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Solar Battle of the Bands returns to Intersolar next month
The California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA) announced the band lineup for Solar Battle of the Bands (SBOB), the industry’s well-loved solar…
Trina donates solar panels to Wisconsin nonprofit pursuing decarbonization
Trinasolar US announced it is donating more than 1,200 PERC solar modules for use in Wisconsin solar projects through the Couillard Solar…
50 States of Solar report: Utilities pushed for more fixed charges in 2024
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its 2024 annual review and Q4 update edition of The 50 States of Solar….
Colorado electric co-op enters PPA with Silicon Ranch for 150-MW solar project
United Power, an electric cooperative serving Colorado’s northern front range, announces the signing of a power purchase agreement for its latest solar…
Encore Renewable Energy completes 2 community solar projects in Maine
Encore Renewable Energy, a renewable energy developer and operator, completed the first two solar projects it will both own and operate in…
Two new Massachusetts bills aim to stimulate distributed solar development
As Massachusetts continues to make progress on its climate commitments, Vote Solar, together with coalition partners, Senator Eldridge, and Representative Lewis, has…
EagleView now features new solar suitability data
EagleView announced the launch of its new property data ecosystem. The ecosystem has over 60 petabytes of asset data derived from high-definition…
Trump calls for review of Inflation Reduction Act provisions
In his first day in office, President Donald Trump initiated a 90-day review of aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act and the…
Ground screws solve challenging site problems for utility-scale solar
German inventor Klaus Krinner, who created a Christmas tree stand that bears his surname in 1987, was given the humble task of…
QuickBOLT debuts roof penetration repair kit QuickPATCH
QuickBOLT, a solar mounting and roofing solutions provider, is launching QuickPATCH, a patent-pending product designed to address one of the most persistent…
First Solar and Terrasmart partner to provide domestic solar panel and racking package
Turnkey solar racking provider Terrasmart has integrated both its fixed-tilt racks and its TerraTrak 1P Single Axis Tracker (SAT) with First Solar’s…
Sunvoy unveils new white-label sales platform for solar installers
Sunvoy has launched a new platform that allows solar installers to configure their own branded online shops. Sunvoy eShop unlocks significant revenue…
Liquid-cooling becomes preferred BESS temperature control option
As the industry gets more comfortable with how lithium batteries interact in enclosed spaces, large-scale energy storage system engineers are standardizing designs…
Should solar worry about the new Secretary of Energy under Trump 2.0? A look back at DOE’s solar agenda over four presidencies.
The solar industry’s journey to becoming the largest source of new U.S. generating capacity for most of 2024 was helped along by…
SunModo rooftop solar mounts achieve UL 3741 certification
SunModo, a U.S. solar racking manufacturer, has completed the UL 3741 listing process for both its NanoRack and SMR Roof Mount systems….
Enphase, Empowered by Light donate solar generators to LA fire relief efforts
Renewable energy-focused nonprofit Empowered by Light and global energy management technology company, Enphase Energy have partnered to provide solar generators to communities…
17 attorneys general ask Congress to protect the IRA
A coalition of 17 attorneys general led by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell sent a letter urging Congressional leaders to safeguard…
Smart Roofs Solar installs rooftop array for Connecticut printing company
The Connecticut Green Bank announced the closing of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing for a solar photovoltaic system at Hitchcock…
K2 Quote solar racking design program integrated with Aurora
K2 Systems, a solar mounting system solutions provider, has integrated K2 Quote directly the Aurora platform. This will let users design their…
New DOE roadmap calls for detailed interconnection queue data in every state
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X) released a new roadmap that can lead to shorter timelines and better…
Developer asked to pay $26 million interconnection charge for 1-MW solar landfill project
Solar project developer Verogy released information today that a planned 975-kW solar project on a former landfill in Windham, Connecticut, has been…
DSPTCH field service management software releases IRA Field Guide
DSPTCH announced the release of the DSPTCH Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Field Guide. This indispensable resource offers over 100 pages of in-depth…
Energy software provider Peloton expands into renewable energy land management
Energy software provider Peloton has announced its expansion into the renewable energy space. Peloton’s new initiative addresses the complexities of land agreement…
American-made solar wafers given more weight in latest domestic content bonus guidance
The U.S. Dept. of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released additional guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s domestic content…
RISE Renewable Energy takes over out-of-warranty claims for some SMA inverters
To better support customers and ensure optimal performance of renewable energy systems, SMA America has announced a change to its out-of-warranty claims…
The policy, federal actions and judicial decisions shaping solar in 2025
Energy policy is becoming more complex, contentious and perhaps fleeting as grid operators look for long-term certainty in their ability to serve…
Latest sonnen VPP offers solar panels and batteries to Texans with no upfront cost
SOLRITE Energy and sonnen are launching a new virtual power plant (VPP) power purchase agreement in the ERCOT market in Texas. Under…
5 solar companies included in latest batch of banned entities under UFLPA
The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) recently added 37 entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, including five…
McLaren Applied Group completes acquisition of solar inverter maker FIMER
Italian solar inverter designer and manufacturer FIMER has officially been acquired by MA Solar Italy Limited, affiliated with the McLaren Applied Group….
