Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: December 1, 2010

Presidential Report Provides Roadmap for Transforming U.S. Energy System DOE Supercomputers Pursue Clean Energy Breakthroughs EPA Finalizes 2011 Renewable Fuel Standards DOE: $21 Million in Commercial Building Energy Assistance Electric Car Drives Length of Americas Emerging Economies Show Renewable Energy Leadership Presidential Report Provides Roadmap for Transforming U.S. Energy System The US should prepare a federal energy policy and update it regularly, according to a report released on November 29 by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Accelerating the Pace of Change in Energy Technologies Through an Integrated Federal Energy Policy provides a roadmap for the federal role in transforming the U.S. energy system within one to two decades. The report recommends significantly increasing federal investments in energy-related research and development from the current $5 billion per year to about $16 billion per year. It calls for regular strategic Quadrennial Reviews of energy policy similar to the quadrennial reviews of the U.S. Department of Defense. The first one is targeted for early 2015. Reviewers would include presidentially appointed experts from academia, NGOs and industry. It also recommends the president engage the private sector, consumer representatives, and Congress in exploring options for new revenue streams that could […]

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