The United States has fallen even further behind in the global race for clean energy supremacy, and the recent actions of former President Donald Trump may have sealed that fate.
Diaspora Digital Media (DDM) gathered that while China accelerates its dominance in renewable energy, Trump’s new spending law is being blamed for gutting America’s already fragile clean energy momentum.
According to new data from Global Energy Monitor, China installed more wind and solar power in 2024 alone than the entire amount of renewable energy currently operational in the United States.
The figures are staggering.
China now boasts over 1,400 gigawatts of installed wind and solar power, more than five times the capacity of the U.S.
Even more astonishing, it is currently building an additional 510 gigawatts of renewable energy infrastructure.
In contrast, Trump’s recently signed spending law slashes critical tax credits for clean energy projects, a move experts say will drive up electricity costs and sabotage innovation just when the U.S. energy sector was gaining traction.
Speaking to CNN, clean energy leaders warned that the policy will replace cheap, renewable power with more expensive gas-generated electricity, hurting both businesses and consumers.
It also threatens to stall major technological advances in battery storage and grid efficiency.
“We were at a turning point,” said one energy economist. “This law turns us in the wrong direction, just as China hits the accelerator.”
China’s progress has not been accidental.
For over a decade, the Chinese government has poured investment into green infrastructure, dominating everything from solar panel manufacturing to rare earth mineral refining.
It controls the supply chains, the factories, and the export markets.
The U.S., on the other hand, has been locked in political battles over climate policy, often flip-flopping between aggressive action and fossil-fuel protectionism.
Under President Joe Biden, the Inflation Reduction Act aimed to reverse this trend by investing $370 billion into clean energy incentives.
But with Trump’s latest law, much of that progress may now be reversed.
Clean energy developers across states like California, Texas, and Illinois are already putting projects on hold, citing uncertainty and shrinking margins.
One solar company CEO in Nevada said, “We were hiring 100 workers this year. Now we’re laying off.”
The global implications of this shift are profound.
Countries leading the renewable revolution are not only reducing emissions, they’re gaining strategic control over 21st-century energy systems.
China is positioning itself as the global green tech powerhouse, while the U.S. risks slipping into dependency, both economically and diplomatically.
Energy analysts warn that clean energy leadership is about more than carbon.
It’s about trade, national security, and global influence.
As Trump’s law slashes clean energy support, China continues building at an unprecedented rate, sometimes installing in a single month what takes the U.S. a year to complete.
For American consumers, this could mean higher energy bills and fewer job opportunities.
For the rest of the world, it signals a shift in power, one green megawatt at a time.
Unless there is a rapid policy correction, experts fear the U.S. may find itself locked out of the clean energy economy of the future.
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