ARPA-E and EERE
ARPA-E was created to fund energy technology projects that translate scientific discoveries and cutting-edge inventions into technological innovations, and accelerate technological advances in high-risk areas that industry is not likely to pursue independently. It does not fund minimal improvements to existing technologies; such technology is supported through existing DOE programs, such as those of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
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