$35B in US EV, clean energy projects vanished in 2025 – here’s what broke
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/BlueOvalSK-Battery-Park_03.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Businesses walked away from $5.1 billion in large-scale factories and clean energy projects in December alone – a stark finish to a year in which cancellations finally overtook new investment in the US clean energy sector. By the end of 2025, nearly $35 billion in clean energy investments had been canceled or downsized nationwide, taking more than 38,000 current and future jobs with them, according to <a href="https://e2.org/project-tracker/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">new tracking from E2</a>.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/09/35b-us-ev-clean-energy-projects-vanished-in-2025/#more-454989">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/BlueOvalSK-Battery-Park_03.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Businesses walked away from $5.1 billion in large-scale factories and clean energy projects in December alone – a stark finish to a year in which cancellations finally overtook new investment in the US clean energy sector. By the end of 2025, nearly $35 billion in clean energy investments had been canceled or downsized nationwide, taking more than 38,000 current and future jobs with them, according to <a href="https://e2.org/project-tracker/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">new tracking from E2</a>.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/09/35b-us-ev-clean-energy-projects-vanished-in-2025/#more-454989">more…</a>