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Source: GAO analysis of DOE data.
Note: Budget authority is in fiscal year 2006 dollars. Excludes DOE program management
costs, indirect facilities costs of DOE laboratories, and funding for fuel cells—
historically, an energy efficiency program.
Figure 4. DOE's Budget Authority for Renewable, Fossil, and Nuclear R and D, Fiscal
Year 2006.
DOE's Renewable R and D Focuses on Innovations in
Ethanol, Wind, Solar, and Hydrogen Energy Technologies
Over the past 29 years, DOE has made steady incremental progress in making
each of the renewable energy technologies more cost-competitive; for example,
DOE and its industry partners have reduced wind energy costs by more than 80
percent. DOE's renewable energy R and D efforts have focused on developing
