- By:
- Das, Sujit ; Korey, Matthew ; Paranthaman, Mariappan ; Norris Jr, Robert E; Ghobrial, Lillie R; Eberle, Annika; Cooperman, Aubryn; Walzberg, Julien; Hettinger, Dylan; F tusing, Richard; Berry, Derek; Inman, Daniel; Sirnivas, Senu; Marquis, Melinda; Ennis, Brandon; Sproul, Evan; Clarke, Ryan; Paquette, Joshua; Hendrickson, Thomas; Morrow, William; Seetharaman, Sridhar; Korobeinikov, Yuri
- Publication Date:
- August 27, 2026
Abstract
Wind energy is one of the fastest-growing sources of renewable energy. The Biden administration’s decarbonization goals (i.e., carbon-pollution-free electricity by 2035 and netzero economy by 2050) will require at least a threefold increase in the U.S. wind energy deployment rate from current average levels of 10 gigawatts/year (United States Department of State and the United States Executive Office of the President 2021). Increased deployment of wind energy technologies will influence the demand for raw and processed materials that are required to manufacture and operate wind power plants and could therefore impact national resource use and physical materials availability, including critical materials.
