It is hoped the project will revitalise a corner of the US whose glory days seemed over.And it’s due in no small part to someone many of the residents of this Republican district would rather not credit - Joe Biden.The president’s landmark 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – his signature green legislation - offered hundreds of billions of dollars in tax incentives, credits and loans to stimulate American manufacturing in clean energy.
The IRA is in Donald Trump’s sights.If Republican lawmakers win big in the Congressional elections that are also taking place on 5 November, then portions of President Biden’s signature climate law could be repealed, threatening a clean energy boom happening in their communities across the US.I sat down for coffee with Kasey Carpenter, Dalton’s Republican member in the Georgia House of Representatives.
We met at Oakwood Café, the bustling diner he owns along with a string of other local businesses, including a pizza joint and a boutique hotel.Mr Carpenter downplayed the potential impact on Qcells of manufacturing tax credits being rolled back.
The predicted figure for the US is $315bn.US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said last year that she hoped the US’s increased spending on renewable energy would help address the “significant distortion” in the global economy caused by China.
The aim is also to deny China any more of an opening into the US renewables market.And these massive green investments are being channelled by the Biden White House, very purposefully, into so-called red states – those that usually vote Republican.
The hope is to create a manufacturing revival before November’s presidential election.For those who work in the Qcells’ factory, the opportunity has been life-changing.Robots patrol the shop floor where solar cells are being packaged into panels.
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It is hoped the project will revitalise a corner of the US whose glory days seemed over.And it’s due in no small part to someone many of the residents of this Republican district would rather not credit - Joe Biden.The president’s landmark 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – his signature green legislation - offered hundreds of billions of dollars in tax incentives, credits and loans to stimulate American manufacturing in clean energy.
The IRA is in Donald Trump’s sights.If Republican lawmakers win big in the Congressional elections that are also taking place on 5 November, then portions of President Biden’s signature climate law could be repealed, threatening a clean energy boom happening in their communities across the US.I sat down for coffee with Kasey Carpenter, Dalton’s Republican member in the Georgia House of Representatives.
We met at Oakwood Café, the bustling diner he owns along with a string of other local businesses, including a pizza joint and a boutique hotel.Mr Carpenter downplayed the potential impact on Qcells of manufacturing tax credits being rolled back.
The predicted figure for the US is $315bn.US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said last year that she hoped the US’s increased spending on renewable energy would help address the “significant distortion” in the global economy caused by China.
The aim is also to deny China any more of an opening into the US renewables market.And these massive green investments are being channelled by the Biden White House, very purposefully, into so-called red states – those that usually vote Republican.
The hope is to create a manufacturing revival before November’s presidential election.For those who work in the Qcells’ factory, the opportunity has been life-changing.Robots patrol the shop floor where solar cells are being packaged into panels.
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