Here are some more details on the Bush Adminstration's proposed 2007 budget as it pertains to energy technology. This shows funding requests for 2007 versus 2006, detailing what the Advanced Energy Initiative is focusing on.
Overall DOE (Crosses all departments) Go Nukes!
Nuclear Energy $559 million up 34%
Efficiency/Renewables $933 million, up 4%
Fossil Energy $465 million down 21%
The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy department as for a $1.2 billion budget, a teeny increase of 2/10 of one percent. Here's how it breaks down, which is great news for solar fans, promising for biomass, but bad for geothermal backers.
EERE
Hydrogen $195 million, up 40 percent
Biomass $150 million, up 66 percent
Solar $148, up 78 percent
Wind $44 million, up 13 percent
Geothermal $0 down $23 million
Vehicle Technologies, $166 million, down 9 percent
While most of the national research laboratories had their budgets adjust by a few percent, petroleum research won big, while the energy labs that do basic research took it on the chin.
Labs
National Petroleum Technology Office $260 million (first time funding)
National Energy Technology Lab $452 million, down 22 percent
National Renewable Energy Lab $162 million, down 6 percent
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