Promoting Decarbonization through R&D
MCLI Recommendation: “The federal government should provide direct funding of R&D for carbon reduction technologies.”
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Proposed Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2020
This proposed 2020 Congressional legislation: Would provide financial support for RD&D into long-term energy storage and carbon storage infrastructure, among other things. Would enact a federal Clean ...
DOE Advanced Battery R&D Awards
In 2017, DOE made a collective $5.7M award to Battery500, a consortium of battery companies, to fund 15 projects geared towards developing a battery that costs less than $100/kWh. In 2018, DOE followe...
Proposed SEA FUEL Act of 2019
The proposed SEA FUEL Act of 2019 would require DOD to develop a two-phased research, development, demonstration and subsequent testing program for direct air capture and blue carbon removal technolog...
Proposed Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019
The proposed Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 directs DOE to carry out an RD&D program that improves the capacity, efficiency, reliability, security, and affordability of solar energy...
Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
DOE’s Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear program seeks to provide the nuclear community with access to the technical, regulatory, and financial support necessary to move innovative nuclear ...
Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E)
The Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) was established in 2007 to bring new technologies from laboratory to market. ARPA-E has distributed $1.5 billion in R&D funding to more than 580 p...
ITIF report, An Innovation Agenda for Deep Decarbonization
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation report, An Innovation Agenda for Deep Decarbonization, diagnoses the limits of the current clean energy innovation agenda and identifies sectors an...
Proposed Nuclear Energy Leadership Act of 2018
The proposed Nuclear Energy Leadership Act of 2018 would have included enhanced federal investment in the nuclear industry, establishing facilities to test and develop advanced nuclear reactors and to...
DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office
The DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office supports research in a variety of fields relating to electric and hybrid vehicles, including applied battery research.
SunShot Initiative
The DOE’s SunShot Initiative was launched in 2011 with the goal of reducing the cost of solar energy 75% by 2020, which target was met three years early. The program has set a 2030 goal to halve that ...
Proposed Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019
The proposed Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 requires the DOE to carry out a wind energy research, development, testing, evaluation, and demonstration program; reduce the cost and ris...
Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Grid Legislation
Massachusetts’ S.2967, An Act Promoting a Clean Energy Grid, Advancing Equity, and Protecting Ratepayers, reforms the siting and permitting of clean energy facilities, as well as the gas distribution ...
Proposed USE IT Act of 2019
The proposed USE IT Act of 2019 would further the development and innovation of carbon utilization and direct air capture technologies and processes.
Proposed Distributed Energy Demonstration Act of 2017
The proposed Distributed Energy Demonstration Act of 2017 would have required the DOE to establish demonstration grant programs for Smart Grid technologies.
Federal nuclear research grants
In 2017, DOE announced nearly $67 millionin grants awarded towards advanced nuclear energy research from a series of funding programs, including $37 million to support university-led nuclear energy re...
Proposed Vehicle Innovation Act of 2017
The proposed Vehicle Innovation Act of 2017 would have strengthened the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office, authorizing R&D grants starting at $313.6 million for fiscal year 2018, with a 4% increase ea...
NYSERDA Smart Grid Funding
Throughout 2019, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has put forward funding opportunities for advancing smart grid development in waves, including a $15 million Future Grid C...
Proposed BEST Act of 2019
The proposed BEST Act of 2019 would amend the Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to create a research, development, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy storage systems.
Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance Innovation Fund
The Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance Innovation Fund was created in 2015 to invest in high-potential, city-led projects that develop, test, implement and amplify deep decarbonization strategies and prac...
Massachusetts’ Climate Tech Legislation
In November, 2024, Massachusetts enacted an economic development bill that includes a $400 million investment in climate tech initiatives and creates a new tax incentive program to support climate tec...
Proposed LEADING Act of 2019
The proposed LEADING Act of 2019 would require DOE to establish a program to develop cost-effective carbon capture technologies that can be used at natural gas-generating power facilities. The bill wo...
Report, Exploring the Role of Advancing Nuclear in Future Energy Markets
EPRI’s 2018 report, Exploring the Role of Advanced Nuclear in Future Energy Markets, developed a modeling study to inform nuclear R&D, future modeling research, and technology developers’ priorities a...
Advanced Technologies Vehicle Manufacturing Program
The Advanced Technologies Vehicle Manufacturing Program provides direct loans to automotive or component manufacturers for reequipping, expanding, or establishing manufacturing facilities in the U.S. ...
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