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Policy Impact
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U.S. clean energy investments: 2026 Quarter 2 analysis
Investments in this quarter were impacted largely by both tax credit deadlines and congressional appropriations.
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New federal funding opportunity for geothermal should prioritize extreme environments and deeper drilling
At a time when the United States needs abundant, reliable, and affordable clean energy to meet rising electricity demand, strengthen domestic industries, and sustain economic growth, this funding opportunity can help accelerate the subsurface breakthroughs needed to make next-generation geothermal a scalable contributor to both climate progress and long-term economic prosperity.
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U.S. clean energy investments: 2026 Quarter 1 analysis
Federal policy and executive actions have a direct impact on private investments in communities across the U.S. – either hindering investments or catalyzing them.
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U.S. clean energy investments: 2025 Quarter 4 analysis
Each quarter, CATF highlights changes to federal policies and new executive actions and analyzes how these changes have affected investments across U.S. states and districts.
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The high cost of retreat: Impacts of Department of Energy project cuts
The Department of Energy has unilaterally reneged on congressionally mandated spending by cutting federal funds from hundreds of projects.
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Advanced nuclear energy supply chains
The Opportunity Advanced nuclear energy is uniquely positioned to meet growing U.S. Advanced nuclear energy is uniquely positioned to meet growing U.S. energy demand, support American energy independence, provide reliable and affordable clean power, and create jobs. Fission reactors rely on several niche materials to operate efficiently and safely. Foreign Entity of Concern (“FEOC”) provisions for 48E, 45Y, and 45X tax credits should…
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Geothermal supply chain
The Opportunity Advancements from the oil and gas sector, especially in directional drilling and well design, are driving innovation in geothermal development.1 Next-generation geothermal can drive American energy abundance, support energy security, and provide 24/7 clean firm baseload power to the grid with adequate support across the value chain.2 Today’s conventional…
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Considerations for Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) Guidance
New Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) restrictions, which apply to multiple tax credits including the Investment and Production Tax Credits (45Y and 48E) and the advanced manufacturing credit (45X) among others, require clear, administrable guidance from the U.S. Department of Treasury to avoid unintentionally limiting U.S. energy developers’ ability to…
