New report details clean energy technology innovation activities across the federal government

By Sally Benson, Deputy Director for Energy and Chief Strategist for the Energy Transition at OSTP

The National Innovation Pathway of the United States Report Highlights Federal Efforts to Make Clean Energy More Affordable and Accessible for American Households

Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the U.S. Department of State released the National Innovation Pathway Report, highlighting the Biden-Harris Administration’s all-hands-on-deck strategy for accelerating key clean energy technology innovations.

The Administration is advancing a three-pronged approach that prioritizes innovation, demonstration, and deployment to scale the technologies the United States needs to achieve its goals of a carbon pollution-free electricity sector by no later than 2035 and a net-zero emissions economy by no later than 2050.

The report highlights the Administration’s efforts across this landscape, including the DOE Energy EarthshotsTM targets, funding for large demonstration projects in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, incentives for clean energy technologies in the Inflation Reduction Act, and more.

In addition to achieving our climate goals, clean energy innovation will improve the lives of all Americans by making the air we breathe cleaner, lowering energy costs for hardworking families, and creating good-paying jobs in the United States.

The report is also a key contribution to Mission Innovation, an international organization comprised of 23 member countries and the European Union. Mission Innovation is focused on catalyzing a decade of action through its research missions and increasing investment in research, development, and demonstration to make clean energy more affordable, attractive, and accessible for all. The United States plays a leading role, chairing Mission Innovation’s steering committee and co-leading several missions.

Historic investments, interagency and international collaboration, close partnerships with the private sector, and a “let’s get it done” attitude are supercharging the U.S. clean energy innovation ecosystem. Through this work, the Biden-Harris Administration is strengthening the foundation for a more affordable, more reliable, and cleaner energy system for the 21st century.

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