Table 8. Federal Funding for Energy-Related Research and
Development by Program, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1999
(Million 1999 Dollars)
| Category | Fiscal Year 1992 Appropriation (Estimated)a | Fiscal Year
1992 Appropriation (Final) |
Fiscal Year 1999 Appropriation |
| Basic Research | |||
| Basic Energy Research | |||
| General Science | 1,672.8 | 2,059.3 | 1,624.2 |
| General Energy Science | 1,004.1 | 999.4 | 821.8 |
| Environment, Safety, and Health | 585.3 | 161.6 | 47.4 |
| Unallocated | 47.4 | 68.8 | 49.8 |
| Fusion Energy Sciences | 872.5 | 379.1 | 222.6 |
| Total Basic Research Appropriations | 4,182.1 | 3,668.1 | 2,765.9 |
| Applied Research and Development | |||
| Nuclear Power | |||
| New Nuclear Plants (Nuclear Energy Research Initiative) | 139.2 | 221.2 | 30.0 |
| Waste/Fuel/Safety (Environmental Management) | 707.1 | 754.6 | 466.6 |
| Unallocated (Termination Costs) | 168.6 | 155.9 | 143.0 |
| Total | 1,014.9 | 1,131.7 | 639.6 |
| Coal | |||
| Advanced Clean Efficient Power Systems | 168.3 | 166.4 | 87.7 |
| Advanced Clean Fuels | 57.8 | 57.1 | 15.5 |
| Advanced Research and Technology Development | 92.8 | 91.8 | 19.9 |
| Interagency National Acid Precipitation Assessment Programb | 35.4 | 35.4 | (c) |
| Unallocated | 90.0 | 121.1 | 97.1 |
| Total | 444.3 | 471.7 | 220.2 |
| Other Fossil Energy | |||
| Oil | 58.6 | 57.8 | 48.6 |
| Shale Oil | 6.5 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Natural Gas | 14.4 | 14.2 | 115.2 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Energy Research and Developmentb | 29.7 | 29.7 | (c) |
| Total | 109.2 | 108.3 | 163.8 |
| Renewable Energy | |||
| Wind, Photovoltaic, and Other Solar | 156.3 | 135.9 | 133.9 |
| Biofuels and Biomass | 24.4 | 44.5 | 95.5 |
| Geothermal | 31.0 | 30.7 | 28.5 |
| Hydroelectric | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| Electricity Technologies | 43.4 | 42.9 | 44.1 |
| Unallocated | 21.6 | 20.6 | 22.0 |
| Total | 277.9 | 275.8 | 327.2 |
| Electric Utility (Advanced Turbine Systems)d | 5.4 | 5.4 | 33.0 |
| Total Applied Research and Development Appropriations | 1,851.7 | 1,992.9 | 1,383.8 |
| Clean Coal Outlays | 184.8 | 151.7 | 183.0 |
| Total Applied Research and Development, Including Clean Coal | 2,036.5 | 2,144.6 | 1,566.8 |
| aAs published in the 1992 EIA report. bAssumed no change between estimated and actual fiscal year 1992 appropriations. cProgram terminated. dIncluded in "end use" in the 1992 EIA report. Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2000 Congressional Budget Request, DOE/CR-0059 (Washington, DC, May 21, 1999); and Energy Information Administration, Federal Energy Subsidies: Direct and Indirect Interventions in Energy Markets, SR/EMEU/92-02 (Washington, DC, November 1992), p. 43. | |||
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