Congress
must
approve
the
proposed
$3.83trn
federal
budget,
which
includes
a
record-breaking
$1.56trn
deficit.
The
federal
fiscal
year
is
1
October
to
30
September.
Congress
enacted
$26.4bn
for
DOE
in
2010.
The
$4.7bn
in
clean
energy
technology
investments
includes:
*
Nearly
$2.4bn,
an
increase
of
$113m,
for
energy
efficiency
and
renewable
energy
programs
including
$302m
for
solar
energy,
$220m
for
biofuels
and
biomass
R&D,
$325m
for
advanced
vehicle
technologies
and
$231m
for
energy
efficient
building
technologies.
*$545m
for
advanced
coal
climate
change
technologies
such
as
to
develop
carbon
capture
technologies
with
broad
applications
to…
