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| Country | Agency | Date Started | Date Ended | Fund Level | Description |
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| Australia | DOE | Apr 11, 1988 | Apr 11, 1998 | Funding not specified | Established cooperation in the area of energy R&D. DOE Record No. 242. |
| Brazil | DOE | May 26, 1984 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | DOE umbrella agreement covers coal technology research. DOE Record No. 141. |
| Canada | DOE | Dec 4, 1986 | Dec 4, 1996 | Funding not specified | Establishing wider cooperation in the areas of R&D. Presently, being renegotiated with a C-175. DOE Record No. 196. |
| China | DOE | Feb 23, 1995 | Feb 22, 2000 | Funding not specified | Executive agent for the U.S.: DOE. Executive agent for China: the State Science and Technology Commission of the People's Republic of China. DOE Record No. 351. Areas of Cooperation include: Energy efficiency technology development, high effective energy conservation technology, civil transportation technology, solar energy, wind energy, biomass energy, geothermal energy, ocean energy, hydrogen energy, and the field of renewable energies. IPR protection. |
| China | DOE | Feb 23, 1995 | Termination date: Indefinite | Each participating agency is responsible for its own travel and lodgings. Host Agency pays arrangements and transport for meeting. | Bilateral energy consultations. DOE is U.S. executive agent, and the State Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China is the Chinese executive agent. A Chinese-American ministerial working group on energy is formed to conduct energy consultations. The purpose is to enhance the understanding of energy issues and to promote the exchange of information on energy policies, programs and technologies of the two countries, the Asian-Pacific Region, and the world at large. The working group consists of senior ministerial officials from the participating agencies. DOE Record No. 345. |
| China | DOE | Apr 16, 1985 | May 22, 1996 | Funding not specified | Fossil energy R&D. Emphasis on atmospheric & pressurized fluid bed combustion; surface coal gasification; coal liquefaction & enhanced oil recovery. Other participating agencies NASA, NOAA, NCAR. DOE Record No. 157. |
| Costa Rica | DOE | Jun 1, 1989 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | Agreement covers technical arrangement for deployment of clean coal technologies. DOE Record No. 266. |
| European Union | DOE | Dec 17, 1982 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | Exchange of letters on cooperation between DOE and the Commission of the European Communities concerning information exchange on R&D in the field of renewable energy sources. DOE Record No. 113. |
| Finland | DOE | Nov 6, 1980 | Nov 5, 1995 | Funding not specified | Cooperation in renewable and conservation technologies, including biomass, district heating, and conservation of energy in buildings. DOE Record No. 035. |
| Ghana | DOE | Oct 1, 1996 | Oct 1, 2001 | Funding not specified | Establishes cooperation in such areas as: energy efficiency and renewable energy; fossil energy, inlcuding natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and clean coal technologies; environmental management, including utilization of energy technologies aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and minimizing environmental impacts; and independent power project development. DOE Record No. 392. |
| Israel | DOE | Feb 1, 1996 | Feb 1, 2001 | Funding not specified | Automatic 5-year renewal. Establish a framework for cooperation in such energy research and development activities as: solar energy, biomass; energy efficiency; wind energy; fossil energy, including oil, gas and coal; electric power production and transmission. DOE Record No. 384. |
| Italy | DOE | Jun 3, 1975 | Jun 1, 1992 | Funding not specified | Pending IPR renegotiations. Collaboration in geothermal R&D to include hot dry rock, brine utilization and deep drilling methods. Primarily for information exchange. DOE Record No. 019. |
| Italy | DOE | Dec 5, 1985 | May 26, 2000 | Funding not specified | Agreement for purpose of establishing wider cooperation in field of energy R&D. Replaces the MOU between the same parties which expired in 1979. The present agreement continues under IPR renegotiations. DOE Record No. 358. |
| Japan | DOE | Feb 1, 1990 | Feb 1, 2000 | Funding not specified | Independent Government to Government Agreement. Original Agreement signed 5/2/79; extended by notes 4/28/89; further extended & amended 2/1/90 to include provisions for IPR protection and reference to S&T Agreement and further extended to 02/01/95. Agreement on Cooperation in R&D in Energy & Related Fields. Areas for cooperation include fusion, coal conversion, solar energy, geothermal energy, high energy physics, & other areas in energy and energy related R&D. DOE Record No. 018. |
| Japan | NSF | Oct 5, 1981 | Jan 31, 2000 | Funding not specified | Exchange of letters with Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture (MONBUSHO) and the Science and Technology Agency (STA) to support cooperative research and science seminars in the areas of photosynthesis and photoconversion. These MOUs are conducted as a protocol, which NSF administers, under the DOE administered umbrella energy agreement (No. 34). |
| Korea | DOE | Nov 6, 1981 | Oct 25, 1999 | Funding not specified | Renewal pending renegotiations to incorporate under U.S. Korea S&T Agreement. Cooperation in the broad area of energy conservation. DOE Record No. 94. |
| Korea | DOE | Nov 6, 1981 | Jun 13, 1999 | Funding not specified | Renewal pending renegotiations to incorporate under U.S. Korea S&T Agreement. Exchange of coal related information; personnel exchange and consultation in coal technology. DOE Record No. 96. |
| Korea | DOE | Nov 6, 1981 | Oct 25, 1999 | Funding not specified | Renewal pending renegotiations to incorporate under U.S. Korea S&T Agreement. Cooperation in all phases of solar energy research. DOE Record No. 95. |
| Mexico | DOE | Jul 1, 1990 | Jul 1, 1994: On-going agreement | Funding not specified | Activities continue under the agreement. Provides collaborative assistance in analyzing and monitoring potential responses to high pollution in Mexico City. DOE Record No. 217. |
