Energy Storage
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Program Overview
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the nation's largest science and energy laboratory focused on providing science and technology solutions to meet the nation's energy needs. ORNL's vision is to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil, minimize its carbon footprint, and enable clean renewable energy sources through the work of its 4,100 employees, 1,500 research scientists and collaboration with over 1,000 corporations. To address the future energy demands, ORNL is building a major transformational basic and applied research effort on materials design, characterization, and processing technology for next generation electrochemical energy storage. ORNL is searching to fill multiple scientific and programmatic, senior and junior positions. If you want to be a part of this effort and help build and shape America's independent, reliable, and clean energy future, East Tennessee is the place to go.
Objective...
For ORNL to provide national leadership in science-to-energy for electrical energy storage (EES)
Background...
- EES underpins clean and economic propulsion modes for vehicle transportation, enables efficient use of intermittent power sources for electricity generation (e.g., wind and solar), and helps assure the reliability of the grid and national security.
- Advanced EES presents scientific and technology challenges best undertaken by a multipurpose laboratory.
Strategy...
- Build on ORNL strengths in fundamental materials and chemical sciences, synthetic chemistry, materials processing, characterization, computation, engineering systems, university and user relationships, and technology transfer
- Build multi-program support for R&D related to advanced batteries and supercapacitors to establish a very visible overarching theme for science-to-energy for EES at ORNL
Indicators of Success...
- Critically important contributions to the nation's energy security
- $20 million (or more) annual funding base at ORNL
- Opportunities to attract highly qualified scientists and engineers for the next generation of staff
Needs...
- Jump-start equipment and research to establish baseline efforts
- Program development funds to contact prospective sponsors and develop proposals
- Support for critical or strategic hiring
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a national multi-program research and development facility
managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Last modified on
October 9, 2008 9:25 AM