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Dr. Jeff Wadsworth

President and Chief Executive Officer

Battelle Memorial Institute

June 15, 2010

Battelle: Driving Innovation in

Sustainability

Presented at

NDIA E2S2 Conference

Denver, CO

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Battelle’s Mission / Strategic Intent

Operate major research

laboratories dedicated to

expanding the horizons of science and technology –

with distinction

Is Expressed Through

Four Hallmarks of Excellence

―To be a major force in scientific discovery and technology discovery and in the translation of knowledge into innovative applications that have significant societal and economic impact in order to be a significant benefactor for education and

charitable enterprises‖

STRATEGIC INTENT

Translate discovery into outstanding achievement of mission-critical

outcomes

Realize commercial innovation through partnerships and

ventures

Improve our communities

through significant charitable and

educational contributions

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Battelle: A global leader in scientific research

and technology development for over 80 years

Founding

• Founded by the Will of Gordon Battelle

• A non-profit, charitable trust

• ―Creative and research work‖

• ―Making of discoveries and inventions‖

• Better education of men and women

for employment (cy-près doctrine)

1883–1923

Battelle Today

• Generates $5.6 billion annually in global R&D

• Oversees over 20,000 employees in 130 locations worldwide

• Manages or co-manages seven national laboratories for DOE, NS and for the United Kingdom

UK National Nuclear Laboratory

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Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermore, California – 2007

Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge, Tennessee – 1999

National Renewable Energy LaboratoryGolden, Colorado – 1998

Idaho National LaboratoryIdaho Falls, Idaho – 2004

Brookhaven National LaboratoryLong Island, New York – 1997

National Biodefense Analysis/Countermeasures Frederick, Maryland – 2006

Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichland, Washington – 1965

United Kingdom National Nuclear LaboratorySellafield, United Kingdom – 2009

Battelle and its university partners:

Managing and leading major laboratories

Battelle Memorial InstituteColumbus, Ohio

(Title of Presentation) (Date)

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Battelle labs manage a broad portfolio of $1 billion in energy science and technology

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What is

the “rate”

of innovation?

Sustainability is a national (and global)

imperative …

… We must increase our rate of innovation to meet the challenge

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It is no accident that more than half of

the challenges facing us involve energy

By 2050:

• World population will increase from 6.5 to 9.3 billion

• World energy demand will grow from ~15 terawatts to 28–35 terawatts

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How the US addresses it’s energy use will drive global

climate change

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Transforming the energy system:

an effort of unprecedented scale

• By 2050:

– Population will grow from 6.5 9.3 billion

– Energy demand will grow from ~15 28–35 TW

Solar & Wind power

Nuclear

Efficient Fossil Electric

Advanced Transportation

End Use Efficiency

Conventional Biomass

Where more advanced versions of current

technologies will take us (~500 GT over budget)

Path we need to be on to

stabilize carbon at 550ppm(Carbon Budget = ~1043 Gigatons)

Where today’s technology

will take us (~2000 GT over budget)

CO2 capture and sequestration?

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Stephen Sass“Scarcity, Mother

of Invention,”The New York Times,August 10, 2006

• Wood shortagesdrove use of coal

• Invention of coke smelting advancedthe mass productionof iron and brass

• Casting methodsenabled economical productionof steamengines

• Shortages of tin ledto developmentof smelting

• Price of iron fellby a factor of 80,000 over 1200 years

Shortages of vital energy resources have driven innovation in the past

Fossil fuel to sustainable energy, 2050 CE?

Charcoal to coke, 1700 CE

Bronze to iron,

~1500 BCE

Should the energy crisis

be viewed as an opportunity?

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1200°C

1100°C

1000°C

900°C

800°C

700°C

A never-endingquest

Ni alloy development

Thermal barrier coatings

Convection/impingement/film cooling

Internal/convection cooling

Innovativecoolingconcepts

Wrought

Conventionally cast

Directional solidification and single crystal

Single crystal

WeldableODS alloys

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Leadership requires an ever

increasing rate of innovation

Structural materials for complex environments

Advanced Materials & Processes (2006)

40 years to achieve

a 55°C improvement

in upper operating

temperature!