| Mexico | DOE | Apr 1, 1986 | Apr 1, 1994: ; on-going agreement | Funding not specified | Agreement between DOE and the Comision Federal de Electricidad on geothermal reservoirs in sedimentary and fractured igneous rocks, originally valid for 3 years. DOE Record No. 180. |
| Mexico | DOE | May 7, 1996 | May 7, 2001 | Funding not specified | Develop framework for cooperation to facilitate the establishment of collaborative activities in the fields of research, development and commercialization to promote improved use of renewable energy and energy efficiency and fossil energy technologies, giving due consideration to environmental concerns, as well as to exchange, develop and analyze energy strategies and regulatory criteria and to encourage the promotion of energy trade opportunities. DOE Record No. 386. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jan 1, 1990 | Dec 31, 1994: On-going agreement | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) program to develop and test solar heating and cooling systems. Covers annexes in areas such as: Investigation of performance; use of meteorological information for collectors, and solar applications for buildings. Participating countries/organization: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, EEC, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Japan, and the U.S. DOE Record No. 024. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jul 28, 1975 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) R&D Program on energy conservation in buildings and community systems. Participating countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 049. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Feb 18, 1978 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) program of RD&D on energy conservation in the pulp and paper industry. Participating countries: Belgium, Canada, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States. Indefinite termination date; it continues in force unless the Executive Committee terminates it. DOE Record No. 053. |
| Multilateral | DOE | May 22, 1979 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) RD&D program on enhanced recovery of oil, including oil shale. Participating countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 159. Funding not specified. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Oct 20, 1991 | Oct 19, 2001 | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) program on technologies about greenhouse gases from fossil fuels. Participating countries/organization: Canada, Denmark, EC, Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the U.S. DOE Record No. 231. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Dec 31, 1978 | Dec 31, 1991 | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) R&D program on energy conservation by energy storage. Participating countries/organizations: Belgium, Canada, EEC, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.S. DOE Record No. 060. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jun 28, 1977 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) R&D cooperation on wind turbine systems. Activities include recommended practices, conversion systems R&D, evaluation of numerical models, and assessment of integrating wind power into national electrical systems. Participating countries: Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the U.S. DOE Record No. 030. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Dec 31, 1984 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) establishment of biomass conversion technical information service. Participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, EEC, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 058. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Oct 6, 1977 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) R&D Program on the production of hydrogen from water. Activities include: Thermochemical water production, market assessment, and storage, conversion and safety. Participating countries/organization: Belgium, EEC, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 018. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jul 31, 1978 | Dec 31, 1992: On-going agreement | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) R&D program on the application of heat pump systems to energy conservation. Participating countries: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. DOE Record No. 039. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Mar 18, 1988 | Mar 17, 1993: On-going agreement | Funding not specified | Establishing IEA (OECD) Information Center for the Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies (CADDET). Participating countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 044. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Mar 15, 1987 | Mar 15, 1993: On-going agreement | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) research program on fossil fuel multiphase flow sciences. Participating countries: Canada, Norway, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 174. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Dec 31, 1975 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) establishment of coal research service. Covers mining technology, clearinghouse, coal economic assessment and technical information, and world resources and reserves data. Participating countries/agencies: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States (DOI/USGS and BLM). This agreement incorporates 4 previous implementing agreements on: mining technology clearinghouse (DOI/BOM), coal economic assessment services (DOE), coal technical information services (DOI/USGS), and world coal resources and reserves data bank (DOI/USGS). DOE Record No. 154. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Oct 21, 1980 | Oct 21, 1994: On-going agreement | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) R&D program on radiation damage in fusion materials. Participants: Canada, EEC, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. DOE Record No. 115. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jan 1, 1981 | Jan 1, 2049 | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) RD&D program on coal/oil mixtures. Participating countries: Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 181. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jul 27, 1978 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) R&D information exchange on advanced heat pump systems. Participants: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 039. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jun 28, 1977 | Mar 29, 1996 | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) program on small solar power systems (SSPS). Activities include design, construction, and operation of 2 solar thermal electric plants based on different concepts distributed collector and central receiver systems. Participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. DOE Record No. 019. |
