DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY Page 3 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Climate Change Technology Initiative FY 1999 Request Page 4 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FY 1999 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET REQUEST SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 20 Page 5 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY Program/Subprogram/Activity Page 6 Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by the Honorable Mike Doyle (PA-18) Carbon Sequestration Q1. What is the total budget request for carbon sequestration research and development activities at DOE for FY 1999? How does this compare to the funding DOE received for carbon sequestration activities in FY 1997 and FY 1998? The Department has requested $39 million in FY 1999 for carbon sequestration and cross-cutting research: The Energy Research program is requesting $27 million in FY 1999 for carbon management research focused in three areas: science for efficient technologies; fundamental science underpinning advances in all low/no carbon energy sources; and sequestration science. $9 million has been specifically identified for carbon sequestration research and development activities in three program areas; $4 million for biological capture research and $2 million for ocean sequestration research in the Biological and Environmental Research program (BER); and $3 million for underground sequestration research in the Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program. There was no funding in the Energy Research Program budget in either FY 1997 or FY 1998 specifically identified for carbon sequestration, however the carbon sequestration research proposed in the FY 1999 budget builds upon specific precursor Basic research that was funded in both the FY 1997 and FY 1998 budget. The Fossil Energy program is requesting $12 million in FY 1999 for carbon sequestration technologies research. The Fossil Energy program received $1.0 million in FY 1997 and $1.5 million in FY 1998 for carbon sequestration research activities. |