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Wind Energy Budget

The total budget for the Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program's wind energy research for fiscal year 2006 was $39.9 million. In FY 2007 the budget was increased to $49.3 million. The following charts show the budget breakdown for the program research areas in FY 2007 and the history of program funding.

A pie chart illustrating the FY 2007 Wind Energy Program's budget breakdown. The program was given an appropriation of $49.319 million. $18.592 million (37%) was invested in Supporting Research and Testing. $12.176 million (25%) was invested in Systems Integration. $11.907 million (24%) was invested in Low Wind Speed Technology. $5.644 million (11%) was invested in Technology Acceptance. $750,000 (2%) was invested in Distributed Wind Technology. The remaining $250,000 (1%) was invested in Earmarks.


A graph illustrating the Wind Program's budget history from 1975 to 2007. It starts in 1975 with approximately $58 million in funding, then plunges to $15 million in 1976. It slowly climbs over the next few years until it reaches $60 million in 1980 and $61 million in 1981. It then steadily declines to $54 million in 1981, hovers just short of $30 million between 1982 and 1986, and finally reaches its lowest point at $9 million from 1988, where it remains until it begins to increase in 1991. It climbs to $49 million in 1995, then averages approximately $32 million until 2001, where it hovers around $40 million until 2007's $49 million allotment.