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New materials for energy will need

to meet a variety of criteria

• Technology-specific performance requirements

• Availability and cost commensurate with scale of deployment

– Rare earths will be in very high demand as the global economy, and particularly China, grows

– Pt is often a very effective catalyst, but cost may limit use in broadly deployed technologies

• Suitable means of processing/manufacturing at scale

• Environmental considerations need to be taken into account

– Materials that use elements with high toxicity or adverse environmental effects may not be acceptable

– Example: Cadmium Telluride is a promising material for PV applications, but cadmium compounds are considered carcinogens in the EU (and tellurium is not abundant)

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We are beginning to create

integrated research efforts at scale

Program Focus

Materials Science Research and

Engineering Centers (NSF)

Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary

materials research and education

Engineering Research Centers (NSF) Linking discovery to innovation

Energy Frontier Research Centers

(DOE)

Address energy and science ―grand

challenges‖

Bioenergy Research Centers (DOE)Accelerate basic research for the

development of biofuels

Energy Innovation Hubs (DOE)Integration from discovery to

manufacturing

Nanoscience Research Centers (DOE)Synthesis, processing, fabrication and

analysis of nanoscale materials

Interdisciplinary Research Centers (NIH)

Creation of new conceptual frameworks

that draw on multiple disciplines for

attacking biomedical challenges

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The policy climate is crucial

• Will there be clear and stable price signals or other incentives for the adoption of less carbon intensive energy technologies?

• Will tax and other policy considerations encourage private sector investment in research and capital expenditure on new plant and equipment?

• Will research be managed in a way that enables rapid translation from discovery to application?

• Will we have the scientific and engineering work force required to create and implement new technologies?

• Can government agencies better integrate and synchronize their efforts to achieve greater impacts —faster?

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―Achieving this aggressive [green

house gas reduction] goal demands

that we fundamentally change our

approach to using energy with a

focus on developing a greater sense

of personal responsibility for energy

conservation among employees.

Our success will also require the

steadfast commitment of the senior

leadership team and line managers

to create a culture that considers

energy conservation to be a core

value.‖

Sec of Energy

Steven Chu

Making the lab installations

sustainability demonstrators

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$89M 3rd Party Financed

Project: $8M annual savings,

12 year payback, first

commercial net-zero energy

retrofit (NG to biomass)

Verdiem software results in

40% power reduction across

7500 computer systems

World’s most powerful

computer with a superior

power usage effectiveness

(Less than 1.3)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• 22 roadmaps to reach sustainability goals by integrating

cutting-edge technologies, resource efficiency, and

associated behavior

• High performance buildings incorporating LEED standards

in new construction and modifications

• Pilot initiatives: 50 kW Photovoltaic Array, Smart

Grid, Energy Storage, and Wireless Energy

Data Collection

• Biomass boiler to reduce scope 1 emissions > 50%

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Battelle’s Sustainability Model

A) Battelle is committed to:

Leading the innovation and implementation of Sustainable Science;

Conducting business in a manner that benefits our customers, employees, and the communities in which we work; and

Creating a positive environmental legacy

B) Battelle leadership will:

Enable the identification and implementation of sustainable business practices;

Exemplify and promote sustainable behavior; and

Factor sustainability objectives into their decision making

C) Battelle staff will:

Cultivate an awareness of sustainability principles and practices;

Strive to incorporate sustainability objectives into the performance of their work activities; and

Innovate, implement and communicate sustainable practices.

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S&T advances at Battelle and the

national labs support DoD goals

• Battelle-specific energy technology work at 29 Palms, Ohio National

Guard, and AF Research Lab work on Alternative Fuels

• DoD-DOE Net Zero Energy Installation Initiative with technical support

provided by NREL

• Resource Assurance Initiative underway at ORNL

• Energy security and grid vulnerability test beds at Idaho and Sandia

National Labs

• Energy modeling and simulation work at Lawrence Livermore and

Argonne National Labs

• Environmental, Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy audits by

PNNL, NREL & ORNL

Creating a Sustainability Performance Implementation

Roadmap could synchronize efforts and improve results

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Concluding Thoughts

• Sustainability is an imperative

• We must increase our rate of innovation to meet the challenge –and we can only measure the success of innovation at the end of the value chain

• Increasing DoD-DOE dialog is encouraging, and Dr. Robyn’s concept of leveraging the DoD enterprise as a national test bed is spot on