In a piece for Ideas Lab, Matthew Stepp and Clifton Yin argue for continued support for DOE's recent Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. Manufacturing has been an overlooked and underfunded component of the nation’s economic competitiveness strategy for far too long and it’s particularly important for the nascent clean energy economy. The Initiative is a significant first step on the path to a robust U.S. clean energy manufacturing sector and will be a boon to clean energy innovation as a whole.
