The American Energy Innovation Council launched this month to promote the development of clean energy technologies in the US.  Headed by Microsoft’s Bill Gates and other top corporate leaders, their mission is “to foster strong economic growth, create jobs in new industries, and reestablish America’s energy technology leadership through robust, public investments in the development of world-changing energy technologies.”  The Council has laid out five specific recommendations to achieve these goals.

• Create an independent national Energy Strategy Board
• Invest $16 billion per year in clean energy innovation
• Create Centers of Excellence with strong domain expertise
• Fund ARPA-E at $1 billion per year
• Establish and fund a New Energy Challenge Program to build large-scale pilot projects

To read more about the AEIC, click here.