The US government on Thursday released a “comprehensive” strategy that lays out dozens of plans to build a secure, resilient, and diverse domestic clean energy industrial base.

“Taking bold action to invest in our supply chains means America will reap the tremendous opportunities that tackling climate change presents to kickstart domestic manufacturing and help secure our national, economic, and energy security,” said energy secretary Jennifer Granholm.

“The strength of a nation relies on resilient and reliable critical supply chains across sectors,” she added.

The report, America’s Strategy to Secure the Supply Chain for a Robust Clean Energy Transition, was produced by the Department of Energy (DoE) in response to an executive order issued by President Joe Biden in February.

It lays out the myriad challenges and opportunities facing the clean energy supply chain. It also summarises how the US can capture the economic opportunity inherent in the energy transition. DoE expects the global clean energy market will grow exponentially to reach $23trn “at a minimum” by 2030.

DoE said the actions and strategies detailed in the report will ensure the US has the capacity to respond quickly in the face of challenges such as global production shortages, trade disruptions, and natural disasters.

It is supported by 13 “deep-dive” supply chain assessments across the clean energy sector ranging from cybersecurity and semiconductors to solar, and wind.

The report provides seven key areas for boosting supply chain resiliency and rebuilding American manufacturing.

These include to attract and support a skilled workforce for the clean energy transition; enhance supply chain knowledge and decision-making; expand domestic manufacturing capabilities; improve end of life energy-related waste management; increase availability of critical materials; and invest in and support the formation of diverse, reliable, and socially responsible foreign supply chains.

DoE claims it has already made great progress addressing supply chain vulnerabilities. Some of the ongoing efforts tap into the $62bn in energy sector funding appropriated by Congress last year in the $1trn Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

This includes more than $6bn to fund domestic battery materials processing, manufacturing, and recycling that will help improve grid resilience and scale up the electrification of cars, trucks, and buses.

Another $140m will be awarded for design, construction, and build-out of a facility to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a full-scale integrated rare earth element facility for extraction, separation, and refining.

The report also includes more than 20 recommendations for congressional action related to the clean energy supply chain such as tax incentives to support domestic manufacturing and deployment, and funding for regional and state-level sector programmes to recruit, train, and place workers into careers needed for domestic supply chains.