据能源经济8月18日消息称，根据美国能源部周二发布的一份备忘录，如果国会对可再生能源项目和零部件工厂采取税收抵免等政策，到2035年，太阳能发电占全国电力供应的比例将从目前的3%上升至40%以上。
这份备忘录是白宫推动太阳能成为就业引擎和政府气候变化议程的关键支柱的一部分。
备忘录中援引美国国家可再生能源实验室一份未发表的分析报告称，要推动太阳能发电占美国发电量的近一半，该行业需要以目前速度的三到四倍增长，并创造多达150万个就业岗位。
该研究支持政府论点，即从化石燃料过渡可以在应对气候变化的同时创造数百万个高薪工会工作。他的目标是到2035年让美国电力行业摆脱对化石燃料的依赖。
美国参议院上周批准的1万亿美元基础设施计划预计将通过投资电网现代化来支持太阳能发电。但白宫正集中精力于税收抵免和公用事业部门的清洁电力支付计划，这可能包括在一个单独的3.5万亿美元的支出计划中，以推动工业增长。
白宫气候顾问Gina McCarthy在接受采访时说：“清洁能源税收抵免确实将成为生产和制造业的驱动力。”
太阳能项目目前有资格享受26%的税收抵免，该抵免正在逐步取消。政府力推将协议延长10年，并为太阳能组件的制造提供新的激励措施。
朱佳妮 摘译自 能源经济
原文如下：
Solar could be 40% of U.S. power by 2035
Solar could supply more than 40% of the nation's electricity by 2035 - up from 3% today - if Congress adopts policies like tax credits for renewable energy projects and component factories, according to a memo published align="justify"> The memo is part of a push by the White House to pump up solar as a jobs engine and pivotal pillar in the climate change agenda of President Joe Biden.
To propel solar to nearly half of U.S. generation, the industry needs to grow at three or four times its current rate, creating up to 1.5 million jobs, according to an unpublished analysis by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory cited in the memo.
The study supports Biden's argument that a transition away from fossil fuels can create millions of good-paying union jobs while countering climate change. He has a goal to shift the U.S. power sector away from fossil fuels by 2035.
The $1 trillion infrastructure plan approved by the U.S. Senate last week is expected to support solar through investments in modernizing the electricity grid. But the White House is zeroing in align="justify"> "It really is the clean energy tax credits that are going to be drivers for production and for the manufacturing sector," Gina McCarthy, White House climate advisor, said in an interview.
Solar projects are currently eligible for a 26% tax credit that is in the process of being phased out. Biden has pushed for a 10-year extension, as well as new incentives for manufacturing solar components.