REPORT: America Builds Power: The State of Clean Energy Manufacturing in 2026
May 21 2026
U.S.clean energy manufacturing is ramping up, bringing the benefits of new energy projects while boosting industry and strengthening national security
- Clean power manufacturing contributes$31 billiontoU.S.GDP annually and supports 216,000 American jobs.
- Clean energyfactoryworkers earn 35%morethan the average American worker.
- 70 newclean energymanufacturing facilities came online in 2025, bringing total to over 825 facilitiesacross all 50 stateswith large clusters inTexas, Tennessee, Georgia,Ohioand North Carolina.
- By 2030, over 950clean energymanufacturing facilitiesare expected tosupport 374,000 jobsnationwide.
Washington, DC, May21, 2026– Momentum continues for the American clean energy manufacturing industry despite policy headwinds, according to the 鶹ƵAssociation (ACP)’s second annualState of Clean Energy Manufacturing report, out today. American clean energy manufacturing is now a cornerstoneofthe U.S. industrial economy. The industryoffersalow-cost,reliable,and rapidly deployabledomesticsolution to meet growing energydemandwhileenhancing national security by reducing reliance on foreign energyresources andsupply chains.
“Cleanpowermanufacturingison a roll.Withenergydemand on the rise, building clean power systems here in the U.S. is critical to meeting our energy needsand strengthening our national security,” saidJason Grumet, CEO of ACP. “To maintain this manufacturing boom, it is critical that we have targeted, transparent international trade policy in America. Congress needs to provide reasonable tariff compliance timelines and regulatory certainty on trade to support the manufacturers that are powering American communities.”
The report’s key findings include:
- Every clean energy manufacturing job supports anadditionalfour jobs across the broader U.S. economy–oneadditionaljob fromupstream activities, and threeadditionaljobsfrom household spending.
- Over 235 new clean energy manufacturing facilities have opened in the United States in the last five years.
- More than 300 U.S. factories are producing the core components of clean energy projects, including wind blades, towers, nacelles, solar modules, and batteries.
- Domestic manufacturing capacity is now sufficient tofully satisfyU.S. demand for solarmodules, battery modules, wind towers, and wind nacelles(the coverfor generating components in a wind turbine).
Read more about the state of American clean power manufacturinghere.