U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy 2018–2022 Strategic Vision

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy 2018–2022 Strategic Vision is a national sectoral strategic document. Its main vision is to deliver technologies, systems, processes, and methods that utilize fossil energy resources efficiently and responsibly, ensuring that FE is continuously improving the living standards of the American people with clean, efficient, and reliable energy.
More specifically, it aims to develop secure and affordable fossil energy technologies to realize the full value of domestic energy resources; develop cost-effective, environmentally responsible transformational technologies that will underpin coal-based facilities of the future; develop technologies to maximize the value from fossil energy resources, including their production and use; engineer the subsurface to maximize recovery and efficient use of resources (e.g., hydrocarbon and storage space) while ensuring environmental stewardship; create smart infrastructure technologies for fossil energy; enhance U.S. economic and energy security through prudent policy, advanced technology, and the use of strategic reserves; protect the U.S. economy from severe petroleum supply interruptions; advance technologies to improve the efficiency, reliability, emissions, and performance of existing fossil-based power generation; promote exports of domestically produced hydrocarbons and fossil energy technologies; drive enterprise-wide culture of high performance, innovation, empowerment, and scientific integrity; promote knowledge sharing and transparent communication; and foster responsible stewardship of resources, facilities, a safe work environment, and the communities FE serves.