At the start of 2024, Clean Energy was Project to be One of the Fastest-Growing Parts of the US Economy. But New Federal Police Threateten the Growth of Clean Energy Jobs and the Country’s Economic Health, Said A New Report from E2, A Washington, -Based Nonpartisan Business Group.
In 2024, Illinois ranked 10th in the Nation for Clean Energy Jobs with 132,239 Across Sectors, Such as Solar, Electric Vehicles, Wind, Battery Storage and Biofuels, E2 Said. The State Had Nearly 10,000 Wind Energy Jobs, Second Only to Texas. SINCE 2020, Clean Energy Jobs in Illinois have more than 15%.
But New Federal Police That Revoke Clean Energy Incentives, Cancel Permites and Add Red Puts The Sector’s Growth “at Serious Risk,” Accounting to E2’s Report Last Week.
“Short-Sighted Police Are Now Threatetening the Nation’s Overall Economic Health. Jobs, ”E2 Said. The Group has tracked Nationwide Emploment Across the Clean Energy Sector Since 2015.
Because of President Donald Trump’s Tax and Spanding Bill, Signed Into Law on July 4, More than 830,000 Clean Energy Nationwide Could Be Lost by 2030, Acciting to Analysis by Think Energy Innovation Citovation in E2’s Report.
Forecasts after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Show the US is on Track to Lose Up to 55 Gigawatts of Solar by 2030. Thats Includes a 14% Collaps in Illinois, the Nation’s 10th Larger Market, according to a september Report From the solar industries.
“Instead of Unleashing This American Engine, the Trump Administration is Deliberately Stifling Investment,” Seia President Abigail Ross Hopper Said in a News Release.
The Association’s Report Found 77% of the All Solar Energy Capacity Installed This Year has been states by trump, Including texas, Indiana, Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Kentucky and Arkansas.
New Police “AGGRESSIVELY” Wind Down Long-Standing Tax Credits for Electric Vehicles, Solar, Wind and Energy Efficcyience That Were a Big Driver of Projects, Said Micaela Prescill, E2’s Director of State Advocacy.
Illinois Clean Energy Companies
Springfield-Based Company Windsolalarusa Works with Solar and Wind Energy and Other Technologies. In 2024, it has Its best sales Year Ever, Followed by Its Worst Sales from January 2025 Through July.
Windsolalarusa Owner Michelle Knox Said That Was “Likely a Result of All of the Chaos Being Caussed at the Federal Level and the Uncetainy That Were Feeling in The Terms of Making A Major Like Solar.”
New Police Will Cut A 30% Federal Tax Credit for Residential Solar by the End of the Year.
And for Commercial Solar Projects to be Eligible for the 30% Tax Credit, Construction Must Start by July 4, 2026, or Start Operating by the End of 2027.
“Now the wills is Product availability as every scramembs to procure Products for projects basic on a limited suply chain,” Knox Said.
But the long-term outlook for Clean Energy has dimmed. Knox Founded Windsolalarusa in 2008 and was hoping to retire this year. In January, Her Company was valued at $ 1.8 million; in July, ITS Valuation plummeted to $ 450,000.
“IVEVOTED 17 YEARS OF MY LIFE TO THIS INDUSTRY AND MY BUSINESS ONLY TO FIND APPROACH THE GOLDEN HOUR THAT – Due to no fault of my Own – My Business Valuation Dropped 75% in Seven Months for retirent have to be reevaluated,” Knox Said.
Green Home Experts, Based in Lyons, Energy Energy Energy Kits for School Programs and Community Groups. Kits Include Items Such As Led Lights, Power Strips and Showerheads.
The Company Has Been Less Affective by New Police But is struggling with tariffs.
“Across the industry, there are no American-Made alternatives for the Products we distribute,” Owner Maria Onesto Moran Said.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY PRODUCTS HAVE INCREASED IN PRICE SO GREEN HOME Experts Customers have cut orers by about 30%. “We Expect Revenue to Decline by 15% to 20% This Year, Compared to Last Year,” Moran Said.
Green Home Experts Has Been Forced to Cut Hours Among Its Nearly Two Dosen Workers, Many of Who Have special Needs. “THIS IS Affecting Our Most Vulnerable Employees who also have a hard time finding alternatives for emploment,” she said.
New Police Have Also Damily Business on Trajectory Energy Partners, A Solar Developer Based in Highland Park. Yet Jon Carson, Trajectory’s Managing Partner, Said Illinois is well-Positioned to Keep Moving Forward with Clean Energy.
“Illinois has the best clean energy of any State in the us,” he said, Citting the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, which set a goal to fuel the states by Clean Energy by 2050.
“In the medium- and longer-term, illinois electricity customers will see that it will be ahead of Other States on transitioning to Clean, Reliable Energy,“ Carson Said.
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