Investments like this, where the private sector and government work together on technical challenges, strengthens our economy by making advancedtechnology and innovation part of our culture.
Yet today, the climate of innovation that has advancedtechnology at such a rapid pace, is being stymied by a patent system ill-adapted to the realities of modern information technology.
The Sunshot initiative and other key technologyinnovation programs like the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E), embody the kind of smart innovation policy that holds the promise of fundamentally transforming the economy and ushering in a new era of U.S. technology leadership.
These represent just a handful of examples of how a shift toward efficiency and advancedtechnology is driving job creation, investment and innovation across the country.
Yet as long as these subsidies and tax credits exist, clean-energy executives will likely spend most of their time pursuing advanced legal and accounting methods rather than investing in studies, innovation, new transmission technology and turbine development.