Joe Biden

Swing States Reap Benefits of $114B Clean-Tech Investment
Clean-tech investments surge in swing states following Inflation Reduction Act, shaping presidential election debate on climate policy and economic growth.
Apr 3, 2024 // Policy, USA, North America, Joe Biden
Biden-Harris Investing $500K for Solar Energy on Pine Ridge Reservation
Help advance environmental justice - $500,000 is being donated to the American Solar Energy Society for a project on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. This project will support small non-profits and create healthier, more resilient communities through solar energy applications.
Oct 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Joe Biden
US Overhaul on Trade Needed: First Solar CEO
First Solar is advocating for trade enforcement as module prices reach record lows. Biden's duties on Chinese imports and US Inflation Reduction Act's new incentives could help strengthen US solar manufacturing. First Solar calls for a level playing field for fair competition.
Sep 22, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, North America, Joe Biden
Biden Touts $60M Enphase Investment in SC, 1800 Jobs
President Joe Biden announces $60 million investment from Enphase Energy Inc. to create 1,800 jobs in US, including 600 in South Carolina, supported by $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act and $52 billion CHIPS and Science Act. Biden is joined by Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi and Enphase CEO Badri Kothandaraman on his trip to promote economic agenda.
Jul 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Enphase Energy, North America, Joe Biden
Biden vetos solar tariff moratorium strategy
ACORE welcomes the move to stop an adjustment to the policies for renewable developers
May 17, 2023 // Tariffs, USA, North America, Joe Biden, Gregory Wetstone
United States House passes legislation to repeal solar tariff moratorium
The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to approve a resolution that would repeal a two-year moratorium on tariffs on solar panels and cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand as well as Vietnam.
May 1, 2023 // Tariffs, USA, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Joe Biden
Biden Threatens to Veto Bill to Lift Moratorium on Solar Tariffs
President Joe Biden is threatening to veto regulations that would re-instate tariffs as high as 254% on photovoltaic panels imported from Southeast Asia, the White House stated Monday.
Apr 25, 2023 // Tariffs, Policy, USA, North America, Joe Biden
Congress starts process to repeal Biden's 2-year time out on solar panel tariffs
A Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal President Joe Biden's 2022 two-year moratorium on new solar tariffs is currently officially in motion. The House Ways and Means Committee authorized the CRA earlier today.
Apr 21, 2023 // Tariffs, USA, North America, Joe Biden, solar tariff
Russian Aluminum Imports Sanctioned With 200% Tariff by The US
President Joe Biden signed a proclamation to impose a 200% tariff on aluminum imports from Russia, citing threats to national security. This tariff will affect solar panel frames, racking, and structural mounts used in photovoltaic arrays.
Feb 28, 2023 // Tariffs, Policy, USA, Aluminum, North America, Joe Biden
More Than 100K Jobs In Clean Energy Announced Since US Adopted Climate Law - Study
Since the Inflation Reduction Act became law in August 2020, companies have announced more than 100,000 clean energy jobs in the US, according to an analysis by the nonprofit advocacy group Climate Power. The law provides billions of dollars in tax credits and other incentives to develop green industries.
Feb 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, North America, Joe Biden
US Crackdown on Solar-Tariff Dodgers Endangers Biden's Green Ambitions
Commerce Department's trade probe findings threaten to chill planned US solar panel projects.
Dec 5, 2022 // Tariffs, USA, China, Asia, North America, Joe Biden, Mike Carr
DOE Awards $100 Million to Group14 Technologies for Battery Production
Group14 held that it will certainly obtain $100 million for Battery Materials Processing and also Battery Manufacturing to sustain rising electric vehicle as well as energy storage space demand. Group14 said that it will certainly take advantage of the financing from the DOE to develop two 2,000-ton-per-year commercial manufacturing modules in BAM-2 factory.
Oct 20, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Joe Biden, Battery Manufacturing, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, BAM-1, BAM-2, Battery Active Materials factory, Battery Materials Processing, Rick Costantino, Group14, Rick Luebbe, SCC55
Goldman Experts State Markets Yet to Grasp Complete IRA Impact
Supply-chain impacts not yet priced in, Goldman analysis shows Environment bill still has experts computing full ripple effect
Oct 12, 2022 // Policy, Joe Biden, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Brian Singer
Biden laying foundation for green energy investments: Yellen
US President Joe Biden's push for green power tax credits will help enhance a massive increase secretive financial investment that will certainly develop jobs as well as reduced power expenses for American families, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed Tuesday.
Sep 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, North America, Joe Biden, Janet Yellen
Binghamton University-Led Battery Effort Gets $113 Million Grant
University's New Energy New York receives $63.7 million from Build Back Better Regional Challenge and also $50 million from the New York state. The grant will certainly aid to bolster domestic battery manufacturing and supply chain, reinvigorate region.
Sep 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Joe Biden, Binghamton University, Finger Lakes, Harvey Stenger, New Energy New York project, Opportunity Zone in Endicott, Per Stromhaug, Senator Schumer, Southern Tier