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,According to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, yesterday's 2013 Energy Budget makes critical investments in innovation, clean energy and national security, and continues to emphasise the President's commitment to an all-of-the-above energy strategy.
"The United States is competing in a global race for the clean energy jobs of the future,” said Secretary Chu. “The choice we face as a nation is simple: do we want the clean energy technologies of tomorrow to be invented in America by American innovators, made by American workers and sold around the world, or do we want to concede those jobs to our competitors? We can and must compete for those jobs. This budget request includes responsible investments in an American economy that is built to last.”
The President's FY 2013 budget request for the Department of Energy:
- Promotes efforts to make solar power affordable for all Americans by reducing the cost of solar energy by 75 percent and making it cost competitive without subsidies by the end of the decade;
- Continues the Obama Administration’s efforts to reduce US dependence on oil by one-third by 2025;
- Supports groundbreaking basic science, research and innovation to solve energy challenges and ensure that the United States remains at the forefront of science and technology;
- Invests in cross-cutting research to lead in the research, development, deployment and production of clean energy technologies;
- Advances responsible environmental management by cleaning up the legacy from the Manhattan Project and the Cold War.
