"Two years ago, a $575 million battery factory planned in St. Louis, Missouri, was set to be the first large-scale lithium iron phosphate (LFP) facility in the U.S. This November, after the Trump administration withdrew a grant for the project, it was cancelled -becoming one of more than 50 major clean energy projects to be scrapped or scaled back in 2025."
"The list includes a new $4.3 billion General Motors EV plant in Michigan that's being retooled to make gas-powered vehicles, a $3.2 billion Stellantis battery factory in Illinois that was cancelled, and a $2.6 billion battery factory in Georgia that was scrapped by a Norway-based manufacturer, among dozens of other projects. The majority of the cancelled projects are factories, not clean energy generation plants, though some solar or wind farms may not show up on the list because their cancellations are harder to track."
Federal policy shifts in 2025 prompted cancellations and scale-backs of more than 50 major clean energy projects, erasing over $32 billion in planned investments from January through November. The lost projects are predominantly manufacturing facilities—battery plants and EV factories—including notable examples in Michigan, Illinois, Georgia, and Missouri. The cancellations translate into nearly 40,000 lost jobs and disproportionately affected Republican congressional districts. New project announcements continue but are outpaced three to one by abandoned investments. Tracking is incomplete because some solar and wind cancellations are harder to document, and some battery decisions may be reversing.
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