U.S Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Programs and Their Impacts
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Industrial Technologies Program (ITP), within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, has been working with industry since 1976 to encourage the development and adoption of new, energy-efficient technologies. ITP’s cost-shared research, development and demonstration (RD&D), technology transfer, and information-sharing efforts have helped industry not only use energy and materials more efficiently, but also improve environmental performance, enhance product quality, and increase productivity. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) annually reviews and analyzes the benefits of ITP programs and documents these benefits in the DOE Impacts Report to help ITP determine the impact of its programs. PNNL contacts vendors and users of ITP-sponsored technologies that have been commercialized, estimates the number of units that have penetrated the market, and conducts engineering analysis, in conjunction with the vendors/users, to estimate energy savings and other non-energy benefits associated with the technologies. Estimates of air pollution and carbon emission reductions are then determined (based on the fuel savings and process changes that have environmental benefits). In addition, PNNL investigated the status of emerging technologies, which are expected to result in a commercialized product within 2-3 years. This paper will discuss the results of the PNNL 2003 review.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 985087
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-44502; ED1905020; TRN: US201016%%1771
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Proceedings of the 27th Industrial Energy Technology Conference, Article No.: ESL-IE-05-05-51
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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