LPDD

Congress

Report, Eyes on a Climate Prize

Prizes and Competitions To Encourage Innovation
Outlines the theory and history of the use of inducement prizes to encourage and direct inventive efforts and technological innovation and identifies several comparative advantages inducement prizes have over traditional grants and subsidies.

Proposed Financing Our Energy Future Act of 2019

Tax Treatment for Decarbonization R&D
A Master Limited Partnership must generate at least 90% of its income from qualified resources. The bill would expand the definition of “qualified” to include clean energy resources and infrastructure projects.

Federal nuclear research grants

Promoting Decarbonization through R&D
In 2017, DOE announced nearly $67 million in grants awarded towards advanced nuclear energy research. Congressional appropriations for fiscal year 2019 approved $1.33 billion in funding for DOE’s nuclear energy research.

Advanced Technologies Vehicle Manufacturing Program

Promoting Decarbonization through R&D
Provides direct loans to automotive or component manufacturers for reequipping, expanding, or establishing manufacturing facilities in the U.S. that produce fuel-efficient advanced technology vehicles or qualifying components.

Proposed Nuclear Energy Leadership Act of 2018

Promoting Decarbonization through R&D
Would have included enhanced federal investment in the nuclear industry, establishing facilities to test and develop advanced nuclear reactors and to develop domestic capabilities to produce the type of uranium needed for advanced reactors.

Proposed Vehicle Innovation Act of 2017

Promoting Decarbonization through R&D
Would have strengthened the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office, authorizing R&D grants starting at $313.6 million for fiscal year 2018, with a 4% increase each year through 2022.