Donald Trump’s Energy Plan: Kill Clean Energy Jobs in South Carolina
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President Biden’s Clean Energy Plan has created over 14,600 jobs in South Carolina — Donald Trump wants them gone.
Washington, D.C. – Rally after rally, Donald Trump has promised to reverse President Joe Biden’s Clean Energy Plan, which has helped create over 210,000 clean energy jobs across the country, with over half located in states and districts represented by Republicans. South Carolina’s turbocharged clean energy economy is at stake if Donald Trump wins in 2024. Ahead of the South Carolina primary, Alex Glass, Climate Power’s managing director of communications, released the following statement:
“Whether he’s at a rally in South Carolina or with his extremist insider pals at CPAC in D.C., Donald Trump promises to finish what he started in his first term as president: end clean energy investments that are creating jobs, lowering costs, and helping clean up our air and water. Trump is a climate denier who cares more about enriching his Big Oil donors than the hardworking people of South Carolina who have new jobs and opportunities thanks to Joe Biden’s Clean Energy Plan.”
Facts about South Carolina’s clean energy boom under President Biden:
- Since the passage of President Biden’s clean energy plan, South Carolina has 23 new projects, totaling $11.34 billion in investment, creating over 14,647 good-paying clean energy jobs in the state.
- South Carolina is an integral part of the battery belt: Redwood Materials announced a $3.5 billion investment to build a battery materials campus in Ridgeville in December 2022, creating 1,500 new jobs.
- South Carolina’s EV production is turbocharging too: Volvo has added 1,300 jobs at its Ridgeville factory to build its fully electric SUV and Volkswagen AG announced a $2 billion investment to manufacture Scout-branded EVs in Blythewood, creating 4,000 new jobs.
- Solar manufacturing is also rapidly growing in South Carolina. Enphase announced a $60 million investment to open solar inverter manufacturing facilities across the country, including in Columbia. The new facility is creating 600 new jobs. Silfab Solar announced it would open a manufacturing facility in Fort Mill, creating 800 new jobs.