| Multilateral | DOE | May 22, 1979 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) R&D program on high temperature materials for automotive engines. Participating countries: Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United States. DOE Record No. 045. |
| Multilateral | DOE | May 21, 1984 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) program on alcohol and alcohol blends as motor fuel. Participating countries: Canada, Finland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States. DOE Record No. 055. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Dec 31, 1980 | Dec 31, 1992 | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) program for energy technology systems analysis. Participating countries/international organization: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, EEC, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Japan, and the United States. DOE Record No. 268. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Mar 27, 1985 | Mar 26, 1994: Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) RD&D program on coal combustion sciences. Participating countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 136. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jan 26, 1987 | Jan 26, 1993: Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) establishment of energy technology data exchange. Participating countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. Provisions provided for the agreement to be extended in writing by the Executive Committee acting by unanimity. DOE Record No. 003. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jul 12, 1994 | Jul 12, 1999 | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) joint program on electric vehicle (EV) technologies and programs. The agreement promotes ongoing collaboration on efficient energy end use technology and fuel diversification so as to help electric vehicle technologies reach their full market potential. Components of the program will include information exchange on EV technologies and programs, assessment of EV impacts on energy and the environment, development of EV technical data and testing methods, support for design of internationally compatible infrastructure, R&D of advanced EV batteries and capacitors, and design of lightweight EVs. Other signatories are Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, Canada, France, Japan, Sweden, UK, and Switzerland. The U.S. is also a participant of Annex 4, EV infrastructure, and Annex 5, exploratory research to the Basic Agreement. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jun 13, 1994 | Jun 13, 1999 | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) joint program of R&D on nuclear technology of fusion reactors, including tritium processsing. The program deals with the technology of those components concerned with tritium production and processing, energy extraction and radiation shielding of components and personnel. This includes the first wall, blanket, shield and nuclear elements of plasma interactive components. Other signatories are Canada and Japan. The U.S. is also a participant in Annex I of the agreement, dealing will joint work on the R&D of tritium breeding blanket, radiation shielding and tritium processing systems of fusion reactors. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jun 21, 1990 | Jun 21, 1995 | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) program for assessment of impacts of high temperature superconductivity on the electric power sector. Participating countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and the United States. DOE Record No. 276. |
| Multilateral | DOE | Jun 28, 1977 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | OECD (IEA) R&D program on energy conservation in heat transfer and heat exchangers. Participating Countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. DOE Record No. 026. |
| Poland | DOE | Oct 16, 1991 | Oct 15, 1996 | Funding not specified | MOU covers collaboration on clean fossil fuels and energy efficiency activities. DOE Record No. 299. |
| Russia | DOE | Jun 17, 1992 | Jun 17, 1997 | Funding not specified | MOU on Cooperation in the field of mining and related environmental technology with the Central Mining Institute of Poland. Activities include mining mechanization and automation; coal mine health and safety technology; rock mechanics and strata control technology; mine environmental technology. DOE Record No. 305. |
| Russia | DOE | Oct 1, 1993 | Oct 1, 1998 | Funding not specified | Cooperation on energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. DOE Record No. 322. |
| Saudi Arabia | DOE | Jul 21, 1993 | Jul 21, 1997 | Funding not specified | Covers cooperation on assessment of solar radiation resources. DOE Record No. 317. |
| South Africa | DOE | Dec 5, 1995 | Dec 5, 2001 | Funding not specified | Facilitate and establish cooperative activiites in energy policy, science, technology, development and commercialization in such areas as: fossil energy, including clean coal technologies, energy planning, efficiency and renewable energy; environmental management; environment enhancing energy technologies, particularly cost-effective technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and private power project development. DOE Record No. 381. |
| United Kingdom | DOE | Jun 11, 1990 | Jun 11, 2000 | Funding not specified | Broad based agreement on energy R&D activities. DOE Record No. 278. |
| Venezuela | DOE | Sep 8, 1993 | Sep 8, 1998 | Funding not specified | Renewal on earlier agreement (1980) on energy R&D between DOE and the Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). This agreement allows the continuation of various implementing agreements which govern such subjects as laboratory cooperation, study of enhanced oil recovery processes, study of coal use, training of petroleum engineers, energy conservation, geochemistry research, and personnel exchanges. DOE Record No. 64. |
