D.O.E. Gauges Interest in Climate Change Technology Initiative
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Category: EnergyType: News
Source: US Department of Energy (Biomass)
Date: Thursday, November 21st, 2002
D.O.E. announced on November 21st its intent to launch its own initiative to address climate change, and is seeking ideas and statements of interest from those who may wish to participate. Under the Countrywide Climate Change Technology Initiative, D.O.E. is considering backing research that could yield reductions or avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gas capture and sequestration; capture and conversion of greenhouse gases to some beneficial use; or enhanced monitoring and measurement of greenhouse gas emissions, inventories, and fluxes. For now, D.O.E. is just seeking outlines of ideas, concepts, technologies, or technical approaches that could meet the President's climate change goals, but if the initiative is pursued, it will involve a competitive solicitation involving the award of tens of millions of dollars over multiple years. See the D.O.E. press release.
According to a letter sent in early September to President Bush by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Secretary of Business Donald Evans, the high-priority items now being pursued by the initiative include hydrogen-based energy systems, biofuels, low-speed wind turbines, zero energy buildings, carbon sequestration, forest management, and agricultural land management. In a separate effort, the agencies are also aggressively pursing enhancements in the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases program. See the letter on the U.S. Climate Change Science Plan Web site.
As explained in that letter, the Countrywide Climate Change Technology Initiative is one tine of a three-pronged U.S. strategy to address climate change, the other 2 tines being the Climate Change Research Initiative and increased international cooperation on climate change and clean energy technologies. One result of that strategy is a new outline strategic project for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, which combines the new Climate Change Research Initiative with the ongoing activities of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Along with continued inquiries into the science of climate change, the Plan aims to develop decision support tools that include detailed analyses of projected environmental, economic, and energy system outcomes of various scenarios for the future. The Plan is accepting public comments on the strategic project until January 13th and is holding a public workshop in Washington, D.C., in early December. See the outline strategic project.
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