Welcome to Energy Innovation Tracker
Today we know how to produce green energy or cheap energy, just not both at the same time. Energy innovations are critical to our ability to lower GHG emissions, increase US energy independence, and provide stable, affordable energy prices for families and businesses. While the US government is, by far, the largest US investor in energy innovation, it is often difficult to understand the scale and scope of their investment. Is it in the right technologies? Is it the right mix of science and engineering? Is it enough?
The goal of Energy Innovation Tracker is to provide insight into the specific investments that are being made. The current version of the database is accurate through the FY11 budget – feel free to use it and provide us feedback. We are in the process of updating FY11 and FY12 data, and will be capturing a first look at FY13 when the President’s budget request is released in the coming weeks. Learn more about us, how we track investment, the data, or go straight to the Tracker.
LATEST NEWS
President Obama Releases FY13 Budget Request
The President released his FY13 budget request Monday, February 13, which suggests increases in funding for climate change and clean energy policy through multiple government agencies. For insight on the highlights of the budget request and its political implications concerning energy and the environment, see this ClimateWire piece. You can also read about initial observations [...]
Funding Innovation, not Taxing Coal, Makes Clean Energy Cheaper
Marc Gunther of GreenBiz uses the Energy Innovation Tracker to show how little the U.S. invests in energy innovation compared to historic technological challenges like the space race.
UPCOMING EVENTS
LATEST BLOGS
First Look: Energy Innovation Investments in President’s FY2013 Budget Request
February 14, 2012By Matthew Stepp, Senior Policy Analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Originally posted at the Innovation Policy Blog. President Obama backed up his call to “double-down” on clean energy during the State of the Union address by proposing to boost key energy innovation investments in his FY2013 federal budget request. Compared to the FY2012 Omnibus Appropriations [...]
Tracking Energy Innovation in the Proposed House Budget
July 25, 2011The 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, passed two weeks ago by the House of Representatives, would cut federal energy innovation funding by 12 percent of the levels put in place by the FY11 Continuing Resolution, 37 percent below the White House’s FY12 budget request. Overall, the House’s plan would cut about $644 million from [...]