Status and Challenges in Decarbonizing our Energy Landscape
October 10-12, 2018
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
Organized by: Richard Eisenberg, Karen I. Goldberg, Harry B. Gray, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Thomas Mallouk, John Turner, Yet-Ming Chiang, and George Crabtree
This scientific meeting explored the state of current renewable energy technology and near-term scientific challenges that must be met to achieve energy decarbonization successfully.
Sessions included presentations, panels and extensive discussion on subject which included the production of non-carbon-based energy via photovoltaics, solar-driven water splitting and fuel creation, and energy storage via current and projected battery, fuel cell and flow battery developments.
Agenda
Wednesday, October 10
Distinctive Voices Public Lecture
Accelerating the Clean Energy Transformation, Ernie Moniz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday, October 11
Session I. Status of solar energy conversion and storage
Moderator: Rich Eisenberg, University of Rochester
(40 minutes each = 30-35 minutes + 5-10 minutes Q &A)
Arun Majumdar, Stanford University: Innovations to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transformation
Thomas Jaramillo, Stanford University: Developing New Catalysts and Sustainable Processes for the Production and Use of Fuels and Chemicals
Moderator: Tom Mallouk, Pennsylvania State University
Fikile Brushett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cost-targeted Design of Redox Flow Batteries for Grid Storage
Sossina Haile, Northwestern University: Leveraging Solid State Proton Conductors for Electrochemical Energy-Conversion Technologies
Session II. Panel on challenges in renewable energy storage
Moderator: George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory
(25 minutes each + panel discussion at the end of session)
David Ginley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory: The Terawatt Challenge in Solar Energy Conversion the Role of Storage
Michael Aziz, Harvard University: Organic-Based Aqueous Flow Batteries for Massive Electrical Energy Storage
Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo: Alternative Aqueous Batteries as Grid Scale Electrochemical Energy Storage Solutions
Yet-Ming Chiang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Meeting the Growing Need for Long Duration Energy Storage
Friday, October 12
Session III: Status of solar energy conversion and storage
Moderator: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University
(40 minutes each = 30-35 minutes + 5-10 minutes Q &A)
John Turner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Opportunities, Challenges and Missteps in Hydrogen Production
Raffi Garabedian, First Solar: Solar at Scale: A Perspective from the Trenches
Karen Goldberg, University of Pennsylvania: The Transition Years: Developing Alternatives to Oil as the Feedstock for Our Chemicals and Liquid Fuels
Lee Lynd, Dartmouth University: Biofuels: Still Needed After All These Years
Session IV: Challenges in solar energy conversion
Moderator: Harry Gray, California Institute of Technology
(25 minutes each + 1 hour panel discussion at the end of session)
Daniel Nocera, Harvard University: Carbon Negative Solar Fertilization and Land Restoration
Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology: Pathways for Carbon Dioxide Transformations Using Sunlight
Eli Yablonovitch, University of California, Berkeley: Solar Solved--Next, Carbon Negative Technology
Tom Meyer, University of North Carolina: Making Solar Fuels
