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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 226 / Monday, November 29, 2021 / Notices
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activities? What new education programs should be included developed? to prepare the workforce?
6. What other input should the federal government be aware of to support a resilient supply chain of this technology?
Area 3: Wind Energy Technology The following questions may have different applicability to land-based wind and offshore wind. In your response, please note whether the response is applicable to land-based wind, offshore wind, or both.
1. What are the current and future supply chain vulnerabilities as we scale up the adoption and use of wind energy technologies? Of these vulnerabilities, which are the most crucial for the U.S.
to address and focus on and why?
2. Where in the wind energy technology supply chain does it make sense for the U.S. to focus and prioritize its efforts both in the short-term and the long-term, and why? Where in the supply chain do you see opportunities for the U.S to build domestic capabilities of wind energy technology manufacturing? What areas of the supply chain should the U.S. not prioritize for attraction or expansion of domestic manufacturing capabilities, and why? For areas in the supply chain where U.S. opportunities to build domestic manufacturing capabilities are limited, which foreign countries or regions should the U.S. government prioritize for engagement to strengthen/
build reliable partnerships, and what actions should the government take to help ensure resilience in these areas of the supply chain?
3. What challenges limit the U.S.s ability to realize these opportunities to attract or expand land-based or offshore wind energy technology manufacturing in the U.S.? What conditions are needed to help incentivize companies involved in the wind energy technology supply chains to both attract and expand wind energy technology manufacturing in the U.S.?
4. How can the federal government help the private sector and interested communities attract and expand landbased or offshore wind energy technology manufacturing in U.S.? What investment and policy actions are needed to support domestic manufacturing of wind energy technologies?
5. In implementing policy to support expansion of the domestic wind energy technology supply chain, how should the federal government prioritize tier 1
major components such as nacelles, blades, towers, or offshore foundations and lower-tier other components,
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subcomponents, raw and processed material inputs manufacturing? Do you agree with this tiering? If not, why?
6. What specific skills are needed for the workforce to support wind onshore and offshore energy technology manufacturing supply chains? Of those skills, which ones are lacking in current education/training programs? What resources including time and structures would be needed to train the wind energy workforce? What worker groups, secondary education facilities, and other stakeholders could be valuable partners in these training activities? What new education programs should be included developed? to prepare the workforce?
7. How can the federal government most effectively expand and improve logistics networks for large wind energy technology components, both landbased and offshore? For land-based wind energy technology, how could the federal government ease transportation of large components across jurisdictions e.g., R&D to modularize components, funding for permit harmonization, funding for specific infrastructure improvements to allow for greater throughput and/or movement of larger components? For offshore wind energy technology, how can the federal government best support the development of Jones Act-compliant vessels and necessary port infrastructure?
8. How can the federal government most effectively support increasing circularity collection and reuse, remanufacturing or refurbishing, and recycling in wind energy technologies and supply chains, especially for rareearth element magnets and hard-torecycle components such as blades?
9. What other input should the federal government be aware of to support a resilient supply chain of this technology?
Area 4: Energy Storage Technology 1. What are the current and future supply chain vulnerabilities as we scale up the adoption and use of energy storage technologies? Of these vulnerabilities, which are the most crucial for the U.S. to address and focus on and why?
2. Which storage technologies have the greatest chance of achieving longduration storage targets >10 hours and what specific supply chain vulnerabilities are present for these technologies?
3. Where in the energy storage technology supply chain does it make sense for the U.S. to focus and prioritize its efforts both in the short-term and long-term, and why? Where in the
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supply chain do you see opportunities for the U.S to build domestic capabilities of energy storage technology manufacturing? What areas of the supply chain should the U.S. not prioritize for attraction or expansion of domestic manufacturing capabilities, and why? For areas in the supply chain where U.S. opportunities to build domestic manufacturing capabilities are limited, which foreign countries or regions should the U.S. government prioritize for engagement to strengthen/
build reliable partnerships, and what actions should the government take to help ensure resilience in these areas of the supply chain?
4. What challenges limit the U.S.s ability to realize these opportunities to build domestic energy storage technology manufacturing? What conditions are needed to help incentivize companies involved in the energy storage technology supply chains to build and expand domestic manufacturing capabilities?
5. How can government help the private sector and communities involved in energy storage technology manufacturing build and expand domestic manufacturing? What investment and policy actions are needed to support domestic manufacturing of energy storage technologies?
6. What specific skills are needed for the workforce to support the energy storage technology manufacturing supply chain? Of those skills, which ones are lacking in current education/
training programs? What resources including time and structures would be needed to train the energy storage technology workforce? What worker groups, secondary education facilities, and other stakeholders could be valuable partners in these training activities? What new education programs should be included developed? to prepare the workforce?
7. How can the government help increase the market demand for responsibly sourced materials e.g., sustainable or recycled for energy storage technologies? What mechanisms exist to encourage the use of these materials and recycling/reuse solutions?
How can the federal government most effectively support increasing circularity collection, reuse or processing, and recycling in energy storage technologies and supply chains?
8. What other input should the federal government be aware of to support a resilient supply chain of this technology?

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