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The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps
The US Department of Energy is announcing another $63 million to supercharge domestic manufacturing of the devices—in the name of national, energy, and climate security.
Instead of burning natural gas or coal to produce heat, this fully electric device extracts warmth from outdoor air —even when it’s freezing outside—and pumps it inside to warm a structure. In November, the Biden administration announced it would be infusing the domestic heat pump industry with$169 million in federal funding, increasing capacity to manufacture the actual devices and their various components, like compressors. More specifically, heat pumps provide energy security: They’re fully electric, so you can run them on a grid increasingly powered by renewables like wind and solar, themselves ideally manufactured in the US.
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