The U.S. Department of Energy has allocated $137 million in fiscal year 2024 (FY24) funds for wind energy technologies.
Additionally, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 allocated $60 million to fund research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities to improve wind energy technologies; and $40 million to create approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of wind energy technologies.
Wind Energy Technologies Office Budget History
FY 2025 Budget Request
A new budget request was released on March 11, 2024, for FY 2025. Of the $51 billion requested for DOE, $199 million was requested for WETO.
For more information about the request and areas of emphasis for WETO, see volume 4 of DOE's FY25 Congressional Budget Justification and DOE's FY25 Congressional Budget Request.
| Fiscal Year | Funding |
|---|---|
| 2008 | $49M |
| 2009 | $54.4M |
| 2010 | $79M |
| 2011 | $78.8M |
| 2012 | $91.8M |
| 2013 | $86.1M |
| 2014 | $87M |
| 2015 | $105.9M |
| 2016 | $95.45M |
| 2017 | $90M |
| 2018 | $92M |
| 2019 | $92M |
| 2020 | $104M |
| 2021 | $110M |
| 2022 | $114M |
| 2023 | $132M |
| 2024 | $137M |
| 2025 | $199M* |