PCIEERD Renewable Energy

R&D Thrusts and Research

Proposal Evaluation Process
Engr. Patrick E. Montero
Senior Science Research Specialist
SMX, MOA, Pasay City
29 November 2019
Outline
▪ PCIEERD Profile and Mandate
▪ Supported Renewable Energy (RE) R&D Projects
▪ Renewable Energy R&D Areas
▪ Research Proposal Evaluation Process and Criteria
 DOST SECRETARY

Undersecretary for Undersecretary for Undersecretary for Undersecretary for

DRR & CC Regional Operations R&D S&T Services
Assistant Secretary for Assistant Secretary for Assistant Secretary for
Administration Finance & Legal Affairs International Cooperation

Administrative & Legal Service Finance & Management Service Internal Audit Service Planning & Evaluation Service

Sectoral Planning Councils (3) Collegial and Scientific Bodies (2)

PCAARRD NAST
Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and
National Academy of Science and Technology
Natural Resources Research & Development
PCHRD NRCP
National Research Council of the Philippines
Philippine Council for Health Research &
Development
PCIEERD R&D Institutes (7)
Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and
Emerging Technology Research & Development ASTI
Advanced Science and Technology Institute
FNRI
S&T Services (6) Food and Nutrition Research Institute
FPRDI
PAGASA Forest Products Research & Development Institute
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and
Astronomical Services Administration
ITDI
Industrial Technology Development Institute
PHIVOLCS
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
MIRDC
Metals Industry Research & Development Center
PSHSS
Philippine Science High School System
PNRI
Philippine Nuclear Research Institute
SEI
Science Education Institute
PTRI
Philippine Textile Research Institute
STII REGIONAL OFFICES (17)
Science & Technology Information Institute
TAPI
Technology Application and Promotion Institute PROVINCIAL SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY CENTER (80)
 PCIEERD Mandate / Function
VISION
The PCIEERD envisions to be recognized for the quality of
its people, leadership and performance and contribute to
the nation’s productivity and competitiveness.
MISSION
To lead and partner with public and private institutions in
generating S&T policies, strategies and technologies that
will contribute significantly to national development.

Formulate policies and Programs and

Coordinates, evaluates
provide R&D directions, allocates government
and monitors R&D
plans, programs and and external funds for
programs, projects and
strategies for S&T – R&D and generates
activities
based delineated external resources to
sectors support its programs
Sectoral Coverage
New Priority Areas

Food Biotechno Artificial

-logy Transport
Intelligence
Climate
Process Nanotech Change
-nology Adaptatio
Metals & Genomic n
Energy Data
Eng’g s
Disaster Science
Electronic Space
s/Semi- Technology Risk
Application Reductio
conductor
s n
Mining & Material Construc- Creative
Minerals Science tion Industries
Environ-
Photonics
ment
Human
Security
Harmonized National R&D Agenda (2017 – 2022)
R&D Priority Areas and Programs

Industry, Energy Disaster Risk

Basic Health Agriculture, and Emerging Reduction
Research Aquatic and Technology and Climate
Natural Change
• Water Security • Drug Discovery and Resources • Food and Nutrition
• Food and Nutrition Security Development Security
Adaptation
• Health • Diagnostics
• Clean Energy • Crops
• Countryside • Observation and
• Genomics/Molecular Monitoring Networks
• Livestock Development • Modelling and Simulation
Technology
• Functional Foods
• Fisheries and • Competitive for Improvement of
Aquaculture Industries Monitoring and
• Hospital Equipment and • Forestry
Biomedical Devices • Natural Resources and • Delivery of Social Forecasting
• Information and • Hazards, Vulnerability
Environment Services and Risk Assessment
Communication
Technology for Health • Intelligent • Warning and Risk
• Nutrition and Food Safety Transportation Communication
• Disaster Risk Reduction - • Climate Change
Solutions Mitigation and Adaptation
Health
• Climate Change • Renewable Energy • Disaster Risk
Adaptation - Health and Energy Storage Management
Solutions
• Human Security
 Solar Research and Development Projects
Development of a Grid-Tied Inverter for Micro-Grid Solar PV System (On-going)
Philippine Electronics Companies

