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.