Renewables boom faces a Trump-era cliff — SkimNews
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- The U.S. clean energy sector is adding record amounts of power despite President Trump's opposition to wind and solar.
- The renewable energy industry's top trade group warns that the current growth trajectory could fall off a 'cliff' as soon as 2028.
- The disconnect between federal energy policy and actual clean power deployment illustrates a long lag between policy decisions and what actually gets built on the ground.
Why it matters: The trade group's 2028 'cliff' warning reflects a fundamental lag between energy policy and what actually gets built — meaning today's record clean power additions are still flowing from projects approved before Trump's opposition took hold. If that pipeline runs dry without new approvals replacing it, the wind and solar sector faces a sharp reversal that could cost jobs, investment, and supply-chain momentum riding on the current boom.
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