PISOLAR: Payment Innovation for Solar Home Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) for Micro-turbine
Applications (On-going)
System Ownership by Lay Away Routine (On-
going)
 Solar Research and Development Projects
Nanostructures for Solar Cell Applications GaAs-based Solar Cell Devices

Developed a Gallium arsenide based solar cells which has certain

Developed solar cells on nanostructure level using different methods technical advantages over silicon

Solar Cell Characterization Facility Phil - LiDAR 2: Philippine Renewable Energy

Resources Mapping from LIDAR Surveys
SOLAR R&D AREAS
National Solar Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) (on-shore and off-shore) resource
potential and site assessment (for CPV and CSP installations)
Off-shore Solar Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) resource
potential and site assessment (for floating solar PV)
Solar PV Testing and Laboratory Facility
Dedicated open area testbed facility (for CSP and CPV)
Radiative cooling demonstration Solar thermal air conditioning/ refrigeration
project demonstration project Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) demonstration project

Modular and/or mobile solar-based (PV or thermal)

Concentrated solar power (CSP) demonstration project Floating solar PV demonstration project
desalination system demonstration project

Balance-of-system components for solar thermal air conditioning and/or refrigeration (power electronics, etc.) Corrosion mitigation for floating solar PV
Inverter efficiency improvement system

Balance-of-system components for solar thermal-based power devices (power Inverter efficiency improvement (esp. at
electronics, mirrors, support structures, tracker system, heat sinks, etc.) partial load)

Balance-of-system components for solar PV-based Thermal management (passive and/or

power devices (power electronics, support structure) active) of solar PV-based devices

Radiative cooling materials High temperature-

and scale-up processing resistant materials
for pumps,
Solar thermoelectric materials compressors, and/or
and scale-up processing turbine

Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) materials (e.g. multi- Concentrating solar power (CSP) working fluid development (e.g. Spent solar PV recycling
junction) development and scale-up processing molten salt, organic solvents, ionic liquid, nanofluids) processing methods

Energy efficient and/or cost-effective silicon (Si) refining processing methods for Thin-film Si-based solar PV and Organic photovoltaics (OPV) materials (e.g. polymer,
Si-based (monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous) solar PV material scale-up processing methods dye-sensitized) development and scale-up processing

2019 2020 2021 2022

Resource-level Systems-level Device-level Materials-level
 Wind Research and Development Projects
Design and Development of Locally Fabricated Establishment of Small Wind Turbine
Small Wind Turbine System Development and Testing Laboratory (On-going)

Locally fabricated a 2-kW small wind turbine system for water pumping

Wind Resource Assessment for Wind Power Systems

5 Sites:

1. Siargao, Surigao del Norte

2. General Santos
3. Lanuza, Surigao del Sur, Canavid
4. Eastern Samar
5. San Vicente, Palawan
WIND R&D AREAS

Offshore wind power resource Environmental impact assessment

assessment and site selection of offshore wind infrastructure

Micro-siting and modelling tools for Small wind power plant Open-field testing
decentralized off-grid applications demonstration plants

Small wind turbine testing laboratory (i.e. wind

tunnel ) / Wind turbine design and modelling

Wind turbine electromechanical Submarine power cable

control (gear, drives, power transmission (HVDC or DC-DC)
inverter systems)

Balance-of-system components Typhoon-resistant on/off-shore

manufacturing (support structure; (small) wind turbine design
electromechanical systems) and development

New materials for wind Alternative materials for generator Low-energy and/or low-cost recycling
turbine blades components (permanent magnet, methods for rare earth elements in
rotor, stator, etc.) commercial magnetic materials

2019 2020 2021 2022

Resource-level Systems-level Device-level Materials-level
 Ocean Research and Development Projects
Technology Demonstration of Marine Current Energy Technology for Power Generation

Conducted marine Data shows that San Bernardino

current resource
assessment on potential
sites i.e. Santander,
Cebu, Tañon Strait, and
San Bernardino Strait.
Strait has a potential (>3 m/s )
velocity for marine current turbine
deployment

Tidal Current Energy Integrated Resource Ocean Renewable Energy Research Facility
Assessment and Spatial Planning Tool (ORE) / (On-going)
OCEAN R&D AREAS

