U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Office of EERE
Initiatives
EERE sponsors various initiatives to build awareness about energy efficiency and renewable energy topics and to coordinate efforts toward specific goals. Below are links to recent initiatives in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is a partnership between DOE and the State of Hawaii that aims to have 70% of all of Hawaii's energy needs supplied by renewable energy resources by the year 2030.
The President's Advanced Energy Initiative provides for a 22-percent increase in funding for clean-energy technology research at the Department of Energy. This initiative includes investments in revolutionary solar and wind technologies, better batteries for hybrid and electric cars, pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen, and cutting-edge methods for producing ethanol.
The National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency recommends investment by utilities in cost-effective energy efficiency technologies while meeting consumer demands for clean energy.
The Hydrogen Fuel Initiative aims to reverse America's growing dependence on foreign oil by developing the technology needed for commercially viable hydrogen-powered fuel cells.
The goal of the Program Management Initiative is to achieve managerial excellence by managing programs effectively and efficiently. EERE is working to make continuous improvements in its processes and program management, and is aiming for an exceptional level of mission accomplishment and stakeholder satisfaction.
As part of the Advanced Energy Initiative, the proposed Solar America Initiative will accelerate the development of advanced photovoltaic (PV) materials that convert sunlight directly to electricity, with the goal of making PV cost-competitive with other forms of renewable electricity by 2015.
USH2O encourages utility solar water heating programs and provides education to stakeholders about solar thermal technologies. Utilities and solar industry members are working together to build this initiative.
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