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Download or read book U.S. Department of Energy Report on the First Quadrennial Technology Review (QTR). written by . This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to clean, affordable, secure, and reliable energy has been a cornerstone of American's economic growth. Yet, today the Nation's systems that produce, store, transmit, and use energy are falling short of U.S needs. The Department of Energy's (DOE) first Quadrennial Technology Review (QTR), launched at the recommendation of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), addresses these facts. The report details today's energy landscape and the associated energy security, economic and environmental challenges; provides a framework for presenting six strategies to address those challenges encompassing vehicle efficiency, deployment of alternative hydrocarbon fuels, increased building and industrial efficiency, modernization of the grid, and deployment of clean electricity; addresses priorities among activities in DOE's energy-technology programs; and explains the roles that DOE, the broader government, the private sector, the national laboratories, and academia play in energy transformation.