The International Trade Administration: Clean Energy Priorities and Programs Mary Saunders Assistant...

The International Trade Administration: Clean Energy Priorities and Programs

Mary SaundersAssistant Secretary of Commerce forManufacturing and Services (Acting)

The International Trade Administration

AMT Annual MeetingOctober 23, 2009

U.S. Department of CommerceInternational Trade Administration

ITA is the lead trade promotion agency of the United States Government

• Manufacturing and ServicesCompetitiveness

• U.S. and Foreign Commercial ServiceTrade Promotion

• Market Access and ComplianceNegotiation

• Import AdministrationAnti-Dumping

Manufacturing and Services

Industry ExpertiseOffice of Energy and

Environmental Industries

Office of Materials

Office of Transportation and Machinery

Office of Technology and Electronic Commerce

Office Health and Consumer Goods

Promote U.S. Industry

Competitiveness

• Forum on Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing

• Checklist for Corporate Energy Efficiency• Civil Nuclear Trade Initiative

Eliminate Trade Barriers

• Clean Energy Policy Mission to Indonesia

• Green India Trade Mission

Evaluate Regulation and

Policy• Domestic Regulations• Legislation; Negotiations

Support Trade Promotion

• Clean Energy Trade Missions to India and China

• Secretary’s Clean Energy Mission to China



20%

80%

30 Largest Renewable Energy Companies

U.S. Companies

Foreign Companies

A Great Challenge

The President wants the United States to become the world’s leading exporter of renewable energy technologies



A Great Opportunity

$40 billion per year will likely be invested in clean technologies by 2020 – generating 750,000 new jobs

Global investment in clean energy and energy efficiency reached $155 billion in 2008

Governments around the world have provided over $180 billion more in stimulus funding for renewable energy projects



Investment by Region


$2.6

$49.7

$30.1

$24.2

$12.3

$0.0 $10.0 $20.0 $30.0 $40.0 $50.0 $60.0

Middle East/Africa

Europe

North America

Asia & Oceania

South America

USD BillionsSource: New Energy Finance

Renewable Energy Investment By Region


Policy Drivers for Renewable Energy


• Government Incentives– Feed in Tariffs– Tax Incentives

• Renewable Portfolio Standard• Cap-and-Trade legislation• Oil/natural gas prices• Access to transmission• Logical interconnection

standards• Climate change negotiations

Congress is debating many of these policy drivers, including a Renewable Portfolio Standard and Cap-and-Trade legislation


Barriers to Renewable Energy Deployment


Domestic•Transmission Constraints•Lack of Financing•Long Interconnection Queues•Siting and Permitting Issues•Slow Implementation of Stimulus Package

International•Intellectual Property Rights•Local Content Requirements•Local Manufacturers Preference•Lack of Financing•Regulatory Uncertainty•Burdensome Certification

If We Don’t Make It, We Can’t Export It!


ITA Clean Energy Initiatives

x •ITA Clean Energy Initiatives

x •Industry Promotional Events

x •Publications and Educational Materials

•Bilateral, Regional & Multilateral Dialogues

•Market Development Cooperator Program

ITA Clean Energy Initiatives

• Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative• 4 “SMART” Tours

• ITA Energy Efficiency Initiative• Forum on Energy Efficiency in

Manufacturing• Smart Grid Webinar Series• Energy and Manufacturing Roundtable

• Climate Change Negotiations- Industry Outreach

• Regional Forums• National Webinar

• Proposed Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee Interagency Working Group



Industry Promotional Events




•Bilateral, Regional & Multilateral Dialogue


Industry Promotional Events

• Clean Energy Policy Mission to Indonesia• July 27-29, 2009

• Green India Trade Mission• October 27-30, 2009

• Green Buildings in Europe Road Show• November 2-9, 2009

• Bright Green – U.S. Industry Promotion at Copenhagen Climate Conference

• December 12-13, 2009

• U.S. Nuclear Industry Promotional Program at IAEA General Conference



Publications and Educational Materials

• Green Technologies Website

• Checklist for Corporate Energy Efficiency

• Trade Finance Guide: A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters

• Clean Energy: An Exporters Guide to China

• Clean Energy: An Exporters Guide to India

• Renewable Energy Market Assessment Reports

• Webinar: Federal Funding Opportunities for Your Biomass Business

• Webinar: Smart Grid Seminar

• Smart Grid Export Seminar

Publications and Educational Materials








Bilateral, Regional and Multilateral Dialogues

• U.S.-EU Framework for Advancing Transatlantic Economic Integration

• U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue

• G-8

• G-20

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

• World Trade Organization

• Major Economies Forum

• Copenhagen Negotiations

Bilateral and Regional Dialogue








MDCP Grant Award Winners

• Awards include financial and technical assistance from ITA to support projects that enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and services industries

• Establishes a partnership between ITA and non-profit industry groups such as trade associations and chambers of commerce

• Particularly effective in reaching small- and medium-size enterprises

• 2009 MDCP Awards to be announced soon by Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke

Market Development Cooperator Program








U.S. Department of Commerce• http://www.doc.gov

International Trade Administration• http://www.trade.gov

Manufacturing and Services• http://www.trade.gov/MAS/index.asp

Office of Energy and Environmental Industries • http://www.trade.gov/energy http://www.trade.gov/envirotech

Market Access and Compliance• http://www.trade.gov/mac/index.asp

U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service• http://www.export.gov

Getting in Touch with ITA

Centers in 107 U.S. cities…

…and more than 80

countries



http://www.doc.gov/

http://www.trade.gov/

http://www.trade.gov/MAS/index.asp

http://www.trade.gov/energy

http://www.trade.gov/envirotech

http://www.trade.gov/mac/index.asp

http://www.export.gov/

Thank You



At the Department of Commerce, we view expanding the opportunities to export green technologies as critical to maintaining the competitiveness of U.S. companies, creating jobs, and generating economic growth

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