Doc leaked the chaotic policy behind the discounts of the Ministry of Energy in Trump

This week, the Ministry of Energy was canceled Almost $ 8 billion Awards – a step described by the Trump administration as an attempt to protect fossil fuels at the expense of renewable energy sources. But the documents obtained by Techcrunch show that reality is more complicated than this simple message.

The agency did not issue a list of the prizes that were canceled, but Techcrunch has received a copy and analyzed the 321 contract that the Ministry of Energy is seeking to back down.

Not all projects focus on renewable energy.

Two included in the document, one for $ 300 million To Colorado State University and another for 210 million dollars To the Institute of Gas Technology, it would have helped large and small oil and gas producers reduce methane emissions from their wells.

The Gas Technology Institute is a research and development organization, most of which meet in the natural gas industry. Dozens of the group were canceled, according to the document, according to the document, with a total of $ 417 million.

Carbon captured and removed also successful, as 10 of the 21 projects, which total about $ 200 million, were canceled. Many in voting cases on Harris, although this evaluation does not explain the entire image.

“Three categories appeared,” Eren Burns, CEO Carbon180Tell Techcrunch. “Where are you falling? Who are the partners in that? Did these projects move forward?”

It is true that the countries that voted in favor of Kamala Harris in the recent presidential elections were beaten through this step. California lost more than $ 2.2 billion at least one of the contracts that have been canceled. Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Oregon, each enjoying about half a billion dollars of awards that were killed, as New York State lost $ 309 million at least.

Those who voted in favor of Trump tend to cancel contracts worth millions of dollars from one number.

One of the biggest prizes was granted to Minnesota 467 million dollars. Money was granted as part of the two -party infrastructure law in 2021, and was aimed at renewing the interconnection of the electrical network throughout seven states in the Middle West. Upon completion, it was possible to unlock about 28 GB of new generation capacity, most of them are solar and wind. For context, the world’s database fleet withdraws 58 GBAccording to Coldman Sachs.

last At a value of 630 million dollars It would renew the electrical network in California, test advanced connectors Dynamic line classification devices To increase the transmission capacity. The project was actually an offer to update the network that could be applied throughout the country.

The other network updating project had installed a transport line to the Confederate tribes of warm springs in Oregon. Tribes have Almost half of the decorations Renewable projects awaiting a better network connection, which has now been canceled 250 million dollars A prize will be able. The project will also have optical fiber lines along the transport line path, bringing high -speed data to a country part of the country.

“Perhaps the receivers who survived in the blue states may be more compatible with the administration and participate in industries that are more than the priority of this administration,” said Court Holins, Carbon’s Administrative Policy Adviser 180.

Some smaller prizes may have been exposed anyway. “This is the way the United States deals in creating energy in general,” said Burns. “Take a lot of shots on the goal because you are not sure, which will move forward regionally, technically, economically, so you take a set of shots on the target at a lower cost.”

Others still seem to pull the risks to move as government support and policies will be more predictable, such as Canada. “You will see more and affect private sector investments,” Burns said.

“I think it is a greater question,” Holns added, about the stability of our Ministry of Energy and its ability to be a partner for American companies and have a form of prediction. “