By National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Committee to Review DOE's Vision 21 R&D Program -- Phase 1
The imaginative and prescient 21 software is a comparatively new learn and improvement (R&D) application. it really is funded throughout the U.S. division of Energy's (DOE's) workplace of Fossil power and its nationwide power expertise Laboratory (NETL). The imaginative and prescient 21 software Plan anticipates that imaginative and prescient 21 amenities may be in a position to convert fossil fuels (e.g., coal, average gasoline, and petroleum coke) into electrical energy, strategy warmth, fuels, and/or chemical compounds affordably, with very excessive potency and intensely low emissions, together with of the greenhouse gasoline carbon dioxide (CO2). The ambitions of imaginative and prescient 21 are super not easy and impressive. As famous within the imaginative and prescient 21 expertise Roadmap, if this system meets its objectives, imaginative and prescient 21 vegetation might basically cast off the various environmental issues regularly linked to the conversion of fossil fuels into electrical energy and transportation fuels or chemical compounds (NETL, 2001). Given the significance of fossil fuels, and particularly coal, to the economies of the USA and different international locations and the necessity to make the most of fossil fuels in an effective and environmentally appropriate demeanour, the improvement of the applied sciences within the imaginative and prescient 21 application is a excessive priority.
This file comprises the result of the second one nationwide examine Council (NRC) overview of the imaginative and prescient 21 R&D Program.
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The committee reiterates its earlier recommendation that much more should be done within the Vision 21 Program to involve the basic research community and gain commitments from it in order to acquire state-ofthe-art fundamental concepts. Furthermore, much more should be done within Vision 21 to leverage technology developments and commercial opportunities elsewhere in the world. EVALUATING PROGRESS The Vision 21 Program leadership has developed a technology roadmap that lays out plans and milestones for achieving Vision 21 goals.
STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF THE VISION 21 PROGRAM 19 the effectiveness of Vision 21 lies with the senior management of DOE and NETL. This means that the Vision 21 Program lacks the control and accountability at the program level seen in successful R&D programs. Recommendation. A more rigorous management structure is needed to accomplish the ambitious goals of the Vision 21 Program. The Vision 21 program manager should be provided with the budget and overall responsibility and authority needed to manage the program, including appropriate staff responsible for program planning, implementation, and evaluation.