{"id":5537,"date":"2016-04-26T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-grassley-wind-energy-amendment-passes-senate\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:37","slug":"merkley-grassley-wind-energy-amendment-passes-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-grassley-wind-energy-amendment-passes-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Enmienda de energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica de Merkley-Grassley aprueba el Senado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Hoy, el Senado de los Estados Unidos aprob\u00f3 una enmienda bipartidista patrocinada por el senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley y el senador Chuck Grassley (R-IA) que restablece la financiaci\u00f3n para la investigaci\u00f3n y el desarrollo (I+D) de la energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">La enmienda se adjunt\u00f3 al proyecto de ley de asignaciones de energ\u00eda y agua del a\u00f1o fiscal 2017 (FY17).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLa energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica tiene un tremendo potencial para impulsar a nuestras comunidades y crear empleos en las zonas rurales de Estados Unidos, y la investigaci\u00f3n y el desarrollo inteligentes y espec\u00edficos son la clave para alcanzar ese potencial\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cLa votaci\u00f3n de hoy es una victoria para mejorar la independencia energ\u00e9tica estadounidense, reducir la contaminaci\u00f3n por carbono y crear empleos estadounidenses bien remunerados, todo al mismo tiempo\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Espec\u00edficamente, la enmienda Merkley-Grassley restablece la financiaci\u00f3n para la investigaci\u00f3n de la energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica en $95,4 millones, el mismo nivel que en el a\u00f1o fiscal 2016. El borrador inicial del proyecto de ley de Asignaciones de Energ\u00eda y Agua para el a\u00f1o fiscal 2017 conten\u00eda un recorte de $15,4 millones al programa, a solo $80 millones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">El Programa de Energ\u00eda E\u00f3lica del Departamento de Energ\u00eda proporciona una plataforma fundamental para mantener el ritmo de la innovaci\u00f3n en energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica que ha permitido que el costo de la energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica se reduzca dr\u00e1sticamente y permiti\u00f3 el r\u00e1pido crecimiento de la energ\u00eda renovable en todo el pa\u00eds. Estados como Oreg\u00f3n e Iowa han visto recientemente un fuerte aumento en la participaci\u00f3n de la generaci\u00f3n e\u00f3lica, con Oreg\u00f3n generando actualmente 11.3% de la energ\u00eda total del estado a partir de la energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Si bien la energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica suministr\u00f3 solo el 4,7 por ciento de la electricidad total generada en los EE. UU. en 2015, el Departamento de Energ\u00eda&nbsp;<i>Visi\u00f3n de viento&nbsp;<\/i>El informe muestra que la energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica podr\u00eda suministrar hasta el 35 por ciento de la demanda de electricidad para 2050. Para lograr ese objetivo, el Congreso debe mantener las inversiones en investigaci\u00f3n y desarrollo fundamentales, que la enmienda Merkley-Grassley ayudar\u00e1 a garantizar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A trav\u00e9s del programa de energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica, el Departamento de Energ\u00eda (DOE) invierte en I+D, impulsando innovaciones que reducen los costos de la energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica y aumentan el despliegue y la integraci\u00f3n de la red. Las actividades del programa e\u00f3lico se seleccionan para que no se dupliquen con inversiones privadas, y se seleccionan proyectos donde el DOE puede hacer una contribuci\u00f3n \u00fanica.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Today, the United States Senate passed a bipartisan amendment sponsored by Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) that restores funding for wind energy research and development (R&amp;D). 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