In August, Companies Announced $3.9 Billion in New Clean Energy Manufacturing Investment and 3,900 Anticipated Manufacturing Jobs

August saw a pick-up in new manufacturing facility announcements, compared to a slower pace in July.

Please find updates from the Clean Economy Tracker for the month of August below!

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August 2025

There were eleven new clean economy investment announcements in August.

They add up to

• $3.9 billion and

• 3,860 new announced jobs across

• Nine states: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas

Investments this month spanned six sectors: EV Assembly, Minerals, Transmission and Grid, Batteries, Solar, and Wind

There were also 59 retracted jobs in August at the StarPlus battery plant in Kokomo, Indiana.

2025 Announcements

In total in 2025 so far there have been:

• 115 facilities  

• 24,610 jobs

• $20.1 billion in new investments and

• $18.7 billion in canceled and retracted investments, representing 23,560 jobs

States leading in 2025

Announced Investments:

Ohio leads 2025 so far with the highest total newly announced investments, at $3.8 billion, followed by Kentucky ($3.6 billion) and Washington ($3.1 billion).

Announced Jobs:

Texas has the most announced new jobs in 2025 so far, totaling 6,060, with Michigan (2,752) and Kentucky (2,440) following.

Investment Announcements

New Facility Announcements

Kentucky “Gov. Andy Beshear announced a major milestone for an economic development project in McCracken County that will include a nearly $1.5 billion investment and create 140 well-paying jobs. General Matter plan to build a commercial uranium enrichment facility at the Paducah site that served as the first location in the United States for industrialized enrichment technology.” Announcement, 8/5/2025

Ohio “SINBON is excited to announce the launch of our new 59,000-square-foot facility in Englewood, Ohio—more than doubling our US manufacturing footprint. Backed by approximately $8.5 million in investment. Once fully operational, the Clayton facility is expected to support up to 200 jobs and enhance our ability to serve key US industries, including smart manufacturing, automotive, and renewable energy.” Announcement, 8/5/2025

South Carolina “The multi-billion-dollar investment will add electric water heater and Geospring brand hybrid heat pump water heater manufacturing to its gas-powered water heater facility in Camden, South Carolina, according to the press release. Once the project is complete, it will double the plant’s output and employment. The first phase for Camden is set to be implemented in early 2026.” Announcement, 8/14/2025

California “Parasol Elite Power says the move to the ‘New Energy Valley California’ will ‘elevate Merced as a national model for clean energy manufacturing, workforce development, and sustainable regional growth’. The company plans to start operating this fall with 150 full-time employees. By 2026, they say they will hire an additional 350 employees, and by 2027, they will bring more than 1,000 jobs to the area.” Announcement, 8/19/2025

Texas “Fluence announced the start of production at a new manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. The facility produces thermal management systems, including HVAC and chiller equipment, for Fluence’s Gridstack Pro™ battery energy storage solutions.” Announcement, 8/21/2025

Tennessee “MAHLE will invest more than $10 million and create nearly 50 additional jobs, which will bring the company’s total headcount in Hamblen County to nearly 800 people. The company’s continued investment will allow MAHLE to start production of electric compressors used on fuel-cell electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and full electric vehicles.” Announcement, 8/27/2025

New Updates and Expansions

Florida “Jupiter Bach unveiled its new, multimillion dollar Pensacola facility during a grand opening event on July 31. Jupiter Bach, a manufacturer of wind turbine covers, spent $4.2 million to build the new facility.” Update, 8/1/2025

Indiana “According to automaker Stellantis, 18 percent of the workforce at the StarPlus Energy plant in Kokomo will be impacted by a reduction in workforce.” Update, 8/6/2025

Kentucky “Ford builds on its strong legacy of investing in U.S. vehicle assembly, planning to invest nearly $2 billion in Louisville Assembly Plant to assemble the midsize electric truck, securing 2,200 hourly jobs.” Expansion, 8/11/2025

Georgia “In last week’s announcement of the Illuminate USA deal, Solarcycle described the Georgia facility as ‘shovel ready’ and expects to begin production of solar glass in ‘early 2028’.” Update, 8/11/2025

Illinois “Gotion will begin production of electric-vehicle batteries next month in Manteno — another milestone for the $2 billion project, which was announced two years ago.” Update, 8/13/2025

Tennessee “Hitachi Energy today announced a $106 million USD investment to expand its transformer component manufacturing facility in Alamo, Tennessee. The expanded site is expected to be operational by mid-2027 and will create over 100 new jobs in West Tennessee.” Expansion, 8/20/2025

About the data

The Clean Economy Tracker (CET) tracks private-led investments and jobs in clean energy manufacturing, deployment as well as related public statements by lawmakers serving in the U.S. Congress. Clean energy manufacturing and deployment covers production facilities for batteries, critical mineral production and processing, electric vehicles, heat pumps, hydrogen electrolyzers, transmission and grid materials, and zero-emissions electricity generation (including solar, wind and nuclear). The tool was developed by Atlas Public Policy and Utah State University and is updated at least weekly.

Note the data cover manufacturing only and are through August 30, 2025. The jobs reflect direct, permanent manufacturing jobs and do not include indirect or construction jobs. Jobs canceled refers to clean energy jobs canceled. Where production is moved to another facility, production at the original facility is marked as canceled and investment and jobs are marked as canceled. If and when investment and jobs numbers at the new facility are announced, they will be added to the database.

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