ROUND UP: Three Clean Energy Projects Were Canceled or Delayed 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 – Just last week, three clean energy projects were forced to cancel their plans as Trump ramps up his attacks on wind and solar. The canceled projects would have brought more than 1,000 megawatts of electricity onto the grid. 

These cancellations come as Trump delivers on his campaign promises to billionaire oil and gas CEOs while leaving the American people in the dust. Last week, the Trump administration took the most pro-pollution action in American history by rolling back the endangerment finding – the legal foundation that allowed the EPA to limit carbon pollution. 

Wyoming 

• The Jackalope Wind project in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is “effectively dead” because its environmental review from the Interior Department has been stalled for months. The project’s power purchase agreement from an Idaho utility was canceled in September 2025 because of “uncertainties related to the federal permitting process.” Jackalope Wind was projected to generate 600 megawatts of renewable energy and support 450 construction jobs and 20 full-paying operations jobs. 

Indiana 

• Patoka Solar in Posey County, Indiana, could not advance its permitting process because the Interior Department barred solar and wind companies from using a database documenting the impacts of development on local wildlife. The company said this has made it “impossible” for the project to advance. Patoka Solar would generate 250 megawatts of electricity if completed.

Illinois 

• The Kaskaskia Wind project in Illinois was indefinitely delayed last week. The developer, Pattern Energy, blamed the delay on a lengthy timeline for wildlife and water permits, resulting in the project losing its spot in line for a grid connection and the developer losing a $10 million investment. The project represented a $1 billion investment from Pattern Energy and was expected to support 500 to 700 construction jobs. The 500 megawatt wind energy facility was expected to generate enough power to serve more than 350,000 Americans per year.

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

• Last month, 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 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”.