Now, a leading industry group, named Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE), has made public their comments that the Commerce Department sought on the issue, describing the litany of risks to U.S. national security that the technology poses. “Foreign adversaries are cornering and leveraging key supply chains to geopolitical and economic ends — with outcomes that […]
Politico: China’s lock on batteries bedevils Biden’s electric vehicle push
“But the U.S. battery firms say the proposal left loopholes for automakers to keep relying on Chinese products — something that could be a death knell for their projects, as signing offtake agreements with buyers is often a condition for their financing. “The issue could even imperil the financing of projects that have reaped some […]
Reuters: US awards record $6 billion to back industrial emissions reduction projects
The United States was the leading primary aluminum producer in the world in 2000 but is now ninth with four U.S. smelters in operation, down from 23 in 1993, said energy group SAFE. “A new domestic smelter puts the U.S. back in the game and reverses our dangerous, decades-long decline in primary aluminum production,” said […]
Bloomberg: California’s Long-Time Clean Air Cop Talks Trump, China and EVs
Bloomberg interviews the co-chair of SAFE’s Coalition for Reimagined Mobility Mary Nichols, at SAFE Summit 2024: “We spoke [with Nichols] on the sidelines of SAFE Summit, a conference that’s drawn investors, policymakers and executives from the auto, battery and mining industries to Washington this week to opine on electrification and the west’s economic competition with […]
Washington Examiner: Hochstein talks China and IRA, US extends oil production lead, and Shell shifts on climate plans
White House envoy Amos Hochstein kicked off a two-day energy summit [SAFE Summit 2024] in D.C. this morning with a candid recounting of some of the Biden administration’s biggest victories and challenges, including competing with China on clean energy manufacturing and battery production and creating tensions with allies with the Inflation Reduction Act – privileged […]
