Batteries and Energy Storage: Federal Initiatives Supported Similar Technologies and Goals but Had Key Differences

Abstract

GAO identified 39 battery and energy storage initiatives with a variety of key characteristics that were implemented across six agencies: the Departments of Energy (DOE) and Defense (DOD), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These initiatives obligated over $1.3 billion from fiscal years 2009 through 2012. Initiatives supported a variety of technologies, uses, advancement activities, and goals. Several types of recipients were eligible for funding, such as private industry, universities, and federal labs, through contracts, grants, and other mechanisms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1167911

Entities

People

  • Barbara Timmerman
  • Brian M Friedman
  • Cindy Gilbert
  • Cynthia Norris
  • Eugene Wisnoski
  • Frank W. Rusco
  • Frederick K. Childers
  • Hilary Benedict
  • Jerome Sandau
  • Kathryn Smith
  • Maria Stattel
  • Perry Lusk
  • R. Scott Fletcher
  • Tanya Doriss
  • Tim Minelli

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Capacitors
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Compressed Air
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electric Power
  • Electric Power Production
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Electrochemical Energy Storage
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Energy Storage
  • Environmental Protection
  • Flow Batteries
  • Ground Based
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicles
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Lithium Ion Batteries
  • Materials Science
  • Metal Air Batteries
  • Military Research
  • Redox Flow Batteries
  • Renewable Energy
  • Storage Batteries
  • United States Government
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.

Technology Areas

  • Space