But it does make for a promising wish list if you support the push to make America a leader and innovator in clean energy technology.  For example, Energy Secretary Steven Chu shared the following highlights from the Administration's request to Congress:

·         $60 million to perform critical research on energy storage systems and devise new approaches for battery storage

·         $770 million for nuclear energy, including $65 million for cost-shared awards to support  first-of-a-kind small modular reactors and $60 million for nuclear waste R&D that aligns with the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future

·         $276 million for research and development of advanced fossil fuel power systems and carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies to allow for the continued use of our abundant domestic coal resources while reducing greenhouse gas emissions

·         $350 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to continue support for promising early-stage research projects that could deliver game-changing clean energy technologies

·         $120 million to support the Energy Frontier Research Centers and $140 million for the five existing Energy Innovation Hubs and to establish a new hub to focus on grid systems and the tie between transmission and distribution systems 

You can see the DOE's complete budget request here.