JC Sandberg
In simply the final three months, over $40 billion of latest grid-scale clear energy investments have been introduced, a brand new report reveals – the identical quantity as the whole funding estimated for all clear energy initiatives put in in 2021. The Clean Energy Investing in America report, launched at present by the American Clean Power Association (ACP), is an evaluation of the brand new U.S. clear energy panorama.
Alongside vital non-public funding, 20 new grid-scale clear energy manufacturing amenities have been introduced within the U.S., bringing with them an anticipated 7,000 new American jobs.
“As a new era dawns in clean energy, America is laying the foundation to become a manufacturing powerhouse,” says ACP Interim CEO and Chief Advocacy Officer JC Sandberg. “This growing sector will create thousands of good paying jobs in communities across the U.S. and will help reduce dependence on foreign energy sources to meet our domestic needs.”
The new report additionally revealed anticipated shopper financial savings of over $2.5 billion introduced by utility corporations that present electrical energy to over 15 million Americans. Companies explicitly tied these financial savings to federal incentives that make new challenge funding inexpensive, which means utilities can rely much less on buyer price will increase in an effort to fund initiatives.
“It is crystal clear that federal support for clean energy is already having a positive impact on the American economy and on the American people,” continues Sandberg.
The report additionally demonstrates that incentives authorised by Congress earlier this 12 months are being felt throughout the nation. From Wisconsin to Texas, and Alabama to Colorado, the clear energy business is constructing utility scale initiatives and manufacturing amenities that put America on a path to a clear energy future.
“To ensure the full potential of these investments and facilities, we urge the Administration and Congress to continue improving trade policies, enacting common sense permitting reform, and finalizing effective tax implementation,” concludes Sandberg.
Twenty new clear energy manufacturing amenities have been publicly introduced, together with 12 new solar manufacturing amenities, an over 300% improve in solar module manufacturing capability, 22 GW in new solar module or cell manufacturing capability, six new grid-scale battery storage manufacturing amenities, one reopening and one enlargement of wind power manufacturing amenities, and 6,850 new jobs publicly introduced.
States that can see new or expanded amenities embrace Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas, whereas different areas stay undetermined. Over $40 billion in capital funding has been introduced, cut up evenly between utilities and impartial power producers. There has been $2.5 billion in shopper financial savings introduced with 15 million Americans serviced by utilities who introduced shopper financial savings. Over 13 GW of latest clear energy capability has been launched.
Read ACP’s Clean Energy Investing in America report right here.
