Senate Appropriations Committee Passes FY 2012 Energy & Water Appropriations Bill
September 12, 2011
MHK to receive $34 million for research, development and demonstration
Washington, DC September 9, 2011-- The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill on the evening of September 7, 2011. The committee-passed bill provides $34 million to the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Water Power program. The number reflects a $16 million decrease below the House-passed FY 2012 Water Power program budget, but a $9 million increase for MHK. “The Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition is pleased with the passage of the Senate Appropriation Committee’s Energy and Water bill,” stated Sean O’Neill, OREC’s President. “OREC particularly commends the work of the Energy and Water Subcommittee and looks forward to working with the full Senate to encourage the bill’s passage.” OREC seeks to secure increased federal funding for MHK technology commercialization efforts by our member companies. The Senate Appropriation Committee’s passage of the Energy and Water bill is another positive step toward accomplishing that goal. About the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition The Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) is the only national trade association exclusively dedicated to promoting marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies from clean, renewable ocean resources. Founded in April of 2005, the Coalition has grown to over 60 members including technology developers, consultants, law firms, investor-owned utilities, publicly owned utilities, universities, and scientific and engineering firms. The coalition is working with industry leaders, academic scholars, and other interested NGO's to encourage ocean renewable technologies and raise awareness of their vast potential to help secure an affordable, reliable, environmentally friendly energy future. OREC seeks a legislative and regulatory regime in the U.S. that fosters the growth of ocean renewable technologies, their commercial development, and support in the race to capture the rich energy potential of our oceans. While other countries have already deployed viable, operating, power generating projects using the emission-free power of ocean waves, currents, and tidal forces, the U.S. is only beginning to acknowledge the importance of these technologies.
OREC Corporate and Academic Members Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. Central Lincoln People’s Utility District New England Marine Renewable Energy Center Marine Renewable Energy Laboratory Millbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, LLP Open Hydro Pacific Gas & Electric Company Pelamis Wave Power Limited (Scotland) Renewable Energy Composite Solutions Scottish Development International Snohomish Public Utility District Turner Hunt Ocean Renewables, LLC University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Strategic Partners Northwest Public Power Association Scottish Development International
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