The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Cleantech Sectors

Overview

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Topics Covered

• Recovery Act Spending 2009 vs 2012

• Allocation of Funds by Sector

• Allocation of Funds by Cleantech Program:

– Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

– Environmental Management

– Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

– Fossil Energy

– Energy Science

– Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy

– Environmental Protection Agency

• Broad Recovery Goals

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By fiscal year 2012 expenditure on Energy and Environment will increase from 1% of total recovery act funding spent to 17%

Recovery Spending in 2009 vs. 2012

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Overall Allocation of Funds

• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009

• $43 billion is to be distributed to the U.S Energy sector

• $111 Billion is to be allocated to Infrastructure improvements and Science

• $16.4 billion will be allocated to the U.S Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

[www.recovery.gov]

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General Services Administration’s (GSA) Funded Program: Green Buildings

A $5.5 Billion investment in federal public building projects

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DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Recovery Plan

Total Funds Available: $16.8 billion Total Funds Authorised: $16,800,000Total awarded: $860,621 (5.1%)

1. $5 billion for the Weatherisation Assistance Program

2. $3.1 billion for the State Energy Program

3. $3.2 billion for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants

4. $2.5 billion for Applied Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment, including:

5. $256 million for the Industrial Technologies Program

6. $117 million for the Solar Technologies Program

7. $110 million for the Vehicle Technologies Program

8. $100 million for facility and infrastructure improvements at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

9. $93 million to support Wind Energy Projects

10. $50 million for Information and Communications technology

11. $41.9 million to spur the growth of the fuel cells market

12. $25 million for the Massachusetts Wind Technology Testing Centre

13. $2 billion for Advanced Battery Manufacturing Grants

14. $400 million for Transportation Electrification

15. $300 million for an Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program and ENERGY STAR

16. $300 million for an Alternative Fuelled Vehicles Pilot Grant Program

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DOE Environmental Management Recovery PlanTotal Funds Authorised: $6,000,000

Total awarded: $2,892,965 (48.2%)Focus of Projects:

1. Cleanup of soil and groundwater

2. Transportation

3. Disposal of waste

4. Demolishing former weapon complex facilities

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DOE Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Recovery Plan

Total Funds Authorised: $4,500,000

Total awarded: $0 (0%)

Focus of Projects:

1. Smart Grid

2. Transmission Reliability

3. Energy Efficiency/Energy Storage

4. Renewable Energy Integration

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DOE Fossil Energy Recovery Plan

Total Funds Authorised: $3,400,000

Total awarded: $81,000 (0%)

Focus of Projects:

1. Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage

2. Site Characterization of Promising Geologic Formations for CO2 Storage

3. Clean Coal Power Initiative

4. Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Coal-Fueled Power Plants

5. Geologic Sequestration Training and Research

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DOE Energy Science Recovery Plan

Total Funds Authorised: $1,600,000

Total awarded: $574,888 (35.9%)

Focus of Projects:

1. Advanced Scientific Computing Research

2. Biological and Environmental Research

3. High Energy Physics

4. Fusion Energy Sciences

5. Science Laboratories Infrastructure

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DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy Recovery Plan

Total Funds Authorised: $400,000

Total awarded: $0 (0%)Focus of Projects:

1. Enhance the economic and energy security of the United States

– reductions of imports of energy from foreign sources

– reductions of energy-related emissions, including greenhouse gases

– improvement in the energy efficiency of all economic sectors

2. Ensure that the United States maintains a technological lead in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies.

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Environmental Protection Agency Recovery Plan

[http://www.epa.gov/recovery/]

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Broad Recovery Goals:

• Promote Energy Efficiency

• Deploy Renewable Power

• Modernise the Grid

• Reduce Oil Consumption

• Restore America’s Scientific Leadership

• Reduce Legacy Environmental Footprint

• Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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