ROUND UP: Four More Clean Energy Projects Laid Off Workers or Delayed Plans Last Week Thanks to Trump’s War on Clean Energy 

Trump’s vendetta against homegrown energy sources has canceled or stalled 167,386 jobs –  and hiked up utility costs by double digits

Washington, DC – As millions of Americans face bitter cold temperatures and back-to-back winter storms, Trump’s reckless energy policies are taking reliable, affordable clean energy off the grid, making it even more expensive to keep the heat on. In just the last week, four more clean energy projects have been forced to lay off workers or delay their plans thanks to costly energy cuts backed by Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.

Last week’s project delays and layoffs took place in red and blue states across the country. In Arizona, Trump’s war on clean energy, which was rubber-stamped by Representatives Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6) and David Schweikert (AZ-1), canceled a $1.8 billion clean energy loan, raising costs and laying off workers. According to Climate Power’s December Energy Crisis Snapshot, 54% of canceled projects are located in Congressional districts represented by Republicans.

Arizona 

• Trump canceled a $1.8 billion loan to Arizona Public Service Company that would have created almost 1,000 jobs and generated at least 150 megawatts of battery storage.  

California 

• Renova Energy, a solar power company, laid off 20 to 30 employees. Renova’s CEO admitted that the company has struggled under Trump’s attacks on solar energy. 

North Carolina 

• Epsilon Advanced Materials, a battery materials manufacturer, is pushing back the groundbreaking of their planned $650 million factory to late 2026, delaying 500 good-paying jobs in Brunswick County. The company had originally planned to break ground in 2024, but cited “the One, Big, Beautiful Bill and changes in (the Inflation Reduction Act)” for delaying their plans. 

Multiple States

• Enphase Energy, a solar energy company, announced it would lay off about 6% of its workforce, around 160 employees, as part of its restructuring because of the cancellation of clean energy tax credits. In a press release, Enphase blamed the end of the Residential Clean Energy Tax Credit for lowering demand and forcing layoffs.

Trump’s reckless energy policies are leaving a trail of shuttered projects across the country:

• In January 2026, Our Next Energy, an electric vehicle manufacturing plant, laid off 29 employees at their Detroit plant. 

• An electric vehicle battery plant in Kentucky closed its doors in December 2025, killing 1,600 jobs.

• A battery plant canceled a project in Missouri, citing “regulatory changes”, killing 1,000 jobs. 

• Leading Light Wind pulled the plug on construction of an offshore wind project in New Jersey that would have generated enough electricity to power a million homes. 

• A solar firm in North Carolina laid off 78% of its workforce after filing for bankruptcy due to renewable energy policy changes under the Trump administration.  

• QCells, a solar manufacturing plant in Georgia, announced that it would be furloughing 1,000 workers and permanently laying off an additional 300.

• In just two months, seven clean energy projects were closed in Michigan, including General Motors laying off 1,200 workers at its electric vehicle plant in Detroit, along with hundreds of additional permanent and temporary layoffs at battery plants in Ohio and Tennessee.  

• In October, Topsoe cited the repeal of clean energy tax credits as a reason for canceling 150 jobs and a $400 million investment in their Richmond, Virginia facility. 

• In October, Fox 2 Detroit reported that over 100 employees at Dana Incorporated, an electric vehicle battery component manufacturer in Auburn Hills, Michigan, had been laid off.

• General Motors canceled a $55 million factory that would have created 300 jobs, citing “decisions of the DOE”.