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EGEB = Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political roundup/analysis of news about green energy, such as wind, solar, sustainable technology, and electric vehicles.

$15.5B in EV, renewable projects vanish as Senate eyes rollbacks

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EV and renewable investments in the US are stalling – and May was another tough month. Businesses canceled $1.4 billion worth of clean energy factories and projects last month, according to the latest numbers from E2 and the Clean Economy Tracker. That pushes total canceled investments to $15.5 billion this year, wiping out nearly 12,000 potential jobs.

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US solar just had a record-breaking Q1 but the GOP bill could wreck it

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The US solar industry is still booming, but looming policy threats could pull the plug on that momentum.

According to the new US Solar Market Insight report from SEIA and Wood Mackenzie, the industry installed 10.8 gigawatts (GW) of new electricity-generating solar in Q1 2025, with solar and storage making up a whopping 82% of all new capacity added to the grid.

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$14B in EV, renewable projects scrapped as tax credit fears grow

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More than $14 billion in US renewable and EV investments and 10,000 new jobs have been scrapped or put on hold since January, according to a new analysis from E2 and the Clean Economy Tracker. The reason: growing fears that the Republican-majority Congress will pull the plug on federal clean energy tax credits.

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US wind + solar outproduced coal and nuclear in Q1 2025 – EIA

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All renewable energy sources, including wind + solar, produced more than a quarter of US electrical generation in Q1 2025 and provided nearly a third of total US electrical generation in March alone, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign.

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TotalEnergies just went big on solar with its largest project in Europe

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TotalEnergies has officially opened its largest solar power installation in Europe, and it’s a big one. The massive solar cluster is located just outside Seville in southern Spain and is made up of five solar farms. Together, they have a total capacity of 263 megawatts (MW) – enough to generate 515 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean electricity each year.

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