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Copper Mountain Solar in El Dorado Valley, pictured on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Boulder City, Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Solar stocks sold off Wednesday after Donald Trump secured a second trip to the White House and Republicans won control of the Senate.
Solar stocks are falling on fears that Trump’s second term would spell trouble for the Inflation Reduction Act, which has fueled a clean energy boom in the U.S. through tax credits to expand solar energy.
NBC News projected that Trump had gained a sizable Electoral College lead to win the presidency early Wednesday morning.
The benchmark Invesco Solar ETF was down more nearly 10% morning trading, while the iShares Global Clean Energy ETF was down nearly 8%.
Solar panel manufacturer First Solar tumbled about 15%. Residential solar stocks Sunrun and Sunnova fell about 18% and more than 27%, respectively.
Inverter manufacturers Enphase and SolarEdge tumbled 16% and about 14%, respectively. Sun tracker manufacturers Nextracker and Array were down about 13% and more than 17%, respectively.
Trump’s campaign platform calls for the termination of the IRA, which he refers to as the “Socialist Green New Deal.” The IRA is one of President Joe Biden’s signature achievements. The law passed on party-line vote in 2022 without any Republican support.
The future of the IRA, however, will depend not only on whether Trump wins the White House, but whether Republicans also secure unified control of Congress. It remains unclear whether the GOP will secure a majority in the House of Representatives.
