Government, Industry Play Ping-Pong With Green Investment Strategy

摘要

A Defense Department official compared the process of finding federal funding for green energy projects to a night out on Bourbon Street. "It's colorful, mysterious, tempting and sinful all at the same time," said James Galvin, program manager of the Defense Department's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, a relatively new initiative that provides a test bed for green products coming out of the private sector. But some industry representatives might add "cheap" to that list of adjectives. Government officials and contractors agree that military energy efforts need more funding. But while Pentagon officials caE for greater private-sector investment, industry leaders say they are waiting for the government to also prove it will commit resources to such programs for the long run.