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Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Tuesday, January 13th. I'm Isabel Busquette for the Wall Street Journal.

The Trump administration has slashed subsidies for solar and renewable energy, but in many segments of the market, solar deals are persisting. We're shedding light on why. Then, AI is everywhere these days, including recycling plants.

It turns out some new tech is pretty good at sorting through streams of garbage.

We'll dive into how it works, and the valuable treasures it's plucking out of the trash.

But first, solar projects have been under fire recently.

The Trump administration has slashed incentives for renewable power and called the sun and wind-powered energy the scam of the century. But despite that,

the sun is still shining on some solar deals. Some companies are still betting on solar energy,

which can sometimes be faster and cheaper to get up and running than natural gas sites. What does

it mean for where the renewables industry is headed?

WSJ Sustainability Reporter Clara Hudson joins us now to break it down. So what kinds of companies

and industries are investing in renewable energy and making these deals?

It's really interesting because the outlook for the solar industry is maybe a lot more complex than you might think.

So the Trump administration has criticized it and cut subsidies, but then it seems like big business still thinks this is an energy source that they need to be investing in.

And that is in part because it's relatively inexpensive and quick to get up and running.

So what kinds of companies and industries are investing in renewable energy and making these deals?

Essentially any company that has a pledge to use lower carbon energy sources might consider solar.

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