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Pillar 3 Jumpstarting
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“Jumpstarting Energy Infrastructure and Manufacturing Investments.”

Council on Competitiveness Recommendations to Capitalize Growth and Increase Domestic Clean Energy Manfacturing

Published September 2009

The Council Recommends that:

• Congress establish and capitalize a $200 billion National Clean Energy Bank, modeled on the U.S. Export-Import Bank and Overseas Private Investment Corporation, to provide long-term financing for clean energy.

• Congress establish fifteen federally-sponsored, regional clean energy manufacturing centers.

• The U.S. Government provide federal financial investment to facilitate construction of the first two to three manufacturing plants for any new or significantly improved sustainable energy technology.