Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
The BlueGreen Alliance today released Aluminum, Revitalized: Strengthening the Backbone of Our Clean Economy, a comprehensive report on how to reverse the recent decline of the U.S. aluminum industry to meet rising aluminum demand for clean energy while creating good-paying jobs, strengthening national security, and reducing industrial emissions.
Blog / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
As one of the most important metals for modern life, aluminum is all around us. From our bridges and high-rise buildings to our smartphones and kitchen appliances, this highly durable, lightweight, and conductive material is essential. It’s also a key ingredient for achieving our climate, jobs, and national security goals. As a primary component of solar panels, power lines, electric vehicles (EVs), and other clean technologies, aluminum is a building block of our clean energy solutions.1 At the same time, producing aluminum requires a tremendous amount of energy, and globally, the sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As the world produces increasing amounts of this material for the clean energy economy, we must simultaneously decrease the emissions from its production in order to achieve global climate targets.
Press Releases & Statements / Infrastructure and Community Resilience
The Oregon State Senate today approved a transformative “Buy America” bill (HB 3332), which will retool the state’s procurement practices and greater align state buying power with current robust federal domestic standards.
Testimony & Comments / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
It’s important that regulators, policymakers, and advocates coordinate standards, policies, investments, and infrastructure projects that engage and benefit all people—from the manufacturing workers who build the vehicles of the future, to the people who drive them, to the communities they drive through. Strong heavy-duty vehicle standards—accompanied by policies to rebuild manufacturing, protect and create good family supporting jobs, and revitalize communities—are critical to achieving these aims.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Researchers at Dartmouth and Princeton released a report on the estimated impacts the Inflation Reduction Act will have on the U.S. wind and solar industry.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Researchers at Dartmouth and Princeton released a BlueGreen Alliance-funded report on the estimated impacts the Inflation Reduction Act will have on the U.S. wind and solar industry, including changes in wind and solar manufacturing, labor standards for clean energy workers, job creation, and demand for materials.
Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued guidance that will shape the first portion of $10 billion in funding for clean manufacturing under Section 48C of the federal tax code, also known as the Advanced Energy Project Credit. The Inflation Reduction Act revived and extended this section of the tax code to invest in the establishment and expansion of manufacturing facilities that produce clean energy technologies and reduce industrial emissions. Following the Treasury announcement, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement by Vice President of Manufacturing and Industrial Policy Ben Beachy.
Blog / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
Clean technology manufacturing is having a moment. In order to address climate change, we are going to need to produce a lot more solar panels, wind turbines, heat pumps, building efficiency products, electric vehicles, batteries, and other clean energy goods. Since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, manufacturers have already announced more than $200 billion in private investment for solar, wind, energy storage, and electric vehicle projects in the U.S. The 48C tax credit is particularly well suited to build U.S. manufacturing capacity in specific segments of clean energy supply chains where we face the biggest gaps—gaps that are reflected in our new supply chain analysis.
Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Dr. Harris discussed how the Inflation Reduction Act delivers strong investments in clean energy that will support and create high-quality, union jobs, particularly in hard-hit communities, while helping reach our climate goals. She concluded by saying, “Since the Inflation Reduction Act passed, companies have announced over $242 billion in clean energy investments in 41 states where…
Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released guidance on the domestic content bonus credit for the clean energy tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act. For the first time ever, this additional credit will be available for developers using components and materials sourced directly from U.S. manufacturers. These credits are combined with historic supply-side investments in clean technology manufacturing.
Testimony & Comments / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
We appreciate the opportunity to help shape the impact of this program on the workers and communities it is meant to support. We offer the following guiding principles, which shape our responses to questions from the Office of Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains (MESC).
Testimony & Comments / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
Investing in Large Power Transformer (LPT) manufacturing is an excellent opportunity to put people to work in the clean economy. Most of the jobs associated with transformer manufacturing are already union jobs. New federal investments going towards supporting a build out of the domestic LPT supply chain should continue to reinforce these high-road, family sustaining jobs.