China continues to make big advances in the final frontier. The nation just launched three _Long March_ rockets in less than 19 hours, setting a new national mark for liftoff cadence. In addition, the trio pushed China’s orbital-launch tally for 2025 to 83, extending another record. The previous yearly high for the country, set last year, _was 68_. (Eighty-three is not a global record, however; _SpaceX_ has launched 159 orbital missions in 2025 so far by itself.) You may like A Chinese Long March 4B rocket launches the Yaogan 47 satellite to space from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Dec. 9, 2025. (Image credit: CCTV) The flurry began Monday (Dec. 8) at 5:11 p.m. EST (2211 GMT), when a Long March 6A _rocket_ lifted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China. That mission successfully sent a batch of broadband satellites to _low Earth orbit_ for the _Guowang_ (“national network”) megaconstellation. Then, at 10:41 p.m. EST on Monday (0341 GMT on Tuesday, Dec. 9), the mysterious Yaogan 47 spacecraft took flight atop a Long March 4B from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Yaogan 47 is a classified satellite that will be used by the Chinese military. The tripleheader wrapped up on Tuesday at 10:08 a.m. EST (1508 GMT) with the launch of another classified _satellite_, known as TJSW-22, on a Long March 3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in western China. All three of these launches took place on Tuesday Beijing time, as noted by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the state-owned entity that operates the Long March family of rockets. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! “This was the third successful launch of China’s Long March rockets today, setting a new record of three launches in one day,” CASC officials said in a _statement on Tuesday_, referring to the TJSW-22 liftoff (in Mandarin; translation by Google). A total of five orbital launches have now occurred in the 24-hour stretch beginning with Monday’s Guowang liftoff. The other two were SpaceX _Falcon 9_ missions — a _Monday evening flight_ lofted a batch of the company’s Starlink satellites and the _NROL-77 launch_ for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office happened on Tuesday afternoon. That’s not a 24-hour record, however: Between April 28-29 of this year, _six different rockets_ launched toward orbit in a span of just 18 hours — a Long March 5B, two Falcon 9s, a United Launch Alliance _Atlas V_, an Arianespace Vega C and Alpha, a vehicle built and operated by Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace. All but Alpha were successful. ## Continue Reading Previous: Russian Soyuz capsule lands on Earth to return crew of 3 home after months on International Space Station (video)

* ### _Concerns over future of federal clean energy tax credits, Trump policies taking toll_ * ### _7,800 new clean energy jobs cancelled in past 3 months; more than 2022-2024 combined_ * ### _Companies announced 5,000 Jobs, $1.6B for new projects in March_ **WASHINGTON (April 17, 2025)** – Nearly $8 billion in investments and 16 new large-scale factories and other projects were cancelled, closed, or downsized in the first three months of 2025 amid escalating market uncertainty and as Congress begins debate on repealing the tax credits and other incentives. The $7.9 billion in investments withdrawn since January are more than three times the total investments cancelled over the previous 30 months, according to E2’s latest _Clean Economy Works_ monthly update. Still, companies continue to invest in the potential of America’s clean economy. Businesses in March announced more than $1.6 billion in investments for new solar, EV and grid and transmission equipment factories across six states – including a $200 million investment by Tesla to build a battery factory near Houston that is expected to create at least 1,500 new jobs. Combined, the 10 projects announced in March are expected to create at least 5,000 new permanent jobs if completed. _Following is a statement from MICHAEL TIMBERLAKE, E2 COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR:_ **“Clean energy companies still want to invest in America, but uncertainty over Trump administration policies and the future of critical clean energy tax credits are taking a clear toll.****** **“If this self-inflicted and unnecessary market uncertainty continues, we’ll almost certainly see more projects paused, more construction halted, and more job opportunities disappear.”