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Historian of US envt'l politics and policy. Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future (2022). @Wellesley @jayturner.bsky.social
Wellesley, MA
Joined January 2012
Investments in clean energy supply chains have been booming. The animations below show the surge in investments in the U.S. and the acceleration in investments since 2021. My students @Wellesley and I have been tracking this carefully at
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act & Infrastructure Law, the Biden-Harris Administration is making multi-billion dollar investments in clean energy, clean air, and the jobs of the future at least once a week (sometime several per week). They're rarely covered much, and never.
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To see all of our data, visit our website, where you can also get access to the dataset. Please let us know what we are missing, what needs updating, and what we've got wrong. 10/10
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T1 Energy - New Facility. T1 Energy announced it is investing up to $850 million to build a 5GW solar cell factory outside of Austin on 3/17. The factory, G2 Austin, will employ 1800 people. 9/10.
solarpowerworldonline.com
T1 Energy, the solar panel manufacturing player formerly known as FREYR, announced in its 2024 full-year report that it has chosen a site in Milam County,
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Tesla - New Facility. Tesla is investing $194 million in a new manufacturing facility for Megapack’s in Brookshire, Texas according to news reports on 3/5. 8/10.
coveringkaty.com
A tax abatement agreement that will bring Tesla and approximately 1,500 jobs to the Empire West industrial park in Brookshire was approved by the Waller County Commissioners Court on Wednesday, March...
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Arkema - Expansion. Arkema announced plans to expand PVDF capacity at its Calvert City, KY facility by 15% to support resins used in lithium-ion batteries. 7/10.
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Portsmouth Marine Terminal - Completed. A $223 million staging area for offshore wind was completed at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal on 3/13. It will be used to support Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project. 6/10.
whro.org
Officials hope the site will help make Hampton Roads a hub for offshore wind development along the East Coast.
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Proterra — Slowed. Proterra cut one of two shifts at its Greer, SC factory on 3/11, where it manufacturers battery packs for commercial vehicles, including buses. 5/10.
goupstate.com
About 90 workers losing jobs at vehicle battery maker Proterra will get assistance from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce
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Volkswagen Chattanooga — Slowed. As of 3/13, Volkswagen is reducing its workforce and slow production of the ID.4 at its factory due to lower-than-expected demand for the ID.4. 4/10.
timesfreepress.com
Volkswagen plans to return primarily to a two-shift production schedule starting March 31 at its Chattanooga plant, saying Thursday it has underutilized capacity and will offer voluntary buyouts to...
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Ascend Apex 1 - Reduced. Ascend cancelled plans to make cathode active materials at its new Kentucky facility. It will proceed with cathode precursors and lithium carbonate. 3/10.
canarymedia.com
The lithium-ion battery recycler won’t make cathode active materials at its new facility, but it will produce cathode precursors and lithium carbonate.
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New capital investments in manufacturing and supply chains have plummeted since Trump was reelected. As we near end of Q1 2025, newly announced investments are just over $2 billion, compared to $8 billion in Q1 2024 and $17 billion in Q1 2023. 2/10
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Trump 47 + 2 months. What is happening to US clean energy manufacturing investments?. My research students at @Wellesley and I are tracking it. By our count, in past month, 3 projects slowed and 4 advanced. Details below. 1/10
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For our full dashboard, tracking investments in solar, wind, batteries, and EV manufacturing and supply chains, visit The Big Green Machine. Let us know what you think, what we are missing, and what needs to be updated. 4/4.
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The Big Green Machine is an open-access site analyzing investments, jobs, and geography of the North American clean energy supply chain (United States, Canada, and Mexico), including solar, wind,...
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@lydiadepillis for NYTimes has a good piece on the many variables affecting investments in the US clean energy manufacturing and supply chains right now. 3/4.
nytimes.com
With the Trump administration reversing support for low-carbon power, the business case for making wind, solar and electric vehicle parts gets weaker.
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Here are some of the biggest projects that have changed status in the past month. For an interactive version of this dashboard, visit 2/4
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Investments in US clean energy manufacturing and supply chains have been mixed since 1/20/25. My research students at @Wellesley and I are tracking it. Here is what has progressed and what has slowed in wind, solar, EV, and battery sectors after Trump 2.0 + 1 month. 1/4
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One source we drew upon for that article is this 2009 video from a Tea Party rally against the Waxman-Markey climate bill. The rhetlplaybook was all about the threat climate action posed to an American way of life. Start at minute 1:03.
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Great piece by @katemyoder on climate change and modern-day culture wars. For the history of how climate became such a political lightning rod, check out "American Exceptionalism in a Warming World" in The Republican Reversal.
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RT @joannakyriazis: With over $100 billion dollars flowing into the US’s EV battery supply chain since the IRA was signed (supporting 157 n….
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For more, including investments in solar and wind, see our full dashboard and access our dataset at Let us know what needs updating, what we are missing, and what we’ve got wrong. Thanks to my research students who make this work possible.
the-big-green-machine.com
The Big Green Machine is an open-access site analyzing investments, jobs, and geography of the North American clean energy supply chain (United States, Canada, and Mexico), including solar, wind,...
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Charged is on sale for $15 w/ free shipping using code WINTER24 through the University of Washington Press through the end of the year.
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Winner of the 24th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize Finalist for the 2023 Cundill History Prize Gold Medal Recipient, Nautilus Boo...
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