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US clean energy additions slow in 2022 amid policy, market handicaps

February 17, 2023

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The US clean energy industry installed 9.6 GW of utility-scale solar, wind and battery storage in the fourth quarter of 2022, the lowest fourth quarter result since 2019, the American Clean Power Association (ACP) said on Thursday.

Full-year clean energy installations were 25.1 GW, down 16% from a record level in 2021 and down 12% from 2020.

The association said the slowdown was due to a mix of policy and market challenges, including supply chain issues, delays to grid connections, unclear trade restrictions, permitting obstacles and uncertainty over the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). ACP chief executive Jason Grumet called for addressing outdated regulations and cumbersome permitting processes which are holding back all energy technologies.

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