President Joe Biden will authorize the Defense Production Act (DPA) to advance his clean energy and climate change agenda, a senior administration official said during a call with reporters.

According to the White House, the president will approve the use of the DPA to expand domestic output of clean energy technologies, including solar panels, heat pumps, transformers, and equipment for utilizing electricity-generated fuels, such as fuel cells and electrolyzers.

By invoking the DPA, manufacturers of solar panels and other green technologies will receive grants and loans.

In addition, the president will employ federal procurement to support greater U.S. solar manufacturing capacity that will involve “master supply agreements” and “super preference status.” The former consists of companies accelerating the sale of their products to the federal government, while the latter applies domestic content standards for federal procurement that is “consistent with the Buy American Act.”