Abstract
The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) is promoting a new public policy framework called ‘Phase II’ for renewable energy in America. This is the first big break with the ‘research, development and demonstration’ program that was started in 1977 by then-President Jimmy Carter when he created the US Department of Energy. But far from saying that RD&D is over, ACORE is actually calling for RD&D budgets to increase by 3 or 4-fold, to handle the needed support for a ‘utilization’ strategy for the US, similar to what is occurring today in Germany and Japan. There is a wide array of technology now available to address the nation's energy challenges. It is time to declare success on America's 30-year, $14 billion investment in renewable energy technologies, and chart a new course for widespread deployment - real utilization of renewable energy in every corner of the American economy. Michael T. Eckhart reports
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