# Presentation: 341672

## Climate Change Technology Program:Deliverables, Analysis and Integration with the CCSP

**Dave Conover, Director**
**CCTP**
**U.S. Department of Energy**
**David.Conover@hq.doe.gov**
**The Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee**
**Washington, D.C.**
**November 13, 2003**

## CCTP Working Groups and Subgroups

**Energy Production**
**Gail Marcus**

**Energy Efficiency**
**Mark Ginsberg**

**Transportation**
**Buildings**
**Industry:**
**- Low GHG and Efficient Processes**
**- GHG Capture**
** ****Low or Net-Zero GHG Materials**
** ****Low or Net-Zero GHG Feedstocks**

**Sequestration**
**Bill Hohenstein**

**Geologic**
**Terrestrial**
**Ocean**
**Products/Materials**

**Other Gases**
**Dina Kruger**

**Natural Gas Systems**
**Agric. Methane  & Other Gases**
**High GWP Gases**
**Nitrous Oxide**
**Ozone Precursors**
**Black Carbon**

**Climate Change Technology Program**
**Director:  David Conover **
**Deputy Director:  Robert Marlay**
- DOC, DOD, DOE, DOI, DOS, DOT, EPA, HHS, NASA, NSF, OMB, OSTP, USAID, USDA

**Measurement & Monitoring**
**Ron Birk**

**Sensors and  Platforms**
**Global Monitoring**
**Monitoring Area Sources**
**Inventory Methods**

**Basic Research**
**Ari Patrinos**

**Biotechnology**
**Physical Sciences**
**Computational Sciences**
**Environmental Sciences**

**Hydrogen**
**Renewable Fuels**
**Low Carbon Fuels**
**Renewable Power**
**Nuclear Fission Power**
**Nuclear Fusion Power**
**Low Emissions Fossil-Based Power**
**Electric Grid & Infrastructure**
**   ****(i.e., CCT Enabling Elements)**

## CCTP Deliverables

- RFI Analysis for NCCTI Competitive Solicitation
- Multi-Agency R&D Baseline for FY 2005 (improved climate change technology criteria and cross-cut)
- Technologies Compendium
- Current Activities Report
- Strategic R&D Vision and Framework

## Current Climate Change TechnologyR&D Portfolio Components

- Strong Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs
- FreedomCAR
- Hydrogen Fuel Initiative (FreedomFuel)
- Hydrogen Technology
- Nuclear-Based Hydrogen Initiative
- Large-Scale Hydrogen Production From Fossil Fuels
- Fuel Cell Systems
- FutureGEN (Net-Zero Emission FF Power Plants)
- Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships
- Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (13 Countries)
- Nuclear Power Generation IV (9 Countries)
- Nuclear Power 2010
- International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) (4 Countries)

## Technology Portfolio Options

**“****Beyond the Standard Suite”**

**“****Closing the Loop on Carbon”**

**“****A New Energy Backbone”**

*Introduction of Carbon Sequestration and Hydrogen Technologies **Augment the Standard Suite of Energy Technologies *

*Major Technological Advances in Renewable and Hydrogen Technologies are Coupled with a New Generation of Nuclear Reactors*

*Dramatic Breakthroughs in “New and Advanced Technologies” – e.g., Fusion, or “Bio-X”*

## “Closing the Loop on Carbon”

- The Standard Suite of Technologies is Substantially Augmented by Engineered CO2 Sequestration, which Meets Key Technical, Economic, and Environmental Goals
- Fossil-Based Systems (Fuels, Power, Chemicals) Remain the Backbone of the Energy System
- Unconventional Oil & Gas become Economically Viable
- Solar, Wind and Bio-Fuels Industries Achieve Maturity
- Hydrogen Becomes a Significant Energy Carrier
- The Full Potential of Conventional Oil & Gas is Realized
- Dramatic Gains in Energy Efficiency Occur
- Other GHGs Successfully Addressed
- Sustainable Economic Development and Stabilization Achieved

## “A New Energy Backbone”

- Extraordinary Advances in Solar, Wind, and/or Traditional Bio-Energy are Realized
- A New Generation of Economically Competitive, Inherently-Safe Nuclear Fission Power is Accepted by the Global Marketplace
- Sequestration is Limited to Niche Markets Limiting Fossil Fuels
- Together, Renewables and Nuclear Become the New Backbone of the Energy System
- Hydrogen Becomes a Significant Energy Carrier
- The Full Potential of Conventional Oil & Gas is Realized
- Dramatic Gains in Energy Efficiency Occur
- Other GHGs Successfully Addressed
- Sustainable Economic Development and Stabilization Achieved

## “Beyond the Standard Suite”

- Breakthroughs Allow Increasing Reliance on New Technologies that Go Beyond the Standard Suite, for example:
- Fusion Power
- Global Super-Conductivity Power Transmission Grids,
- Orbiting Solar Power Satellites,
- An Array of “Bio-X” Technologies (Hydrogen Production, Carbon Sequestration, Bio-Chemical Energy Storage, Electricity Prod., Bio-Based Alternatives to Industrial Feedstocks and Processes)
- Hydrogen Becomes a Significant Energy Carrier
- The Full Potential of Conventional Oil & Gas is Realized
- Dramatic Gains in Energy Efficiency Occur
- Other GHGs Successfully Addressed
- Sustainable Economic Development and Stabilization Achieved

## Integrating Science & Technology

- Science Informs Technology Development:
- Guides and Paces Overall Strategy by Reducing Uncertainty
- Illuminates Technology Risks and Benefits
- Informs Modeling and Portfolio Analyses
- Technology Advances Solutions:
- Create a Robust Set of Options
- Improve Performance and Reduce Costs
- Inform Scientific Modeling and Identify Research Needs
- Together, Science and Technology Can:
- Clarify Risks and Benefits of Action
- Reduce Costs of Various Courses of Action
- Narrow the Gap Between Perceived Benefits and Costs

## Ensuring S&T Integration

- Structurally by the President through Cabinet-Level CCCSTI
- Liaison at staff, steering group, and working group levels
- Basic Research, MM and others
- Joint Development of Strategic Plans
- Interagency comments
- December 2002 workshop
- On-going dialogue
- Leadership at DOC and DOE