According to CNET report, US Department of energy said US President Joe Biden is using the national defense production act to increase us clean energy technology manufacturing** The aim is to increase the production of solar panels, heat pumps, insulating materials, grid components and fuel cells, all of which can improve efficiency or replace fossil fuels. The White House said the increase in solar energy production should be "enough to enable more than 3.3 million families to switch to clean solar energy every year".
This use of the defense production act gives the US Department of energy greater leeway in increasing technology production from power generation to protection. Solar panels and fuel cells can generate electricity with a much lower carbon footprint than oil, gas or coal. The operating efficiency of heat pump is higher than that of gas furnace and can be replaced. The U.S. Department of energy says that insulated buildings can save an average of 11 percent of energy costs.
Although the climate legislation is basically stagnant in Congress, the White House said that these measures show that Biden is trying to "solve the urgent crisis of changing climate". Most of the warming emissions come from burning fossil fuels as energy.
This change also occurred only more than 100 days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted people to question the national security and foreign policy impact of relying on foreign fossil fuels, especially those from Russia. In addition, U.S. Undersecretary of defense Katherine Hicks said in a news release of the Department of energy that fossil fuel supply lines are "particularly vulnerable" in times of conflict.
Meanwhile, Biden announced a two-year suspension of special tariffs on solar panels and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The US solar industry said the tariffs would slow the deployment of solar energy, raise costs and eliminate some solar work.
Abigail Ross, President and CEO of the solar energy industry association, said in a statement: "during the two-year tariff suspension window, the U.S. solar energy industry can resume rapid deployment, and the national defense production act is conducive to the development of the U.S. solar energy manufacturing industry."