| In his State of the Union Address for
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| | renewable electricity and fuels, and
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| 2007, President George W. Bush called for
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| | ultimately to the use of renewable
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| a 22% increase in federal grants for
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| | electricity and fuels in homes,
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| research and development of alternative
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| | commercial buildings, and vehicles. The
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| energy. However, in a speech he gave soon
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| | federally-backed Laboratory directly
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| after, he said to those assembled, I
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| | helps along the United States' objectives
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| recognize that there has been some
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| | for discovering renewable alternative
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| interesting mixed signals when it comes
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| | fuels for powering our economy and our
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| to funding.
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| | lifestyles.
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| Where the mixed signals were coming from
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| | The NREL is set up to have several areas
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| concerned the fact that at the same time
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| | of expertise in energy research and
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| the President was calling on more
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| | development. It spearheads research and
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| government backing for research and
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| | development efforts into renewable
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| development, the NREL, the National
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| | sources of electricity; these would
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| Renewable Energy Laboratory of Golden,
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| | include such things as solar power, wind
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| Colardo was laying off workers and
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| | power, biomass power, and geothermal
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| contractors left and right.
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| | power.
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| Apparently, the Laboratory got the hint,
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| | It also spearheads research and
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| because soon after the State of the Union
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| | development of renewable fuels for
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| Address, everyone was re-hired. The
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| | powering our vehicles such as biomass and
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| second speech of the President's was
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| | biodiesel fuels and hydrogen fuel cells.
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| actually given at the NREL. There is
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| | Then, it seeks to develop plans for
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| almost unanimous public support for the
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| | integrated system enginnering; this
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| federal backing through research grants,
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| | includes bringing alternative energy into
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| tax breaks, and other financial
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| | play within buildings, electrical grids
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| incentives of research and development of
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| | and delivery systems, and transportation
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| alternative energy sources.
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| | infrastructures.
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| The NREL is the nation's leading
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| | The Laboratory is also set up for
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| component of the National Bioenergy
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| | strategic development and analysis of
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| Center, a virtual center that has no
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| | alternative energy objectives through the
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| central bricks and mortar office. The
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| | forces of economics, market analysis and
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| NREL's raison d'etre is the advancing of
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| | planning, and alternative energy
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| the US Department of Energy's and the
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| | investment portfolios structurings.
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| United States' alternative energy
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| | The NREL is additionally equipped with a
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| objectives.
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| | Technology Transfer Office. This Office
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| The laboratory's field researchers and
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| | supports laboratory scientists and
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| staff scientists, in the words of
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| | engineers in the practical application of
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| Laboratory Director Dan Arvizu, support
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| | and ability to make a living from their
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| critical market objectives to accelerate
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| | expertise and the technologies they
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| research from scientific innovations to
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| | develop.
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| market-viable solutions. At the core of
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| | NREL's research and development staff and
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| this strategic direction are NREL's
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| | its facilities are recognized for their
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| research and technology development
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| | remarkable prowess by private industry,
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| areas.
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| | which is reflected in the hundreds of
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| These areas span from understanding
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| | collaborative projects and licensed
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| renewable resources for energy, to the
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| | technologies that the Laboratory now has
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| conversion of these resources to
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| | with both public and private partners.
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