Highlights include:
- Investment in the sciences — Substantially increasing support for the Office of Science, along with the $1.6 billion provided in the Recovery Act for the Energy Dept.’s basic science programs, as part of the president’s plan to double federal investment in the basic sciences;
- New energy infrastructure — Investing in smart, energy-efficient, reliable electricity delivery infrastructures, including storage, cyber-security and investments in research and development (R&D), as part of the president’s plan to modernize the nation’s electric grid;
- Clean energy technology — Encouraging the early commercial use of new and innovative energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and, along with the $3.4 billion provided in the Recovery Act for low-carbon emission power demonstrations, advancing the development of low-carbon coal technologies