Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for Congress
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This report discusses the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the America COMPETES Act (P.L. 110-69), which was authorized by Congress in August 2007. Modeled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), ARPA-E would support transformational energy technology research projects with the goal of enhancing the nation's economic and energy security.
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This report discusses the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the America COMPETES Act (P.L. 110-69), which was authorized by Congress in August 2007. Modeled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), ARPA-E would support transformational energy technology research projects with the goal of enhancing the nation's economic and energy security.
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Stine, Deborah D.Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for Congress,
report,
May 20, 2008;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700619/:
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University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
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