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Panel I: The Federal Outlook for the U.S. Battery Industry
Panel I: The Federal Outlook for the U.S. Battery Industry
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Wessner He then introduced Patrick Davis who manages the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Vehicles Technology Program at the Department of Energy.
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We also want to make sure that we're doing everything we can from a technology standpoint." The agency also has been working with modeling "to help make sure we succeed," he said. The overarching goals of the Vehicle Technologies Program are reducing petroleum dependency and mitigating carbon, Mr.
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The Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program has included awards that involve electric drive, he said. Other critical work at the DOE includes programs by the Office of Science, ARPA-E, and the Office of Electricity.
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One study estimated the market in 2015 could be worth $8 billion, assuming that 800,000 electric vehicles will be sold and that the average battery packs will cost $10,000 each.11 Another study, which projected 6 million electric vehicles would be sold in 2020 at an average cost of $5,000, fixed the market at that time at $30 billion.12 "I'm certainly not standing up here saying this will be so," Mr. Davis said.
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The Recovery Act funds were spread across the entire battery manufacturing supply chain, Mr. Davis said.
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These programs so far have led to deployment of more than 18 million smart meters that now are being used by 13 percent of America's 142 million electricity customers. They also are responsible for 100 plug-in hybrid charging stations, 176,000 load control devices, 206,000 "smart transformers" that allow for preventive maintenance, and 671 automated substations that account for 5 percent of the 12,466 transmission and distribution substations in the U.S.
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The document discusses cutting fuel consumption, boosting energy efficiency "at the platform and installation level," increasing use of renewable energy, increasing access to petroleum and other resources, and reducing adverse effects to the environment. 13 See Army Senior Energy Council and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Partnerships, "Army Energy Security Implementation Strategy," Department of the Army, Jan.
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"When we use logistics convoys to move both fuel and water, it is important for us to attack energy efficiency on all our platforms." In Kuwait, the Army moves around 431 million gallons a year. That translates into 140,000 trucks and 9,300 convoys, with an average of 120 soldiers per convoy.
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One example is the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, or JLTV. The Army would like to improve fuel-efficiency with the JLTV, which aims to replace the HMMWV, to 10 Payload Ton Miles per gallon over the JLTV OPS/MP.14 That represents a 15 to 20 percent improvement in fuel efficiency over the current HMMWV, she said.
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"We really need to increase the power and energy density of the batteries. That is one of the biggest issues we see in this whole area of energy storage and battery technology." The military's needs present several special challenges for battery technologies, Dr.
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With the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, for example, advanced lead-acid batteries producing about 2 kilowatt hours of power cost $800 to $900 and weigh 180 pounds. The same packaging for lithium-ion batteries produces 3 kilowatt hours and weighs around 60 pounds.
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Another research project looks at biologically inspired construction for high-performance anodes for high-power, lightweight lithium ion batteries for light electric vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles. The bio-inspired construction catalytic synthesis process grows tin nano-particles inside graphite.
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"But we are looking at having to manufacture millions of vehicles a year and millions of battery packs." He said one must "really look at where the U.S. is in the world today, and most of the market is global." Dr.
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PROCEEDINGS 83 Dr. Wessner concluded the session by commenting that "not everyone in the world is looking forward to us exporting batteries to them.
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