White House Proposes 5 Percent Increase Over Fiscal Year 2010 for Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal year 2011 (FY2011) has been published.

According to the White House, "The FY2011 budget request of $2.4 billion, an increase of 5 percent over FY2010, is aimed at accelerating revolutionary change in the nation's energy economy. The request includes programs associated with meeting the President's goals of investing in the next generation of clean energy technologies, vehicles and fuels, and energy efficiency measures that reduce energy use in federal agencies and the industrial and building sectors."

To see what President Obama has specifically proposed for renewables and energy efficiency, please click here and then, on the left hand column, scroll down and click on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

It is worth bearing in mind that this represents just the first step in the process of building the FY2011 budget. The President's proposal now moves to Capitol Hill where Congress will take a hard look at the spending priorities as proposed by the White House.

Stay tuned. To paraphrase former U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, this is the end of the beginning. Not the beginning of the end.