Last week, the Biden administration announced $169 million to advance nine projects to accelerate heat pump manufacturing - utilizing the 1950 Defense Production Act, which grants emergency authority to the president in matters considered of national security.
The announcement said the president would use the act to accelerate production of not just heat pumps, but also solar panels, transformers and electric grid components, insulation and technologies used in hydrogen production.
Heat pumps extract heat and transfer it to where it's needed.
Typically, home heat pumps extract heat from the ground and transport it into the home.
While proponents, such as the International Energy Agency, claim heat pumps are more efficient, there is some debate over whether that's true in really cold climates.
Biden's plan to use the DPA to accelerate heat pump manufacturing isn't a mandate, but it isn't clear that there's any shortage of heat pumps that needs solving.
While heat pumps don't utilize natural gas, they do utilize electricity.
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