National ocean tidal / wave/ marine

current/ thermal / salinity gradient
resource assessment and site selection

Ocean energy environmental Ocean energy supply and

impact assessment value chain analysis

Integration to specific
applications (potable water
production, ice production, early
warning systems, etc.)
Ocean energy
demonstration plants
Ocean energy laboratory testing
facilities and open sea pilot testing sites

Balance-of-system components (e.g. floating structures, Submarine power cable Corrosion mitigation
power converters, controllers, etc.) design and transmission (HVDC or DC-DC)
development for ocean energy harvesting devices Biofouling mitigation

Ocean marine current / wave / tidal / thermal Low-flow ocean Non-electrical power
/ salinity gradient energy harvesting device turbine design and transmission (water or
design and development development hydraulics)

2019 2020 2021 2022

Resource-level Systems-level Device-level
 Micro-hydro Research and Development Projects
e-Asia Project: Techno Economic Feasibility
Improvement of Locally Designed Micro
Study of a Micro-grid in a Remote Community
Hydro Turbine and Establish MHP Test Rig
(On-going)
(On-going)

The MHP test facility aims to validate turbine performance The project aims to determine the techno-economic viability
available in the local market and to cater MHP researchers and sustainability of micro-grid where micro-hydro as primary
innovating MHP components The test facility capacity can source.
accommodate up to 20 KW.
MICRO-HYDRO R&D AREAS

Environmental Impact Assessment

of small-scale hydropower

Supply and value

chain analysis

In-stream hydro turbine

demonstration project

Laboratory small-scale Low-flow micro-hydro Flexible (adjustable output)

hydropower testing facility demonstration project hydro demonstration project

Manufacturing components and In-stream (zero head) (micro) Corrosion mitigation

techniques for hydropower turbines hydropower design and
(e.g. cast molds) development Biofouling mitigation

Balance-of-system components for Low-flow (micro) Flexible (adjustable

hydropower (e.g. electromechanical, hydropower design and output) hydropower
structural, etc.) development design and development

2019 2020 2021 2022

Resource-level Systems-level Device-level
 R&D Initiatives in the Pipeline
Solar PV Testing Facility Battery Energy Storage Research Facility

• Performance testing standards Battery research using indigenous materials i.e. copper,
• Durability test based on local weather iron, nickel based materials / combinations
conditions
Research Proposal Evaluation
Process & Criteria
Project Proposal Flow of Evaluation
Submission of Proposal Project Manager
Call Conference Call for Proposals (E-proposal System)
Eligibility Check

Division/Sectors Records Section PM/Division Level

Concerned and PCMD

Executive Governing Management

Committee Council Technical Panel Team
Evaluation Evaluation Evaluation Evaluation
DOST ExeCom PCIEERD GC TP PMT
(for DOST-GIA (for PCIEERD-GIA
funding) funding)
Legends:
PCMD – Policy Coordination & Monitoring Division
PM – Project Manager
TP – Technical Panel
PMT – PCIEERD Management Team
GC – Governing Council
 Governing Council (GC) Members

Private Sector Representatives

Biotech Industry

Electronics Industry
The PCIEERD M&E Protocol
Activities Number of Days Schedule for 2019
(working days)
Roadmapping every 5 years, review every January to June
year (new/reviewed roadmaps)
Conference on Call for Proposals 7 July
Call for Proposals 25 days June 28-August 2
(extended to August 15)
EVALUATION PROCESS (max of 40 days)
PM evaluation (check for duplication, initial 5 Aug. 16-Aug. 23
technical evaluation)
PMT Evaluation 7 Aug. 23 & 27
Technical Review (through TPEC) 7 Sept. 10-11
For the proponents to revise 7 Sept. 12-16
Governing Council 7 Sept. 19
DOST EXECOM 7 Sept. 23
40 27 days
NSDB
▪ Identify the NEED
➢Clear understanding of the specific need to be addressed
▪ Indicate compelling SOLUTION
➢Details of the proposed solution
▪ Make DIFFERENTIATION
➢Advantages/Unique Selling Proposition
▪ Maximize the BENEFITS
➢Quantify
Contact
DR. ENRICO C. PARINGIT
Executive Director
Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and
Emerging Technology Research and
Development (PCIEERD)
Department of Science and Technology
(DOST)
4th & 5th Levels, Science Heritage Building,
DOST Compound,
Gen. Santos Ave., Bicutan, Taguig City
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