** March’s announcements bring the overall number of major clean energy projects tracked by E2 to 390 across 42 states and Puerto Rico. Companies have said they plan to invest more than $133 billion in these projects and hire 122,000 permanent workers. (_These figures reflect ongoing revisions and updates)._ Since federal clean energy tax credits were passed by Congress in August 2022, a total of 34 projects have been cancelled, closed or downsized, according to data from E2 and Atlas Public Policy. Over 15,000 jobs and $10 billion in investments were connected with the abandoned projects. But the rate of cancellations increased dramatically in the past two months. In February and March alone, 13 projects and over $5 billion in connected investments were cancelled or downsized— including Bosch’s cancellation of a $200 million hydrogen fuel cell factory in South Carolina and Freyr Battery’s cancellation of a $2.5 billion battery factory in Georgia. Republican congressional districts, which have benefitted the most from the Biden-era clean energy tax credits, also are seeing the most cancellations. More than $6 billion and over 10,000 jobs have been cancelled in Republican districts so far. Through March, over 62 percent of all clean energy projects announced—along with 71 percent of all jobs and 83 percent of all investments —are in congressional districts represented by Republicans. A full map and list of announcements is available at e2.org/announcements/. Cancellation data will be incorporated in the coming weeks. **E2 will be at next week’s Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe, Arizona, sponsoring the conference’s networking reception at the Omni Hotel at ASU on April 24. E2 executive director Bob Keefe and communications director Michael Timberlake will be on hand to discuss these and other E2 reports.** ___________ _Detailed below is a list of March clean energy announcements tracked by E2 along with totals by state, sector, congressional district, and industry type for projects announced, cancelled, downsized, and closed since E2 began tracking in August 2022._ **Clean Economy Works March 2025 | projects announced by date** **Date** | **Company/Org** | **State** | **Source** | **Sector** | **Type** | **Jobs** | **Investment** ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- 3/3 | ABB | MS | Link | Grid, Transmission and Electrification | Manufacturing | 200 | $40,000,000 3/3 | ABB | TN | Link | Grid, Transmission and Electrification | Manufacturing | 50 | $80,000,000 3/5 | Tesla | TX | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 1,500 | $200,000,000 3/6 | TS Conductor | SC | Link | Grid, Transmission and Electrification | Manufacturing | 462 | $134,000,000 3/14 | Schneider Electric | TN | Link | Grid, Transmission and Electrification | Manufacturing | 100 | 3/14 | Schneider Electric | TN | Link | Grid, Transmission and Electrification | Manufacturing | 355 | 3/17 | T1 Energy | TX | Link | Solar | Manufacturing | 1,800 | $850,000,000 3/25 | Misson Solar | TX | Link | Solar | Manufacturing | 500 | $265,000,000 3/25 | Scheider Electric | MO | Link | Grid, Transmission and Electrification | Manufacturing | 241 | $73,000,000 3/27 | Shinsung | KY | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 100 | $53,500,000 | | | | | | | | **Clean Economy Works 2025 | projects cancelled, closed, downsized by date 2022-2025** **Date** | **Developer** | **State** | **Update** | **Link** | **Sector** | **Type** | **Jobs Announced/Lost** | **Investment Announced/Lost** ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- 1/10/23 | Philadelphia Solar | TX | Cancelled | Link | Solar | Manufacturing | 150 | 1/19/23 | Proterra | CA | Closure | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 300 | 6/13/23 | Lightning eMotors | CO | Downsized | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 80 | 6/27/23 | Nu Ride (formerly Lordstown Motors) | OH | Closure | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 450 | $40,000,000 6/30/23 | Microvast | KY | Cancelled | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 562 | $504,000,000 10/31/23 | Orsted | NJ | Cancelled | Link | Wind | Generation | | 10/31/23 | Orsted | NJ | Cancelled | Link | Wind | Generation | | 11/10/23 | Siemens Gamesa | VA | Cancelled | Link | Wind | Manufacturing | 260 | $200,000,000 12/16/23 | Lightning eMotors | CO | Closure | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 250 | 5/6/24 | Canoo | AR | Closure | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 545 | 7/19/24 | VSK Energy | CO | Cancelled | Link | Solar | Manufacturing | 900 | $250,000,000 8/2/24 | Applied Materials | VA | Cancelled | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 90 | $109,000,000 8/15/24 | Piedmont Lithium | TN | Cancelled | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 120 | $600,000,000 8/26/24 | Meyer Burger | CO | Cancelled | Link | Solar | Manufacturing | 350 | $400,000,000 11/27/24 | TotalEnergies | NY | Cancelled | Link | Wind | Generation | 1300 | 11/27/24 | TotalEnergies | NJ | Cancelled | Link | Wind | Generation | 1300 | 12/31/24 | REC Silicon | WA | Closure | Link | Solar | Manufacturing | 244 | 12/31/24 | ZF | MI | Cancelled | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 536 | 1/17/25 | Solar Partners | CA | Downsized | Link | Solar | Generation | | $2,200,000,000 1/24/25 | Prysmian | MA | Cancelled | Link | Wind | Manufacturing | 100 | $200,000,000 1/28/25 | Magnis Energy Technologies | NY | Downsized | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 80 | $140,000,000 2/4/25 | Kore Power | AZ | Cancelled | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 3,000 | $1,200,000,000 2/6/25 | Freyr Battery | GA | Cancelled | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 723 | $2,570,000,000 2/11/25 | BorgWarner | MI | Closure | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 188 (total) | 2/11/25 | BorgWarner | MI | Closure | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 188 (total) | 2/11/25 | Canoo | OK | Closure | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 2000 | 2/11/25 | Canoo | OK | Closure | Link | EV | Manufacturing | | $320 million (total) 2/11/25 | Canoo | OK | Closure | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 500 | $320 million (total) 2/17/25 | Aspen Aerogels | GA | Cancelled | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 250 | 325000000 2/24/25 | Nikola | AZ | Downsized | Link | EV | Manufacturing | 315 | 2/24/25 | Air Products | NY | Cancelled | Link | Hydrogen | Generation | 90 | $500,000,000 2/27/25 | Ascend | KY | Downsized | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 130 | $310,000,000 3/3/25 | Bosch | SC | Cancelled | Link | Hydrogen | Manufacturing | 350 | $200,000,000 3/11/25 | Proterra | SC | Downsized | Link | Battery/Storage | Manufacturing | 90 | **Clean Economy Works | total projects announced by year Aug. 2022-Jan. 2025** **Year** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced** | **Investment Announced** ---|---|---|--- 2022 | 49 | 32,131 | $43,602,000,000 2023 | 196 | 61,673 | $64,577,300,000 2024 | 91 | 21,367 | $21,232,029,000 2025 | 26 | 7,095 | $3,730,000,000 ******Clean Economy Works | total projects cancelled, closed, downsized by year 2022-2025** **Year** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced/Lost** | **Investment Announced/Lost** ---|---|---|--- 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 2023 | 9 | 2,052 | $744,000,000 2024 | 9 | 5,385 | $1,359,000,000 2025 | 16 | 7,800 | $7,965,000,000 **** **Clean Economy Works | total projects announced by sector Aug. 2022-Jan. 2025** **Sector** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced** | **Investment Announced** ---|---|---|--- Battery/Storage | 65 | 29,219 | $43,730,000,000 Biofuel | 1 | 40 | $0 Energy Efficiency | 1 | 200 | $6,000,000 EV | 155 | 65,866 | $83,994,800,000 Geothermal | 1 | 0 | $0 Grid, Transmission and Electrification | 30 | 5,446 | $4,016,359,000 Hydrogen | 19 | 3,556 | $6,139,600,000 Semiconductor | 0 | 1,970 | $5,375,000,000 Solar | 90 | 30,974 | $16,923,570,000 Wind | 28 | 3,254 | $4,060,500,000 _*totals will not match overall figures as some projects are categorized into multiple sectors_ **C****lean Economy Works | total projects cancelled, closed, downsized by sector Aug. 2022-Jan. 2025** **Sector** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced/Lost** | **Investment Announced/ Lost** ---|---|---|--- Battery/Storage | 9 | 5,095 | $5,433,000,000 Biofuel | 0 | 0 | $0 Energy Efficiency | 0 | 0 | $0 EV | 12 | 5,114 | $685,000,000 Geothermal | 1 | 0 | $0 Grid, Transmission and Electrification | 0 | 0 | $0 Hydrogen | 2 | 440 | $700,000,000 Semiconductor | 0 | 0 | $0 Solar | 5 | 1,644 | $2,850,000,000 Wind | 6 | 2,690 | $400,000,000 **Clean Economy Works | total projects announced by type Aug. 2022-Jan. 2025** **Type** | **Projects** | **Jobs** | **Investment** ---|---|---|--- Generation | 44 | 3,786 | $9,438,370,000 Manufacturing | 303 | 109,857 | $119,365,559,000 R&D | 15 | 1,298 | $523,900,000 Recycling, Repair, and Maintenance | 10 | 932 | $213,500,000 **Clean Economy Works | total projects cancelled, closed, downsized by type Aug. 2022-Jan. 2025** **Type** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced/Lost** | **Investment Announced/Lost** ---|---|---|--- Generation | 6 | 2,690 | $2,700,000,000 Manufacturing | 28 | 12,563 | $7,368,000,000 R&D | 0 | 0 | $0 Recycling, Repair, and Maintenance | 0 | 0 | $0 **** **Clean Economy Works | total projects announced by congressional district Aug. 2022-Jan. 2025** **Party** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced** | **Investments Announced** ---|---|---|--- Republican | 243 | 87,360 | $110,043,529,000 Democratic | 126 | 30,396 | $19,946,000,000 Unknown | 21 | 4,770 | $3,151,800,000 **Clean Economy Works | total projects cancelled, closed, downsized by congressional district Aug. 2022-Jan. 2025** **Party** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced/Lost** | **Investments Announced/Lost** ---|---|---|--- Republican | 16 | 10,135 | $6,318,000,000 Democratic | 6 | 928 | $540,000,000 Unknown | 12 | 4,190 | $3,210,000,000 **Clean Economy Works | total