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

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

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 https://t.co/uuBN1AwI6N

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

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.

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

@JesseJenkins @Princeton Congratulations, Jesse!

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

To see all of our data, visit our website, where you can also get access to the dataset.

https://t.co/uuBN1AwI6N

Please let us know what we are missing, what needs updating, and what we've got wrong.

10/10

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

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.

https://t.co/g88sHnb2R3

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[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

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.

https://t.co/lhk5RRZkjD

9/10

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

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

https://t.co/GoBcwSou0Z

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

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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[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

@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

https://t.co/TuCkwwS26x

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

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. https://t.co/AqoN6spQPp

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

Great piece by @katemyoder on climate change and modern-day culture wars.

https://t.co/wcvdBPc9uv

For the history of how climate became such a political lightning rod, check out "American Exceptionalism in a Warming World" in The Republican Reversal.

https://t.co/Ezg35whygP

[Joanna Kyriazis @joannakyriazis]

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. https://t.co/bixXpiHudQ

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

@HotRockCapital Not sure - we'll be tracking it.

Back in 2010-11, some projects went belly up - Solyndra, Fisker, A123. Others, like Tesla and First Solar, were big successes.

Ultimately, program was a net benefit to US treasury and economy.
https://t.co/fpzX1eUkYc

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

@JesseJenkins Here is my version of @JesseJenkins's controlled experiment. I'm seeing the same thing.

I'm excited to watch X fade into the distance as we pedal (you were expecting an EV metaphor, right?) into the future. See you on the Friendly Skies.