40% Efficiency**
**.15 lbs/MWh ****NOx**

**Cost competitive with the market**
**50% Efficiency**
** ****0.15 lbs/MWh NO****x**

- Gas Turbines

- Reciprocating Engines

- Microturbines

**1992**

**29% efficiency**
**+2 lbs/MWhr NO****x**
**$600/kW**

**38% Efficiency**
**0.15 lbs/MWh NO****x**
**$400/kW**

**2007**

**2000**

**$300-$400/kW**
**25-40% Efficiency**
**2-3 lbs/MWh NO****x**** **

**2007**

- “Prime Movers”

## Goal #2

- By 2008, demonstrate the feasibility of **integrated systems in three new customer classes**, which could achieve **70% efficiency** and customer **payback in less than 4 years**, assuming commercial scale production.

-  Demand-control Ventilation
-  Integrated energy services
-  Heat/Cooling (processing)
-  Electricity
-  Temperature
-  Humidity
-  Industrial & Light Industrial, Hotels, Data Centers, Merchant
- Utility ?

**Partnership**

_*Industry*_
- Systems Integration

_*Government*_
- Technology
- Development

-  CHP packaged
- Systems
-  Sensors, controls
- and electronics

**Technologies**

**Applications**

**Notes:**
Primary focus is on peak load reduction – chp cooling and dehumidification systems.

## DER Funding Summary

| Program Element | Fiscal Year 2003 | Fiscal Year 2004 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INTERIOR |  |  |
| Industrial Gas Turbines |  5.0 |  4.0 |
| Microturbines | 7.0  | 7.0 |
| Reciprocating Engines | 12.0  | 14.0 |
| Technology Base | 8.26  |  8.26  |
| Thermally Activated Technologies | 7.66  | 7.66  |
| Fuel Flexibility (oil) | 0.750  | (0.500 -move to Bldgs) |
| Industrial DG/High Tech/Controls  | 8.34  | 8.34 |
| Packaged Systems R&D/CHP | 12.0  | 12.0  |
| TOTAL INTERIOR | 61.01 | 61.26 |
| EWD |  |  |
| Transmission Reliability |   |  |
| Distribution & Interconnection |   |  |
| Energy Storage |   |  |
| Superconductivity |  |  |
| TOTAL EWD | 85.0 | 82.4  |

- ($M)

**Notes:**
Continue to work on gas turbines in the areas of low emissions and advanced materials – continue to improve the performance – meet current and future air regulations
Start programs in next generation microturbines and natural gas reciprocating engines
Building PEM fuel cells operating at elevated temperatures continue to be a main focus for integration into the electrical/thermal environment....
Continue to support technology base in crosscutting areas such as advanced materials for gas turbines, microturbines and transition to look at fuel cells and reciprocating engines and begin to look at sensor and control technologies for DER
Thermally Activated Technologies – Using waste heat from the prime movers (microturbines, fuel cells, reciprocating engines) for applications such as building cooling/heating, water heating – making maximum use of recoverable energy.  System efficiencies from 80 – 85%
Continue working with desiccants (liquid and solid) for improved indoor air quality in schools, hospitals and office buildings 
Working with the oil heat industry – look at clean, low NOX oil as fuel for power generation and building equipment integration. 
Message – A lot is being done even though experiencing a dip in the budget

## Technical publications 
Workshops and conferences
Technology planning
Cost-shared RD&D
Solicitation announcements

**Workshops and conferences**
**Technology planning**
**Cost-shared RD&D**
**Solicitation announcements**

- Information Clearinghouse
- and Networking

**www.eere.energy.gov/der**** **

**Notes:**
The Office of Power Technologies is working on these issues and we are eager to join forces with those moving in the same direction.
A national energy strategy is not a “one size fits all” plan. It must be flexible to be responsive to local conditions, opportunities, and needs.
It must involve public-private partnerships in R&D, policy development, and implementation, all phases of the process.
It must use balanced energy solutions including renewable energy and distributed energy resources to be responsive to a variety of possible future conditions, possibilities, and needs.
Thank you again for the opportunity to speak with you today.

## Upcoming Events

**Distributed Energy Peer Review- December 2-4 2003, Washington DC**** **
**Environmental Barrier Coatings for Microturbine and Industrial Gas Turbine Ceramics Workshop – November 18-19, 2003, Nashville, TN**
**4th Annual Microturbine Applications Workshop – January 20 – 22, 2004, Marina del Ray, CA**