Four heat pump manufacturers will receive $85 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support their manufacturing facilities in New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Rhode Island. This money is intended to improve the manufacturing of electric heat pumps, heat pump hot water heaters, and heat pump components. The DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) will oversee the projects, which have the potential to generate over 500 new jobs. According to the agency, these projects will allow for the production of 155,000 residential heat pumps, 440,000 residential heat pump water heaters, 2,000 school heat pumps, and 20,000 large heat pump compressors each year.
What people are saying
In a recent quote, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm said, “Extreme weather events are harming our grid and serving as a primary driver of higher electricity bills, underscoring the need to increase access to energy efficient technologies. The Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda is manufacturing hundreds of thousands of energy-saving heat pumps here in the USA, helping American households and businesses keep money in their pockets all while strengthening our national security and creating good-paying jobs.”
White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi added, “As communities across the country continue to face down the impacts of climate-fueled extreme weather events, investing in American-made heat pump manufacturing will help keep families safe and comfortable in their homes, schools, and businesses and cut their energy costs. Today's investments, levering the authorities in the Defense Production Act, harness the power of American innovation to jumpstart critical clean energy manufacturing capacity and to protect our families, our economy, and our planet.”
DOE in the news
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The funding will be used to help the manufacturers upgrade their plants to save energy and reduce climate pollution.
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