The ARPA-E Mission

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Ensure America’s

▸  National Security

▸  Economic Security

▸  Energy Security

▸  Technological Lead

Catalyze and support the development of transformational, high-impact energy technologies

Reduce Imports

Reduce Emissions

Improve Efficiency

Creating New Learning Curves

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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

Focused Programs

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Resource Assessment

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Stranded Natural Gas

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2008 International Petroleum

Encyclopedia, p. 362

One Industry Perspective

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“Given the challenging economics in energy, many companies in the biofuels area have elected to pivot. Instead of being fuels companies, they are now going to be biochemical and biomaterials companies. There are several problems with this strategy. The chemical industry transitioned to fossil fuels for the same reason the energy sector did: higher energy density, cheaper, more easily transported feedstock, and lower capital cost for conversion. While chemicals do sell above their fuel value, there remains extensive competitive pressure. Chemicals can no more tolerate a higher production cost than fuels.”

-Banholzer and Jones, 2013, the AICHE Journal

ARPA-E REMOTE* - Natural Gas Bioconversion Ramon Gonzalez: Program Director, ARPA-E

MOTIVATION •  Price spread between natural gas and petroleum. •  High capital costs of conventional GTL. •  New understanding of bioconversions of methane •  Biology can be a viable option for GTL if

technologies addressing energy efficiency, carbon yield, and kinetics are developed.

OBJECTIVES •  New Biocatalysts (CAT 1 & 2): o  Methane activation o  C1 metabolism

•  New Bioreactors/Processes (CAT 3): o  Gas-phase process intensification

*REMOTE: Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy

CAT 2:

CAT 3:

CAT 1:

CAT 1 & 2:

Anaerobic Aerobic

REMOTE Portfolio (15 projects, $35.5M) Ramon Gonzalez: Program Director, ramon.gonzalez”at”hq.doe.gov

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CATEGORY 1: High-Efficiency Biological Activation of Methane CATEGORY 2: High-Efficiency Biological Synthesis of Fuel CATEGORY 3: Process Intensification Approaches for Biological Methane Conversion

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Insightful Keynotes Unparalleled Showcase and Networking Compelling Discussions

www.arpae-summit.com Feb. 24-26, 2014 Washington, D.C.