(Optional) Discuss examples of research and development energy policy and why they are important.
Discussion should include
- energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application
- energy efficiency
- distributed energy and electric energy systems
- renewable energy
- agricultural biomass research and development programs
- nuclear energy
- fossil energy
- science
- coal gasification
- coal decarbonization
- ethanol and fuel oils.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How does research and development policy affect distributed energy, coal gasification, and nuclear energy?