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The pain points of Trump 2.0 for US solar
2024.11.07
Trump has pledged to undo much of the Biden administration’s energy policy, but may face resistance from his own party. Image: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons.

Donald Trump has won the 2024 US Presidential election. Among the myriad questions his victory raises, one significant area of concern is what a second Trump presidency means for solar PV and the clean energy transition more broadly.

The president-elect ran a campaign of characteristically emotive rhetoric and sloganeering – notably, to “drill, baby, drill” for oil and gas – but the real-world impact of a second Trump presidency on the US solar industry remains uncertain.