China has made it very clear that clean energy technology also results in geostrategic power, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for environment and energy resilience said.
Richard Kidd spoke today at the virtual GovExec 2022 Climate Summit.
China has invested in a whole range of clean energy technologies, he said. “The United States cannot surrender that lead to any other country and expect to remain a preeminent global power.”
The Defense Department is investing in a range of technologies that will help keep pace with or stay out in front of China, technologies that will assist troops in contested operations, and technologies that will also mitigate or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he said.
The department only invests in clean energy technologies that will also have mission benefits, Kidd said.
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