1. BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES -- Serving the Present, Shaping the Future Dr. Patricia M. Dehmer Director, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy Update on BES Solar Workshop Office of Science Office of Basic Energy Sciences Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/

2. Rick Smalley’s Terawatt Challenge 2050 2003 Nate Lewis’s Review Renewables Potentials Solar Energy Potential: 120000 TW Practical: 600 TW Solar, Wind, Geothermal 2003 = 0.5 % 2050 = ~50 % Future World Energy Needs & Solar Energy Potentials (from DOE 2004 Nano-Summit)

3. BES Solar Workshop BESACBESBES Solar Report Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Effective Solar Energy Utilization Workshop Objectives: To identify basic research needs and opportunities in solar electric, fuels, thermal and related areas, with a focus on new, emerging and scientifically challenging areas that have the potential to have significant impact in science and technologies. Highlighted areas will include improved and new materials and processes to overcome short-term showstoppers and long-term grand challenges for the effective utilization of solar energy.

4. Co-Chair: Dr. George Crabtree Director Materials Science Division Argonne National Laboratory http://www.physics.niu.edu/people/crabtree.shtml BES Solar Workshop Chair and Co-Chair Chair: Dr. Nathan S. Lewis George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology http://www.cce.caltech.edu/faculty/lewis/

5. Solar Electric Solar Electric (Chair: Art Nozik, NREL) Inorganic PV Organic PV Photoelectrochemistry Solar Fuels Solar Fuels (Chair: Mike Wasielewski, Northwestern Univ.) Biofuels Bioinspired Assemblies Photosynthetic Systems Photochemical Cycles Cross-Cutting Issues Cross-Cutting Issues (Chair: Paul Alivisatos, LBNL) Thermodynamic Limits and Heat Utilization (including Solar Thermal) Elementary Processes Materials Synthesis and Processing at High Volume and Low Cost New Theoretical and Experimental Tools Others to be identified by the panel Workshop Breakout Panels and Sub-panels

6. Workshop Date: April 18-20, 2005 Location: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel - Conference Center (new hotel next to Metro Red Line White Flint Station) Proposed Program: April 18 AMPlenary Session April 18 PM – April 20 AMBreakout Panel Discussions April 20 PMSummary Session April 21Report Writing by Core Group Plenary session will include overview presentations by representatives from DOE technology program, leading industries, and academic institutions. Breakout panel discussions will be grouped by sub-panel topics. Each sub-panel will have ~12 panelists consisting of leading experts from U.S. and foreign countries. Two observers from each DOE lab will be invited to attend the workshop. BES Solar Workshop Logistics

7. BES Solar Workshop Planning  BES will provide financial and administrative support to the workshop.  BES has solicited input from DOE-EERE Solar Technology Program on solar technology gaps as a basis to formulate workshop panel topics. EERE Staff will provide pre-workshop briefings to workshop panelists on critical solar electric and solar thermal research needs.  Prior to the workshop, a factual document will be prepared summarizing the current developments in each breakout session. It will serve as the factual part of the final workshop report, and it will also be used to educate participants prior to the workshop.  During the workshop, each panel is expected to generate 3-10 high priority research topics describing key research objectives that would enable revolutionary progress in the field.  Workshop report is expected to be published by August 2005. The workshop output will be used by BES for use in laying the foundations for new directions and funding support for solar energy utilization research.

8. Solar Workshop Announced at BESAC 08/04 Charge Issued and Chair/Co-Chair Invitation Confirmed09/04 Drafted Workshop Outline and Confirmed Logistics10/04 Breakout Panel Chairs Confirmed11/04 Confirm Sub-panel Chairs & Issue Panelist Invitations 12/04 DOE-EERE Pre-Workshop Briefings01/05 Finalize Factual Document 02/05 Issue Final Agenda and Invitation Letters03/05 Conduct Workshop 04/05 Workshop Report Preparation05-06/05 Finalize Draft Workshop Report07/05 Final Workshop Report Submitted to BES08/04 Disseminate Report and Start Community Outreach 09/04 BES Solar Workshop Key Timeline 12/07/04

9. All BESAC members are invited to participate in the workshop. You will receive a formal invitation.