Energy & Environment

The portfolio has technologies that address the most significant national-level problems across the energy, climate, and infrastructure sectors:

• Reduce dependence on foreign oil
• Increase use of low carbon power generation
• Understand risks and enable mitigation of climate change impacts
• Provide the foundation for a global climate treaty
• Increase security and resiliency of the electrical grid and energy infrastructure
• Assure energy security for critical installations
• Strengthen the nation’s science and technology base in energy, climate, and infrastructure