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
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31 Oct 2024
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 the-big-green-machine.com
30 Oct 2024
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 break through to the public, but they're all important.
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20 Mar 2025
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.
www-the-big-green-machine.co…
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ALT Infographic showing projects that have progressed and slowed in the US clean energy manufacturing and supply chains since Trump 47 took office on 1/20/25. It shows 4 projects have advanced and 3 projects have slowed in the past month.
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20 Mar 2025
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.
solarpowerworldonline.com/20…
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To see all of our data, visit our website, where you can also get access to the dataset.
the-big-green-machine.com
Please let us know what we are missing, what needs updating, and what we've got wrong.
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ALT Screen shot of main map from The Big Green Machine landing page, showing investments in clean energy manufacturing and supply chains in US.
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20 Feb 2025
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.
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ALT Infographic showing which clean energy manufacturing projects have advanced and which have slowed since Trump was inaugurated.
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20 Feb 2025
@lydiadepillis for NYTimes has a good piece on the many variables affecting investments in the US clean energy manufacturing and supply chains right now.
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nytimes.com/2025/02/20/busin…
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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.
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27 Nov 2024
Great piece by @katemyoder on climate change and modern-day culture wars.
grist.org/language/climate-c…
For the history of how climate became such a political lightning rod, check out "American Exceptionalism in a Warming World" in The Republican Reversal.
hup.harvard.edu/books/978067…
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27 Nov 2024
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. youtube.com/watch?v=gFoJXiLv…
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Jay Turner retweeted
22 Nov 2024
With over $100 billion dollars flowing into the US’s EV battery supply chain since the IRA was signed (supporting 157 new projects over 60,000 new jobs), global carmakers have invested in this transition. Going backward would mean stranded assets. x.com/_jay_turner/status/185…
19 Nov 2024
Inflation Reduction Act 27 months
My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US EV supply chain.
Surprise: IRA 27 months and investments jumped.
We are now tracking:
157 new projects
$101 billion in investments
63,718 new jobs announced
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ALT Infographic on investments in US EV supply chain since August 1, 2022. It shows 157 new projects, $101B in investment, and 63,718 jobs.
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Jay Turner retweeted
19 Nov 2024
This is what Trump wants to kill
19 Nov 2024
Inflation Reduction Act 27 months
My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US EV supply chain.
Surprise: IRA 27 months and investments jumped.
We are now tracking:
157 new projects
$101 billion in investments
63,718 new jobs announced
A short 🧵
ALT Infographic on investments in US EV supply chain since August 1, 2022. It shows 157 new projects, $101B in investment, and 63,718 jobs.
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19 Nov 2024
Inflation Reduction Act 27 months
My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US EV supply chain.
Surprise: IRA 27 months and investments jumped.
We are now tracking:
157 new projects
$101 billion in investments
63,718 new jobs announced
A short 🧵
ALT Infographic on investments in US EV supply chain since August 1, 2022. It shows 157 new projects, $101B in investment, and 63,718 jobs.
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19 Nov 2024
Charged is on sale for $15 w/ free shipping using code WINTER24 through the University of Washington Press through the end of the year.
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295…
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For more, including investments in solar and wind, see our full dashboard and access our dataset at the-big-green-machine.com
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.
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