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1、DiscussionPaperJuly2009ReinventingRenewableEnergyTowardaTechnologyStrategyforImprovingSecurity,CreatingJobs&ReducingEmissionsAnInvitationtoParticipateAcceleratedtechnologicalprogressisessentialtogrowtheroleofrenewableresourcesinmeetingtheworld’senergyneedsandaspirations
2、.Incollaborationwithdiversestakeholders,theAmericanCouncilOnRenewableEnergy(ACORE)andtheElectricPowerResearchInstitute(EPRI)areworkingtocreatearenewableenergytechnologystrategyout-liningtheresearch,development,demonstration,anddeployment(RDD&D)neededintheshort,medium,an
3、dlongtermtoimprovetheperformanceandexpandtheuseoftoday’srenewableenergytechnologies,acceleratethedevelopmentandcommercialavailabilityofadvancedoptions,anddiscoverandpursuetheinnovationsthatwillpowerandfuelthefuture.EPRI’sfocusisonelectricitygeneration,delivery,andutiliz
4、ation,whileACOREisinterestedinallaspectsofrenewableenergydevelopmentanduse.Therefore,thestrategyspansthefullspectrumofresourcesandtechnologiesincludingbutnotlimitedtobiomassenergy,power,andfuels;geothermalenergyandpower;hydroandoceanpower;solarenergyandpower;certainwast
5、e-to-energyforms;andwindpower.ItalsocoversthecompletechainandcircularprogressionofRDD&Dactivities,rangingfromfundamentalsciencetocommercialoptimization,asshowninthefigureatright.ThisdiscussionpapercompilesRDD&DtopicsidentifiedbyACOREandEPRIwithinitialinputfromdiversesta
6、keholders.Thetopicsfocusontechnology,buttechnicalprogresswillbepacedbypolitical,eco-nomic,environmental,andsocialfactorsthatalsomeritsignificantresearchattention.ThiscompilationisonlyastartingpointtowarddefiningandimplementingtheRDD&Drequiredtogrowtheroleofrenewableener
7、gy.Acrossallrenewablesandwithinindividualresourceandtechnologyareas,muchadditionalworkisneeded—firsttodigmoredeeplyintothetechnicalissues;thentoestablishpriori-tiesbasedontheirpotentialtoyieldquantitativeimprovementsincostandperformanceandsubstantialincreasesindeploymen
8、tanduseovertime;andfinallytospecifyRDD&Dtimelines,milestones,resourcerequirements,androlesandresponsibilities.