In April, there was a decrease in announced clean energy manufacturing investments, following a more positive investment month in March.

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

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April 2026

There were six new clean economy investment announcements in April.

They add up to

• $1.4 billion and

• 910 new announced jobs across

• Five states: Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas.

In April, there were also approximately 880 jobs retracted following Tesla’s reduction in its workforce at one of its EV assembly gigafactories in Texas, along with smaller job retractions at Daimler Truck’s battery manufacturing facility in Mississippi.

2026 Announcements

In total in 2026 so far there have been:

• $17.9 billion new investments, representing 5,020 jobs

• $3 billion in canceled and retracted investments, representing 8,950 jobs

States leading in 2026

Announced Investments:

Tennessee leads all other states with the highest total newly announced investment, at $6.6 billion, followed by Texas ($4.5 billion) and Kentucky ($2.6 billion).

Announced Jobs:

Texas leads in 2026 with the most newly announced manufacturing jobs, totaling 1,620, with South Carolina (650), and Arizona (500) following.

Investment Announcements

New Facility Announcements

“The Kansas Department of Commerce today announced Apogee Power, a Taiwan-based energy technology and advanced battery manufacturer, has selected Liberal as the location for its new U.S. manufacturing and assembly facility. The company will invest almost $16 million over the next three to five years and create 80 new jobs.” Announcement, 4/10/2026

“Suniva, a U.S.-owned and -operated solar cell manufacturer, announced that it selected Laurens County for its first South Carolina manufacturing facility. The company’s $350 million investment will create 564 new jobs.” Announcement, 4/14/2026

New Updates and Expansions

“The Howard Industries substation in Ellisville, Mississippi held a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion set to create about 150 new job opportunities in the area. Howard says there will also be a $100 million investment split between building the expansion and getting new equipment.” Expansion, 4/2/2026

“Tesla had previously reported a $5.7 million investment in its Texas EV assembly plant. According to the new report, the company has now invested more than $6.3 billion in the facility to date.” Update, 4/3/2026

“Prysmian, a world leader in the energy transition and digital transformation, recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially unveil its new 340,800 square-foot Copper Building Wire Plant in McKinney, Texas. The new Copper Building Wire Plant is powered by approximately 115 dedicated employees working around the clock to deliver the high-quality products our customers expect.” Update, 4/13/2026

“Slate Auto had previously announced a $363 million investment in its electric truck assembly factory in Warsaw, Indiana. The company has since updated that figure, reporting that it has raised $650 million to support production of its first electric truck at the facility.” Update, 4/23/2026.

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 September 31, 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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