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Report, Eyes on a Climate Prize

Prizes and Competitions To Encourage Innovation
Congress, States and State Governments
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
Congress
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
Congress, Individual Agencies
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.

Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear

Promoting Decarbonization through R&D
Individual Agencies
Seeks to provide the nuclear community with access to the technical, regulatory, and financial support necessary to move innovative nuclear energy technologies toward commercialization.

DOE Advanced Battery R&D Awards

Promoting Decarbonization through R&D
Individual Agencies
Including a collective $5.7M award to Battery500, $19M in awards for twelve new cost-shared research projects focused on batteries and vehicle electrification technologies, and $59 million for 43 projects for advanced vehicle technologies research.

Advanced Technologies Vehicle Manufacturing Program

Promoting Decarbonization through R&D
Congress, Federal Agencies and Departments
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.

NYSERDA Smart Grid Funding

Promoting Decarbonization through R&D
State Agencies
Including a $15 million Future Grid Challenge, $30 million into the High Performing Grid program, and $5 million specifically to support research on integrating renewable energy onto the grid.