The billing comes as solar and wind developers struggle to get new work off the ground, with factory shutdowns disrupting supply chains and the economic downturn drying up investment. Eddy emphasized that the bills from the BLM would bring “no real disruption” for existing solar and wind projects.
The entire clean-energy sector has lost 594,000 jobs since the start of the pandemic, according to an analysis of government unemployment data by Environmental Entrepreneurs, an advocacy group.