September 27, 2011 - The Defense Department is in a unique position to support development of clean and efficient energy technologies, says a Sept. 21 report from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Defense spending on new energy technology--and the sheer size of its energy purchasing power--could have long-term effects on American embrace of clean energy as a whole, the report says, drawing parallels between the department's current spending on energy technology development and past investment into semiconductors.
Congressional mandates and an internal reassessment of energy needs, caused by energy price volatility and asymmetric tactics that attacked logistics convoys, have caused DoD funding of energy security initiatives to more than double to $1.2 billion, the report says. read more>>>
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