Clean energy manufacturing

Clean energy manufacturing

Just how many jobs and GDP dollars do US clean energy factories create?

A new report aims to quantify how much domestic solar, wind, and battery production uplifts local economies. Its authors hope Republicans in Congress will take note.

By Julian Spector . 20 May 2025
Clean energy

Chart: Republicans take aim at clean energy boom benefiting GOP most

The Inflation Reduction Act unleashed a rush of investment in Republican-represented districts. Now, the GOP is proposing to effectively repeal the law.

By Dan McCarthy . 16 May 2025
Clean energy

GOP budget plan contains a massive poison pill for clean energy

“Totally unworkable” rules could kill manufacturing and clean energy investment by restricting tax credits for any project remotely tied to China, experts warn.

By Jeff St. John . 15 May 2025
Energy storage

Amid tariff uncertainty, US grid battery industry faces an uphill climb

Domestic battery manufacturing and deployments have been growing fast — but Trump’s tariff wars and looming budget cuts threaten to derail progress.

By Jeff St. John . 13 May 2025
Clean industry

‘It’s bleak’: Trump prepares to gut investments to clean up heavy industry

The Industrial Demonstrations Program would create thousands of jobs while helping modernize U.S. industries like steelmaking. It’s on Trump’s chopping block.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 8 May 2025
Clean energy manufacturing

Chart: Trump is killing the country’s clean-energy manufacturing momentum

In the first three months of this year, firms canceled nearly $8 billion worth of U.S. clean energy projects, mostly factories, in a dramatic turn from the Biden era.

By Dan McCarthy . 25 April 2025
Policy & regulation

Trump’s tariffs undermine his energy and manufacturing goals

Solar and wind power might not suffer as much as batteries and EVs. But Trump’s tariff regime will still harm the nascent U.S. cleantech industry, experts say.

By Jeff St. John . 7 April 2025
Batteries

Facing headwinds, Ascend shifts plans for battery recycling in Kentucky

The lithium-ion battery recycler won’t make cathode active materials at its new facility, but it will produce cathode precursors and lithium carbonate.

By Julian Spector . 5 March 2025
Policy & regulation

EU to unveil ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ to cut CO2, boost energy security

The bold plan aims to revitalize and decarbonize heavy industry, reduce reliance on gas, and make energy cheaper, cleaner, and more secure. But does it have teeth?

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 25 February 2025
Clean energy manufacturing

Chart: GOP districts to lose big if Trump halts clean energy factories

More than 80% of the planned $129 billion factory buildout — and tens of thousands of jobs — would go to Republican congressional districts.

By Dan McCarthy . 21 February 2025