United States

Population (World Bank): 341,784,857 (2025)

Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 2.9% (2024)

Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 22,789 Mb/d (2024)

Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 17

2021 Resource Governance Index Score (NRGI): 74/100 (Gulf of Mexico)

EITI Status: None

Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)

Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions for renewable energy:

• Public Law 117-169 - Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

• Public Law 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025

Local Content Relevant News:

• June 2026 - Fluence to Provide U.S. Domestic Content Smartstack System for Avantus 800 MWh Rexford 2 Project in Southern California

• May 2026 - U.S. Local Content Power List Announced, Reveals September 24 Honors at Lavan Midtown NYC and Opens Nominations for The Caribbean and South America Power Lists

• February 2026 - WTO finds US clean energy tax credits violate trade rules

• January 2026 - Certain Tax Credits Under the Inflation Reduction Act

• August 2025 - Solar tracker manufacturers step up with 100% domestic content, safe harbor options

• August 2025 - Clean Energy Tax Credit Changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

• March 2025 - How Corning Is Helping to Create a US Solar Supply Chain

• March 2025 - The first ‘Made in America’ solar module supply chain has been established, but killing the CHIPS Act might break it

• January 2025 - Solar wafers to be included in US domestic content bonus

• January 2025 - ES Foundry Signs GW+ Contract to Strengthen U.S. Solar Production

• January 2025 - US: IRS modifies BESS domestic content cost proportions, number of suppliers increases

• January 2025 - First Made-in-USA Solar Plant Set to Power Google Data Centers, Boosting Local Economy and American Manufacturing

• December 2024 - Nextracker Delivers First 100% Domestic Content Solar Trackers to U.S. Market

• September 2024 - Onshoring American Solar Equipment Manufacturing Spurs Job Creation

• September 2024 - Is a 100% ‘Made in the USA’ solar supply chain impossible?

• September 2024 - Understanding the Domestic Content Bonus Credit and How to Maximize Incentives for Solar Projects

• July 2024 - Inflation Reduction Act Guidance: Recent Updates To The Domestic Content And Energy Community Bonus Credits

• July 2024 - Strengthening US solar manufacturing: the case for including domestically produced wafers in domestic content incentives

• May 2024 - The Domestic Content Bonus Credit for Renewable Energy Projects: IRS Updates ‘DC Adder’ and Adds Elective Safe Harbor Guidance

• October 2023 - In Communities of Color, Most Oil and Gas Jobs Still Go to White Workers

• May 2023 - US Treasury Releases Domestic Content Guidance for Renewable Energy Tax Credits

• May 2023 - IRS releases guidance on domestic content requirements for renewables under the IRA

• October 2021 - Center for American Progress Argues for Building Domestic Clean Energy Supply Chains

Analysis and Case Studies:

• Johan Min et al. (2025) - Effects of the Inflation Reduction Act on renewable energy manufacturing and development costs and deployment

• World Trade Organisation (2021) –Nihil novi sub sole: The Need for Rethinking WTO and Green Subsidies in Light of United States – Renewable Energy

• Hajdukiewicz and Pera (2020) - International Trade Disputes over Renewable Energy—the Case of the Solar Photovoltaic Sector

• Tegen, Keyser, and Flores et al. (2015) - Offshore Wind Jobs and Economic Development Impacts in the United States: Four Regional Scenarios

• Wei, Patadia, and Kammen (2010) - Putting renewables and energy efficiency to work: How many jobs can the clean energy industry generate in the US?