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Whether he knows it or not, President Donald J. Trump’s tenure will be noted for scaling back renewable energy. In part, this is because many companies have already committed to business projects that include solar installations, wind turbines and batteries. Businesses must find competitive advantages that point to a winning, scalable formula, and clean energy business defenses lead to growth efficiencies as renewables continue to fill the insatiable demand for new energy sources.

Additionally, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman stated that “the original experts in energy and the environment are amazed at what has been accomplished.”

And then there’s the date: July 1, 2026. This is the last day in which renewable energy projects will be commissioned to qualify for federal tax incentives created by the Biden administration as part of the Anti-Inflation Act.

“I see no reason to believe that renewables won’t double by 2030,” commented Robert Brecha, a senior climate and energy advisor for climate analytics at the World Climate Science and Policy Institute. He defended clean energy, saying the Trump administration could slow its progress, “but they can’t stop it.”

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded this month to three economists for research that explains the relationship between technological progress and sustainable economic growth. This symbol has improved quality of life, health and quality of life for people around the world. The prize committee said that the work of these economists will help ensure that development is sustained and can be directed in a direction that supports humanity.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences stated, “Technology develops rapidly and affects us all,” with new products and production methods replacing old ones in a never-ending cycle. “

Energy innovation is a type of technological development that can enrich human lives. The reasons for embracing renewables are many.

Solar and batteries, which have a much shorter time from idea to implementation than natural gas and nuclear power plants, are falling in price while gas power plants have risen significantly. Federal tax credits for grid-scale battery storage weren’t affected by cuts in a major beauty bill, so more developers are switching to making batteries, which are in high demand to help balance wind and solar projects completed in recent years. A growing market for renewable technologies reduces energy costs, makes energy consumption more efficient, and creates energy independence.

Substantial investment is required for the development of these innovations. Orders for custom power transformers, solar panels and other ancillary equipment are increasing from large companies that can afford to sit on the equipment until needed in the construction process. Placing such orders is a way of demonstrating to the Internal Revenue Service that a project is ongoing, viz The New York Times Reports

In Defense of Clean Energy: US Grid Continues to Add Capacity

“The rush is real,” confirmed Jennifer Grunholm, Energy Secretary to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. “You’ll see an increase over the next two years.” Then again, he admonished Democrats for less commitment to clean energy during the 2024 election. “Democrats have to do a better job of talking to all channels and being fearless in going to those places,” he said at POLITICO’s annual energy conference in Washington this summer.

According to the federal Energy Information Administration, this year, renewable energy and batteries will make up about 93 percent of the capacity added to the U.S. grid.

So many projects are in the pipeline that the U.S. is expected to add near-record amounts of renewable energy and batteries through 2027.

Bloomberg recently predicted that the amount of wind, solar and batteries in the country will increase by more than 10 percent next year.

Why so many people fail to see the need for climate action

A lack of awareness of how renewables affect the overall energy landscape, however, is holding America back from fully embracing clean energy. An October 2024 Pew Research Center survey of Americans’ views on climate change found that eight in 10 Americans say climate news makes them feel disappointed by the level of political disagreement on the issue. A large proportion (73%) also said that climate news has made them depressed about what is happening to the Earth. At the same time, 51% of American adults admit that they are skeptical of groups pushing for action on climate change (a view shared by 75% of Republicans).

The rhetoric against climate change and environmental policy is full of misinformation, leading to “drill, baby, drill” climate policies being implemented during the Trump administration. A growing number of Facebook groups, influencers, and various online forums make a living spreading misinformation and disinformation about renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and hydroelectricity.

The battles in defense of clean energy legislation should help make the public more aware of the benefits of renewable sources. A person or group of people is likely to endorse climate conspiracies if they view climate knowledge as provisional, rely on intuition to understand climate change, and have weak beliefs in the interconnectedness of climate knowledge and its reliance on experts and scientific sources.

“Clean energy exports are hardware that, once a country has bought it, will generate electricity for the next decade or two,” said Greg Jackson, chief executive officer of Octopus Energy, the UK’s largest energy retailer. Bloomberg. “Whereas with gas, the day you buy it, you use it, it’s gone forever.”

Increases in global renewable energy adoption

World records for renewable energy investment reached in first half of 2025. Global increases in energy demand are being met and occasionally exceeded by wind and solar power. When electricity production from these sources exceeds demand, it displaces power generated by fossil fuels in the process, according to a report by Amber, a global energy think tank. The vast majority of renewable energy coming online in the coming years is likely to come from solar, which will account for more than 80 percent of new global energy demand in 2025.

Zoya Tristein, for writing Gristexplains that national policies that encourage the development of green technology are part of an equation to keep up, but so, too, “there have been dramatic drops in the price of solar power—driven primarily by Chinese manufacturers, who build more than 80 percent of the world’s solar power components.”

The International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that the amount of installed renewable power – meaning the maximum amount of energy that can be produced by systems such as solar fields, hydroelectric dams, and wind turbines.

Countries such as Britain, Germany and Chile have already cut their need for imported coal and gas by a third since 2010, mainly by building wind and solar power. Denmark has reduced its dependence on fossil fuel imports since 2010. The renewables expansion allowed these countries to collectively avoid importing 700 million tons of coal and 400 billion cubic meters of gas in 2023, equivalent to 10% of global consumption.

Trump 2.0 is in the midst of a war on climate change research, which parallels the goals of fossil fuel companies. Yet American homes and businesses are getting more of their power from renewable sources than ever before — and in greater quantities. No, we likely won’t match the pace of other countries around the world reconciling centuries of industrial pollution with the need to advance in defense of clean energy. But we’ll make more progress than the Trumpies realize.