Uncertain Outlook for DOE’s Energy Innovation Hubs

American Institute of Physics (7/20, Jones) – A major initiative in this spring’s budget submission for the Department of Energy was a $280 million request for the establishment of eight Energy Innovation Hubs in FY 2010. The appropriators’ reaction was muted, with the House and Senate versions of the FY 2010 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill providing funding for - at best - only a few of the Hubs. This FYI reviews the FY 2010 request, Senate and House actions, a comparison of the Hubs and Energy Frontier Research Centers, and the Outlook...