Keywords:
Renewable energy--United States.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (165 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781620816530
Series Statement:
Energy Policies, Politics and Prices
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4775260
DDC:
333.79097300000001
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES -- RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 RENEWABLE ENERGY: FEDERAL AGENCIES IMPLEMENT HUNDREDS OF INITIATIVES* -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- AGENCIES IMPLEMENTED HUNDREDS OF INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT RENEWABLE ENERGY -- Federal Agencies Implemented Almost 700 Initiatives in Fiscal Year 2010 -- Initiatives Most Commonly Supported Bioenergy, Solar, and Wind -- Initiatives Most Commonly Supported Private Sector Recipients -- Agencies' Renewable Energy Efforts Increased Leading up to Fiscal Year 2010, but Future Activity Levels Are Less Certain -- AGENCIES' INITIATIVES SUPPORT SEVERAL KEY FEDERAL ROLES, AND CERTAIN AGENCIES TEND TO LEAD EFFORTS FOR THESE ROLES -- Research and Development -- Fleets and Facilities -- Commercialization and Deployment -- Regulation, Permitting, and Compliance -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II: INFORMATION ON FEDERAL AGENCIES' RENEWABLE ENERGY-RELATED INITIATIVES -- U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Department of Commerce -- Department of Defense, Air Force -- Department of Defense, Army -- Department of Defense, Marine Corps -- Department of Defense, Navy -- Department of Defense, Other Department of Defense Components -- Department of Energy -- Department of Homeland Security -- Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Department of the Interior -- Department of Justice -- Department of Labor -- Department of State -- Department of Transportation -- Department of the Treasury -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission -- General Services Administration -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- National Science Foundation.
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Small Business Administration -- U.S. Agency for International Development -- Agencies' Initiatives across the Four Key Federal Roles, by Energy Source -- APPENDIX III: AGENCY INFORMATION ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 ESTABLISHED, EXPANDED, OR MODIFIED INITIATIVES -- APPENDIX IV: AGENCY INFORMATION ON EXPIRING INITIATIVES -- End Notes -- End Notes for Appendix I -- End Notes for Appendix II -- End Notes for Appendix III -- Chapter 2 RENEWABLE ENERGY R& -- D FUNDING HISTORY: A COMPARISON WITH FUNDING FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY, FOSSIL ENERGY, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY R& -- D∗ -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- GUIDE TO TABLES AND CHARTS -- BACKGROUND -- End Notes -- INDEX.
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