Patrick McGrathAssociate Director for Technology

Advanced Research Projects Agency –Energy (ARPA-E)

Ryan UmstattdDeputy Director for Commercialization (Acting)

A Brief History of ARPA-EIn 2007, The National Academies recommended Congress establish an Advanced Research Projects Agency within the U.S. Department of Energy

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…“The new agency proposed herein [ARPA-E] is patterned after that model [of DARPA] and would sponsor creative, out-of-the-box, transformational, generic energy research in those areas where industry by itself cannot or will not undertake such sponsorship, where risks and potential payoffs are high, and where success could provide dramatic benefits for the nation.”…

2007America COMPETES Act Signed

2011 2012 2013 20142010

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ProgramsTo Date

Awards Announced

2015

32

$275 Million(FY2012)

$280 Million(FY2015)

500+

2016

39

$400M(Recovery Act)

$180M(FY11)

$251M(FY13)

$280M(FY14)

$291M(FY16)

2017

Coming soon

$280M(FY15)

$275M(FY12)

$306M(FY17)

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

Breadth of Program Portfolio

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ELECTRICITY GENERATION

ELECTRICAL GRID & STORAGE

EFFICIENCY&

EMISSIONS

TRANSPORTATION & STORAGE

2010 - 2012

ALPHA

ARID

DELTA

FOCUS

METALS

MONITOR

CHARGES

RANGE

REMOTE

SWITCHES

TERRA

GENSETSREBELS

NODES

MOSAIC

TRANSNET

2013-2014 2015 2016

GRID DATA

IONICS

SHIELD ENLITENED

REFUEL

ROOTS

NEXTCAR

ADEPT

AMPEDBEEST

BEETIT

ELECTROFUELS

GENIGRIDS

HEATS

IMPACCT

MOVEPETRO

REACT

SOLAR ADEPT

Where Do ARPA-E Programs Come From?

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ARPA-E Program Directors

Where Do ARPA-E Programs Come From?

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ARPA-E Program Directors

If it works…will it matter?

Tech To Market Approach

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ManageManage project teams’ T2M efforts

through T2M plans and jointly developed milestones

FinanceEngage third-party financiers to support continuity of technology development towards the market

AdviseSupport project teams with skills and knowledge to align technology with

market needs

ScopeSupport creation of highly

innovative, commercially relevant programs

ARPA-E’s Tech to Market Team

T2M

Engage

• Summit• Program Kickoff• Reviews

Manage

• Cost• Commercialization• IP / Competition• Finance

Constant feedback between engagement and management efforts brings value to ARPA-E awardees

ARPA-E Impact Indicators

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