projects announced by state Aug. 2022-Jan. 2025** **State** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced** | **Investment Announced** | | **State** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced** | **Investment Announced** ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- Alabama | 10 | 1,711 | $2,819,200,000 | | North Carolina | 26 | 12,333 | $21,565,959,000 Arkansas | 2 | 500 | $250,000,000 | | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | $0 Arizona | 12 | 2,402 | $6,722,000,000 | | New Hampshire | 1 | 0 | $0 California | 15 | 810 | $1,600,000,000 | | New Mexico | 1 | 0 | $16,300,000 Colorado | 6 | 1,952 | $270,000,000 | | Nevada | 7 | 3,442 | $2,185,000,000 Connecticut | 4 | 100 | $24,800,000 | | New York | 7 | 5,250 | $6,600,000,000 Florida | 6 | 450 | $276,000,000 | | North Dakota | 14 | 3,079 | $791,000,000 Georgia | 33 | 15,980 | $12,881,000,000 | | Ohio | 18 | 5,181 | $7,958,800,000 Iowa | 4 | 102 | $17,000,000 | | Oklahoma | 7 | 1,810 | $4,270,000,000 Illinois | 7 | 2,719 | $2,563,500,000 | | Oregon | 2 | 0 | $43,000,000 Indiana | 12 | 5,262 | $8,316,000,000 | | Pennsylvania | 4 | 427 | $146,100,000 Kansas | 3 | 180 | $110,000,000 | | Puerto Rico | 1 | 800 | $0 Kentucky | 10 | 2,821 | $2,723,900,000 | | Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | $0 Louisiana | 6 | 1,109 | $1,719,500,000 | | South Carolina | 32 | 15,249 | $15,985,800,000 Massachusetts | 6 | 1,041 | $45,700,000 | | Tennessee | 23 | 5,481 | $6,343,000,000 Maryland | 4 | 325 | $316,370,000 | | Texas | 32 | 14,102 | $9,311,000,000 Maine | 1 | 200 | $6,000,000 | | Utah | 3 | 0 | $1,000,000,000 Michigan | 37 | 13,172 | $12,404,400,000 | | Virginia | 7 | 885 | $1,197,500,000 Minnesota | 4 | 700 | $155,000,000 | | Vermont | 1 | 12 | $0 Missouri | 5 | 691 | $747,000,000 | | Wisconsin | 7 | 462 | $242,000,000 Mississippi | 4 | 2,540 | $2,055,000,000 | | West Virginia | 4 | 850 | $1,335,000,000 **Clean Economy Works | total projects cancelled, closed, downsized by state Aug. 2022-Jan. 2025** **State** | **Projects** | **Jobs Announced/Lost** | **Investment Announced/Lost** ---|---|---|--- Arkansas | 1 | 545 | $0 Arizona | 2 | 3315 | $1,200,000,000 California | 2 | 300 | $2,200,000,000 Colorado | 4 | 1580 | $650,000,000 Georgia | 2 | 973 | $2,895,000,000 Kentucky | 2 | 692 | $814,000,000 Massachusetts | 1 | 100 | $200,000,000 Michigan | 3 | 724 | $0 New Jersey | 3 | 1300 | $0 New York | 3 | 1470 | $640,000,000 Ohio | 1 | 450 | $40,000,000 Oklahoma | 3 | 2500 | $320,000,000 South Carolina | 2 | 440 | $200,000,000 Tennessee | 1 | 120 | $600,000,000 Texas | 1 | 150 | $0 Virginia | 2 | 350 | $309,000,000 Washington | 1 | 244 | $0 — **About E2’s Analysis** _Announcements_ Projects that began development, were proposed, or applied for local and state approval before the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are not included. This analysis also does not include investments in which the federal government has provided financial resources for the complete project, lease sales, projects in which an announcement was made but lacked specific geographic information, etc. Details on projects came from news reports on new and related projects; press releases from companies announcing new developments; and government announcements. _Cancellations, Closures, Downsizes_ This tracking includes all projects, plants, operations, or expansions that were cancelled or closed since passage of the IRA in August 2022. This does not include announced layoffs that are not associated with a project downsizing unless there is a stated decease in production output. This list also does not include the transfer of project ownership, if production will continue under the new ownership, power purchasing agreements, or other similar type of announcements. Project delays or idling of facilities are not included unless there in an announced decrease in production or investment or unless the project will need to be restarted to proceed in the future — **Additional Resources:** * E2: Clean Jobs America 2024 | Interactive Jobs Map & Full Data Tables * E2: Clean Economy Works | IRA Two-Year Review * E2: Clean Economy Works Tracker * E2: Benefits to Rural America from the Inflation Reduction Act: Driving Jobs, Investment, and Economic Resilience * E2: Clean Economy Works | An Economic Impact Analysis of Major Clean Energy Projects Announced In Year One of the Inflation Reduction Act ### _E2_ _is a national, nonpartisan group of business leaders, investors, and professionals from every sector of the economy who advocate for smart policies that are good for the economy and good for the environment. Our members have founded or funded more than 2,500 companies, created more than 600,000 jobs, and managed more than $100 billion in venture and private equity capital. For more information, see www.e2.org or follow us on X/Twitter at_ _@e2org_ _and Bluesky at_ _@e2org.bsky.social_ _._