The FY 2011 Budget Request - Environmental and Energy Study ...

Large Scale Demonstration of Key Renewable Technologies• Large Scale Biopower ($50.0M): Develop up to 500 megawatts of biomass power productioncapability utilizing advanced technology and/or re-commissioning existing facilities. Projectswill demonstrate commercial use of biopower from cellulosic feedstocks at scale and validatethe potential ti of biopower with cost sharing from the private sector.• Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) ($50.0M): Facilitate the deployment of a cluster of CSPprojects that together can add up to 1 gigawatt of electricity capacity. Project aims toaccelerate demonstration of advanced technologies – and reduce siting & transmission cycletime – to enable use of substantial private capital resources for build-out of large scale facilities.• Offshore Wind ($49.0M): Facilitate the development of an estimated 300 megawatts ofoffshore wind power in the US by building in and expanding on areas currently targeted fordeployment by developers. Goal is to stimulate development of over three gg gigawatts ofoffshore wind capacity in promising shallow and intermediate depth offshore wind zones.• Water Power Development ($10.5M): Building on the Recovery Act, initiate a multi-yearproject to increase the generation of electricity and the availability of pumped storage tosupport wind and solar renewable energy supply. Goal is to enable up to 500 MW of newcapacity and efficiency upgrades to existing dams. The projects will help develop and leveragethe third-party developer market.12 | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy eere.energy.gov