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Op-Ed: How America Is Ceding the Clean Tech Century to China
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Fusion42 · 26 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
The White House summit between China and the US revealed diverging clean energy strategies, with China aggressively advancing its centrally planned clean tech sectors while the US retreats through policy rollbacks and supply chain barriers, causing significant delays in scaling solar, wind, offshore wind, and geothermal energy.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Climate Tech.
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US founders in clean energy face a decade-long disadvantage as China locks in manufacturing and deployment scale. You must pivot away from relying on US federal support and explore partnerships or markets aligned with China’s supply chain gains.
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