A Look Ahead at Clean Energy in 2025

EERE is more than a research and development funding vehicle, it is a nucleus of technology innovation and economy-wide cost-reduction and decarbonization efforts.  

Our goal is strengthening the energy workforce and reducing costs to consumers, all while achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Our requested fiscal year 2025 (FY25) budget supports this goal with research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) across five program priorities.

We work with new partners and communities every day to bridge the innovation gap, scaling up new technologies and ensuring that the clean energy transition leaves no one behind. 

Our requested FY25 budget builds on investments from FY24 with seven key priorities that further RDD&D goals for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions: 

2. Advance Emerging Technologies for Clean Electricity

EERE will prioritize continued innovation in emerging technologies that allow the U.S. to generate all electricity from clean, renewable sources. EERE is already seeing an encouraging swell in offshore wind deployment, and will continue to fund geothermal research to tap into the potential of some of Earth’s deepest renewable energy resources.

3. Prepare the U.S. Power System for Increased Demand 

EERE will ensure an affordable, reliable, and resilient power system by addressing challenges in adding new renewable energy and increased demand from broad-scale electrification. EERE’s Renewable Energy Siting through Technical Engagement Planning (R-STEP) program is an example of this work in action, providing expertise and training to local governments and communities as they evaluate large-scale renewable energy and energy storage projects.  

4. Help Industry and Manufacturers Increase Energy Efficiency 

EERE will support the advancement of energy efficient and innovative industrial processes to produce the materials and goods Americans use every day. EERE currently funds research and development of technologies and processes to help solve the riddle of industrial decarbonization. Once we solve this riddle and others like it, we can support manufacturing right here at home for the clean energy technologies and devices we need today. 

5. Provide Clean Transportation Options Across America 

EERE’s work will continue to provide Americans with more cost-effective, low-emission transportation options across all modes, from standing up a network of universal fast-charging stations for electric vehicles through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, to investing in the efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks that carry goods across America.

6. Increase Domestic Manufacturing of Clean Energy Technologies 

EERE’s initiatives will continue to support manufacturing for the clean energy devices and technologies we need today, whether that’s through favorable tax credits or targeted prizes aiming to increase recycling of critical materials, helping to grow the manufacturing economy here in the United States.  

7. Build and Support a Diverse Clean Energy Workforce 

EERE will continue to foster opportunities for rural and remote communities, a diverse workforce supporting the energy economy, and STEM students at schools across the nation, from launching new prizes to standing up clean energy educational programs.