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Bush Proposes More Funds for H2 Research in State-of-The-Union Address

WASHINGTON, DC, February 1 - The President’s new 2007 budget will include $289 million for developing hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen cars, an increase of $53 million over the current 2006 budget, the White House Press Office said in a background release amplifying last night’s State of The Union address by President Bush.

The funding request represents the latest installment of the $1.2 billion Hydrogen Fuel Initiative Bush outlined in his 2003 State of the Union address. The new numbers are part of the Advanced Energy Initiative to Help Break America’s Dependence on Foreign Sources of Energy, outlined in the president’s speech to Congress last night.

Other requests for 2007 include $281 million for clean coal technology; $54 million for the FutureGen initiative to develop an emissions-free coal power plant; $148 million for the Solar America Initiative, up $65 million over FY 2006, to accelerative photovoltaic development; $44 million for wind energy research, a $5 million increase over last year’s levels; and $150 million for the Biorefinery Initiative - r&d in bio-based transportation fuels such as ethanol from wood chips, stalks or switch grass, a $59 million increase over the current 2006 budget.

(A more detailed article will be in the upcoming March 2006 issue of "The Hydrogen &Fuel Cell Letter").

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