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Department of Energy
The Department of Energy directs the nation's energy policy along four principle priorities: protecting national security, ensuring access to energy resources, the developing of new science & technology, and maintaining high standards of environmental quality.
- Budget Highlights:
- $3.3 billion in 2004 for the Office of Science, including funding to ensure its continuing leadership in physical science research and its unique research in genomics, climate change, and supercomputing.
- $444 million in 2004 for research and development of renewable energy technologies, such as wind, solar, geothermal and biomass. Biomass and biorefinery R&D is slated to receive $70 million of these funds.
Department of Energy Spending
| | 2002 (actual) | 2003 (estimate) | 2004 (request) |
DOE (Total)
| $21,318 billion | $22,064 billion | $23,376 billion |
| % Change* | --- | 3.4% increase | 5.6% increase |
* % Change from the previous year.
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