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ACP reports on the state of clean manufacturing

Momentum continues for the American clean energy manufacturing industry despite policy headwinds, according to the American Clean Power Association (ACP)’s second annual State of Clean Energy Manufacturing report, released May 21.

ACP's report finds that American clean energy manufacturing is "now a cornerstone of the U.S. industrial economy. The industry is capable of offering "a low-cost, reliable, and rapidly deployable domestic solution to meet growing energy demand while enhancing national security by reducing reliance on foreign energy resources and supply chains." There's more from the higher-ups:

“Clean power manufacturing is on a roll. 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,” said Jason Grumet, CEO of ACP. “To maintain this manufacturing boom, it is critical that we have targeted, transparent international trade policy in America. Congress needs to provide reasonable tariff compliance timelines and regulatory certainty on trade to support the manufacturers that are powering American communities.”  

The report’s key findings include: 

• Every clean energy manufacturing job supports an additional four jobs across the broader U.S. economy – one additional job from upstream activities, and three additional jobs from household spending.    

• Over 235 new clean energy manufacturing facilities have opened in the United States in the last five years. 

• More than 300 U.S. factories are producing the core components of clean energy projects, including wind blades, towers, nacelles, solar modules, and batteries. 

• Domestic manufacturing capacity is now sufficient to fully satisfy U.S. demand for solar modules, battery modules, wind towers, and wind nacelles (the cover for generating components in a wind turbine).