"I expect this to lay the foundation for future success by establishing offshore wind as a dependable and environmentally friendly technology, " Mr Battle said.
As I wrote in June, according to the Kauffman Foundation, 25.3% of technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. from 1995 to 2005, at least one key founder was foreign-born.
In June of 2010, the Breakthrough Institute, Brookings Institution, and Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report calling on Congress to use the America COMPETES reauthorization as an opportunity to strengthen U.S. competitiveness in the rapidly growing and critically important clean energy technology sector.