# Presentation: 361033

- A Strong Energy Portfolio for a Strong America

## DOE Implementing Office Complex

**Golden Field Office**

**Chicago**

**Idaho**

**Richland**

**Ohio Field**** ****Office**

**Savannah River**

**Oak Ridge**

**Albuquerque**

- Operations office
- or service center

- Field office

- DOE National Labs

**National Energy Tech. Lab**

## DOE Field Elements

**DOE Field Elements**

## Golden Field Office History

**YEAR**

**REGIONAL OFFICES CONSOLIDATED**
**INTO GOLDEN AND NETL**

##  Golden’s Mission

-    Contributing to the mission of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by supporting _technology development_ and _technology transfer_ of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies

## Energy for a Brighter Tomorrow

- We...
- Forge alliances to promote energy security
- Develop a portfolio of renewable and alternative energy choices
- Provide exceptional service through collaboration, dedication and innovation with industry, academia, states and laboratory partners.
-     ...in an environment that recognizes, respects and encourages individual contribution

***Golden’s Vision***

## Golden’s Functions

- Partner with industry and academia in joint projects to further development and facilitate commercialization of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies
- Partner with state and local governments and local networks to facilitation the deployment of market ready technologies
- Develop and maintain partnerships to encourage the use of those technologies
- Administer the performance-based management contract for NREL

## Golden’s Organization

**States Coordinator**
**Julie Riel**

## Golden’s Primary Roles

**Management of**
**EERE R&D Projects**
- Technical field project management
- EERE program support

**Acquisition &**
**Financial Assistance**
- Procurement services for EERE programs

**Management &**
**Oversight of NREL**
- Administration of the contract
- Federal stewardship of the investment

**Professional Services**
- Public affairs
- Legal counsel

**Business Support**
- Human resources
- Information technology
- NEPA
- Finance

**Management of EERE Deployment Projects**
- State Energy and                                  Weatherization
-     Assistance programs
- EERE program deployment and outreach support

## Golden is Critical Linkfrom Laboratory to Consumer

|  | NREL | Golden |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Expertise | Theoretical Technologies | Emerging Technologies | State-of-the-Art Technologies |
| DOE Funding | Move Concepts to Prototypes | Reduce Techno-economic Risk | Deployment |
| Key Technical Staff | Scientists and Engineers | RD&D Project Managers | Marketing
Transformation |

## Golden’s FTE Allocation

## Our Strengths

- Engineering and scientific expertise
- Project management experience
- Understanding of the needs and challenges of business
- Creating and maintaining partnerships with states and other key partners
- Skill in working with diverse groups of stakeholders
- Customer-service orientation

## Capabilities and Results

- Bringing together diverse partners to accomplish complex projects
- Coordinating laboratory assets to solve problems
- Working with entrepreneurs to refine concepts
- Helping businesses navigate procurement system
- Communicating the value of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to public
- Ensuring taxpayers get the most value for their research dollar

## Golden’s Projects

- Technology Areas
-  Photovoltaics
-  Biomass Power
-  Solar Thermal
-  Wind
-  Industrial Applications
-  Geothermal
-  Hydrogen
-  Ethanol Fuels

- Other Initiatives
-  FEMP
-  State & Science Initiative
-  Inventions and Innovations
-  Native American
-  International
**Total****	****	****	**** **_**+**_**1,000**

## Golden’s Projects

## National Renewable Energy Laboratory

- Only Laboratory in the Nation Focused on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Research and Development
- Premier Laboratory of Its Kind in the World
- Roughly 1250 People, Mostly Scientists and Engineers
- $200+ Annual Budget Authority
- $180M Capital Investment on 600 Acres

## Location of Major DOE Laboratories

**Location of Major DOE Laboratories**

**Pacific Northwest National Laboratory**

**Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory**

**E. O. Lawrence Berkeley  National Laboratory**

**Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory**

**Stanford Linear Accelerator Center**

**National Renewable Energy Laboratory**

**Los Alamos National Laboratory**

**Sandia National Laboratory**

**Ames Laboratory**

**Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory**

**Argonne National Laboratory**

**National Energy Technology Laboratory**

**Oak Ridge National Laboratory**

**Thomas Jefferson **
**National Accelerator Facility**

**Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory**

**Brookhaven National Laboratory**

## NREL’s Research Areas

- Photovoltaics and electronic materials
- Wind technology
- Hydrogen
- Alternative fuels
- Buildings and thermal energy systems
- Chemical technologies and materials
- Transportation
- Basic sciences

## GO’s Relationship with NREL

- Partnership approach
- DOE restrictions minimized
- Innovation and efficiency encouraged
- The result:  *Consistently outstanding laboratory performance*

## Budgets(in millions)

## The Ultimate Goals

- Enhanced national security
- A cleaner environment
- A sustainable future
- Energy for an energy-starved world
- Improved balance of trade
- Jobs for Americans

## US Energy Consumption

**US Energy Consumption**

*Source: AEO 2004 tables (released in December 2003) based on US energy consumption. Overall breakdown Table A1 (Total Energy*
*Supply and Disposition), and Renewable breakdown Table A18 (Renewable Energy, Consumption by Section and Source*

**Notes:**
Current Snapshot
Although biomass represents a relatively small share of total U.S. energy consumption, it’s use has increased 24% over the past decade.  This increase occurred in spite of inexpensive crude oil prices during much of that time. Unlike other renewable energy resources, biomass is used in every sector of the economy,  playing an important role for industry, electric utilities and residential and commercial customers. 
Industry is the largest consumer of biomass accounting for 82% of U.S. biomass energy consumption.  This includes 78% for non-electricity purposes and 22% for electricity.  
The residential and commercial sectors account for 14% of U.S. biomass consumption.
The transportation sector accounts for 3.5% of consumption and electric utilities account for less than 1%.
Wood is the main type of biomass used (80%), followed by waste sources (17%, includes Municipal solid waste, manufacturing wastes, landfill gas, refuse-derived fuel) and Ethanol (3.5%).
(Source: EIA, Renewable Energy Annual 2000)

Biomass Applications
Biopower/heat – There are 11,000 MW of biomass electricity generating capacity in the U.S. -- dominated by non-utility generators associated with the pulp and paper industry.  Far more biomass is consumed for heat than for electricity production, again the pulp and paper industry dominates these biomass uses.  More than 64% of biomass energy was consumed to produce industrial process heat.
Biofuels -  biomass fuels (ethanol) represent 25% of alternative fuel use (including MTBE) but less than 1% of total fuel consumption (EIA).  In 2001, 1.77 billion gallons of ethanol were produced in the U.S.  (Renewable Fuels Association). 
Bioproducts – Biomass used for products is dominated by wood (92.5%) and starch (3.4%) for paper products.  Although a portion is used for selected materials and chemicals.  These include cellulose for polymers and textile fibers; vegetable oils for solvents, ink, and paints; natural rubber for tires; lignin for adhesives and other products; and wood extracts for oils and gums. 
(Sources: AEO 2001; EIA, Renewable Energy Annual 2000; and AD Little Report (3/10/01) Section 2.

## GO’s Relationship with Eastern States and their EERE based programs

- Provides project management and contracting services for programs assigned to GO for portfolio management (eg. Wind, solar, biomass, etc.)
- Access/gateway to technical support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory