[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 104 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1739]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. SAM JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 13, 2009

  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I, Sam Johnson, am submitting the 
following information regarding an earmark I received as part of H.R. 
__ Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2010. The entity to receive funding is the Center for Energy 
Storage Research at The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West 
Campbell Rd. MP-15, Richardson, TX, USA 75080.
  This project is funded through the Department of Energy's Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy account. The $1,000,000 in funding will 
be used to continue to develop next generation energy storage materials 
and systems by analyzing the role nanomaterial components can play in 
functional energy storage systems.
  The rapid increase in world energy consumption has raised a serious 
challenge to develop renewable energy sources which can sustain the 
global energy infrastructure. The majority of renewable energy sources 
are converted into electrical energy, which serves as a convenient 
energy carrier. For future renewable energy applications, electrical 
energy storage systems will be a critical enabling infrastructure 
requirement. Currently available electrical energy storage systems 
include electrochemical capacitors (ECs), batteries, and hydrogen 
storage combined with fuel cells. Compared to hydrocarbon fossil fuels 
combined with internal combustion engine (ICE), these energy storage 
systems do not have sufficient energy storage density or power density. 
To enable a large scale energy storage application, it will be 
important to explore the possibilities of developing energy storage 
systems which approach the energy and power density of ICE.

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