Rough road to “energy dominance” after GOP kneecaps wind and solar
Samantha Gross, director of the energy and climatic security initiative of the BrooKings institution, said that even if it does not care if the United States is building enough electricity production to meet the needs of massive consumers such as data centers and AI, it fears that the bill will push the next generation of this growth towards fossil fuels.
“I do not think that the domination of energy – not just right this moment, but in the future – is just in fossil fuels,” said Gross.
Even beyond the Big Beautiful Bill, Gross said that many administration actions are against their declared objectives on energy.
“You hear all these speeches on the domination of energy, but for me, it is only a sentence, because many things that the administration makes really push against the domination of energy,” said Gross.
“If you are thinking of the pricing policy, for example,” Drill, Baby, Dring “and a 50% price on pipeline steel do not go together. These draw completely opposite directions.”
Aside from interior energy needs, Gross also feared that the withdrawal of renewable energies affects America’s position on the world scene.
“It is quite clear in which direction the world is going,” said Gross. “I fear that we abandon … I do not like the term” domination of energy “, but future leadership in the energy supply of the world by backing up.”
“In a way, we have given in to these technologies in China in a way that is very frustrating for me.”
However, even following the adoption of the bill, some experts see hope for the future of renewable energies in the United States.
Kevin Book, director general of the research company Clearview Energy Partners, said that the bill “sets up a slower and less deep transition” to renewable energies. However, he added that he did not think it represents the end of this transition.
“Most of the ability we add to our network in America these days is renewable, and it is not simply because of federal incentives,” said Book. “So if you remove these federal incentives, there were still economic engines.”
However, Book said that the final effects of the Trump administration’s actions on renewable energies are still to be seen.
“The One Big Beautiful Bill act is not the end of history,” said Book. “There is more to come, either regulator and / or legislative.”
This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News.
