U.S. Department of EnergyAdvanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

Conner ProchaskaChief of Staff & Senior Advisor, ARPA-EApril 10, 2018

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History of ARPA-E

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2007Rising Above the Gathering Storm PublishedAmerica COMPETES Act Signed

2009American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Signed

2011 2012 2013 20142010

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37

712

1620

23

ProgramsTo Date

Awards Announced

2015

32

America COMPETES Reauthorization Signed $275 Million

(FY2012)$280 Million

(FY2015)

2016

39

$400M(Recovery Act)

$180M(FY11)

$251M(FY13)

$280M(FY14)

$291M(FY16)

In 2007, The National Academies recommended Congress establish an Advanced Research Projects Agency within the U.S. Department of Energy to fund advanced energy R&D.

2017

660+

$280M(FY15)

$275M(FY12)

$306M(FY17)

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2018

Coming Soon

$353M(FY18)

ARPA-E MissionMission: To overcome long-term and high-risk technological barriers in the development of energy technologies

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Means: ‣ Identify and promote revolutionary advances in fundamental and applied

sciences‣ Translate scientific discoveries and cutting-edge inventions into technological

innovations ‣ Accelerate transformational technological advances in areas that industry by

itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty

Built on DARPA foundation, but with key differences…

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Technology Acceleration Model

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What Makes an ARPA-E Project?

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BRIDGE‣ Translates science into breakthrough technology‣ Not researched or funded elsewhere‣ Catalyzes new interest and investment

IMPACT‣ High impact on ARPA-E mission areas‣ Credible path to market‣ Large commercial application

TRANSFORM‣ Challenges what is possible‣ Disrupts existing learning curves‣ Leaps beyond today’s technologies

TEAM‣ Comprised of best-in-class people‣ Cross-disciplinary skill sets‣ Translation oriented

Tech-To-Market Approach

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ManageManage project teams’ T2M efforts

through T2M plans and jointly developed milestones

PartnershipsEngage third-party investors and partners to support technology

development towards the market

AdviseSupport project teams with skills & knowledge to align technology with

market needs

ScopeProvide strategic market insights necessary to create innovative, commercially relevant programs

ARPA-E Impact Indicators

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CHARGES

NODES

GENIGRIDS

HEATS

IONICSGRID DATA

ARPA-E Program PortfolioELECTRICITY

GENERATION & DELIVERY

ALPHA FOCUS

REBELS

GENSETS MOSAIC

IMPACCTSOLAR ADEPT

RANGE

AMPED BEESTELECTROFUELS

MOVE

REMOTE

PETRO

TERRA

TRANSNETNEXTCAR

REFUEL

TRANSPORTATION

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EFFICIENCY

DELTA

SHIELD

METALS

MONITOR ARID

ROOTS

ADEPTBEETIT REACT

PNDIODES

ENLITENED

SWITCHES

CIRCUITS MARINER

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OPEN 2009, 2012, 2015 & 2018 Solicitations Complement Focused Programs

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INTEGRATE

A small sampling of what we doMakani – Wind Kites

Foro Energy – Laser Drill for Geothermal

Stanford/SkyCool – Radiative Cooling

Donald Danforth – Robotic Phenotyping

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