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Jay Turner

@_jay_turner

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
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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
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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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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… 1/10
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.

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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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… 9/10
T1 chooses site outside Austin for 5-GW silicon solar cell factory

T1 chooses site outside Austin for 5-GW silicon solar cell factory

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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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. 10/10
Screen shot of main map from The Big Green Machine landing page, showing investments in clean energy manufacturing and supply chains in US.

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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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
Infographic showing which clean energy manufacturing projects have advanced and which have slowed since Trump was inaugurated.

ALT Infographic showing which clean energy manufacturing projects have advanced and which have slowed since Trump was inaugurated.

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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/2025/02/20/busin…
Why Trump’s Clean Energy Rollbacks Could Derail a Factory Boom (Gift Article)

Why Trump’s Clean Energy Rollbacks Could Derail a Factory Boom (Gift Article)

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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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 the-big-green-machine.com/
The Big Green Machine: Tracking the North American Clean Energy Supply Chain | Clean Energy

The Big Green Machine: Tracking the North American Clean Energy Supply Chain | Clean Energy

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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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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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…
Hot Air Tour in Rapid City - AFP President Tim Phillips

Hot Air Tour in Rapid City - AFP President Tim Phillips

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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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. nitter.cf/_jay_turner/status/185…
Jay Turner (@_jay_turner) profile pictureJay Turner@_jay_turner19 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 🧵
Infographic on investments in US EV supply chain since August 1, 2022. It shows 157 new projects, $101B in investment, and 63,718 jobs.

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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This is what Trump wants to kill
Jay Turner (@_jay_turner) profile pictureJay Turner@_jay_turner19 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 🧵
Infographic on investments in US EV supply chain since August 1, 2022. It shows 157 new projects, $101B in investment, and 63,718 jobs.

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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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 🧵
Infographic on investments in US EV supply chain since August 1, 2022. It shows 157 new projects, $101B in investment, and 63,718 jobs.

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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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…
Charged

Charged

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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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.
The Big Green Machine: Tracking the North American Clean Energy Supply Chain | Clean Energy

The Big Green Machine: Tracking the North American Clean Energy Supply Chain | Clean Energy

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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