Budget
The Industrial Technologies Program seeks to reduce the energy intensity (energy demand per unit of industrial output) of the U.S. industrial sector through coordinated research and development, validation, and dissemination of energy-efficiency technologies and operating practices. Industry energy consumption accounts for about one-third of all U.S. energy use, and improved industrial energy intensity will reduce the need for new power plants, reduce the need to import petroleum from foreign sources, and lower environmental emissions. In addition, more energy efficient production processes and technologies will accelerate industrial modernization and enable U.S. companies to compete more successfully in global markets. Newly-developed technologies from the Industrial Technologies Program R&D activities are now being presented in 200 industrial energy assessments being performed across the country as part of the Secretary of Energy's "Easy Ways to Save Energy" campaign.
The Fiscal Year 2007 budget request for Industrial Technologies is $45.6 million, an $11.3 million reduction from the Fiscal Year 2006 Appropriation. This funding level reflects a shift away from activities that industry can perform on its own behalf, given that energy-intensive companies have significant economic incentives to reduce energy consumption.
| FY2007 Budget Request Industrial Technologies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Funding ($ in thousands) | |||
| Activity | FY2005 Appropriation | FY2006 Appropriation | FY2007 Request |
| Industries of the Future (Specific) | 37,369 | 24,245 | 17,001 |
| Industries of the Future (Crosscutting) | 32,262 | 28,855 | 28,562 |
| Technical/Program Management Support | 3,740 | 3,755 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 73,371 | 56,855 | 45,563 |
The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
- EERE's FY 2007 Budget-in-Brief (PDF 516 KB)
- EERE's FY 2006 Budget-in-Brief (PDF 539 KB)
- EERE's FY 2005 Budget-in-Brief (PDF 296 KB)