Breakthrough Energy Technologies: The Enabling Role of Basic Science

  • Wednesday, Feb 4, 2009

  • Panel Speakers:

    John Hemminger
    University of California – Irvine
     
    George Crabtree
    University of Chicago

    Marc Kastner
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    The pathway to a secure, low-carbon energy economy will undoubtedly require accelerated development of a suite of advanced technologies, underpinned by a sustained commitment to research and development.  Many options hold great promise – solar photovoltaics, efficiency, battery and storage technologies – but their realization will rely on further advances in our understanding of basic science.

    Basic science stands at the dawn of an age in which materials can be built with atom-by-atom precision, and computational models can predict the behavior of previously non-existing materials before they are made. These capabilities, unthinkable only 20 years ago, create unprecedented opportunities to revolutionize the future of sustainable energy. 

    The U.S. Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee recently released the report “New Science for a Secure and Sustainable Energy Future.”  This new report identifies the essential breakthroughs in basic science necessary to enable the development of more sustainable energy technologies.  Please join us for a panel discussion with the authors about the report and their recommendations to guide policy in supporting research to achieve these breakthroughs.

    The full report and summary are available at http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html

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