Clean Energy Manufacturing Ramps Up in USA
Solar, wind and other types of clean energy manufacturing has become an important part of the U.S. industrial economy. Photo courtesy LG Electronics
WASHINGTON—Solar, wind and other types of clean energy manufacturing has become an important part of the U.S. industrial economy, according to a recent report by the American Clean Power Association (ACP). New projects are spurring demand and creating jobs from Puget Sound to the Gulf of Mexico.
The ACP claims that clean power manufacturing currently contributes $31 billion to U.S. GDP annually and supports 216,000 domestic jobs. By 2030, more than 950 clean energy manufacturing facilities are expected to support 374,000 jobs nationwide.
“Clean power manufacturing is on a roll,” says Jason Grumet, CEO of ACP. “With energy demand on the rise, building clean power systems here in the U.S. is critical to meeting our energy needs and strengthening our national security.
“To maintain this manufacturing boom, it is critical that we have targeted, transparent international trade policy in America,” Grumet points out. “Congress needs to provide reasonable tariff compliance timelines and regulatory certainty on trade to support the manufacturers that are powering American communities.”
Grumet claims that more than 235 new clean energy manufacturing facilities have opened in the United States in the last five years. And, more than 300 U.S. factories are producing the core components of clean energy projects, such as batteries, solar modules and wind turbine blades.
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