Gov. Hochul unveils $1 billion proposal to combat climate crisis in New York
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced plans to invest more than $1 billion to address the climate crisis and achieve a more sustainable…
Leeward Renewable Energy announces over 700 MW of Oklahoma solar for Google
Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has announced over 700 MWAC of renewable energy projects in Oklahoma that are supported in part by long-term…
kWh Analytics wins cash prize to develop tax credit insurance for DG solar projects
kWh Analytics announced it has been awarded $500,000 from InnSure’s Insurance Innovation Prize supported by the New York State Energy Research and…
ITC terminates Sec. 337 investigation between Shoals and Voltage, finding no fault
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to terminate the Sec. 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 investigation between Shoals…
Green Lantern Solar turns gravel pit into 500-kW solar project
Renewable energy developer Green Lantern Solar completed construction of the Brighton Solar Project in Brighton, Vermont, and has sold the array to…
SOLV Energy acquires installation subcontractor SDI Services
Utility-scale solar engineering, procurement and construction firm SOLV Energy announced it has acquired Sacramento Drilling Inc. (SDI Services). SDI Services has worked…
Sunnova has built solar on more than 100,000 new homes
Sunnova Energy International‘s New Homes Business Division has installed more than 1 million solar panels on over 100,000 new-build residential single-family rooftops…
Nextracker and UC Berkeley create solar energy research facility
Nextracker and the University of California Berkeley Engineering (UC Berkeley) formed a partnership aimed at advancing solar power plant technology to meet…
Sunder Energy to offer Savant smart electrical products
Savant is partnering with energy sales and installation network Sunder Energy to expand access to Savant’s Smart Electrical Panel in the United…
Panel manufacturers offer hail-resistant models for small yet significant US region
In the constant race to do more with less, solar panels in the utility-scale space have been getting more powerful but also…
Climate Access Fund completes 808-kW solar project for low-income Baltimore residents
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in East Baltimore on January 13, the Climate Access Fund (CAF) and its partners flipped the switch…
Ipsun Solar now offering 0% solar loans for underserved Virginians
Ipsun Solar announced it is partnering with Montgomery County Green Bank on its innovative consumer solar funding program with OneEthos. The program…
2-MW rooftop solar project coming to bilingual elementary school in Florida
Renaissance Arts and Education (RAE), Tampa Bay Solar and Regenerative Shift will collaborate on a 2-MW rooftop solar project at ¡HOLA! Elementary,…
ABB acquires energy management platform Lumin
ABB has acquired Lumin, a U.S.-based responsive energy management systems company, to expand ABB’s home energy management capabilities in the North American…
Floating solar project overlooks skiing capital of Utah
The first floating solar project built in Utah is located on a reservoir atop a mountain at an elevation of 7,000 ft….
Sol-Ark now integrating Energy Toolbase hardware in batteries, inverters
Energy Toolbase and Sol-Ark have partnered to provide an all-encompassing commercial energy storage system. This collaboration offers small C&I solar and storage…
Hylio’s new drone can clean solar panels, treat weeds on project sites
Maintaining a solar farm that spans acres can require an entire fleet of personnel deployed to remove weeds and clean the panels….
Microinverters make their mark in commercial solar sector
While microinverters have a clear place in the residential solar ecosystem, commercial projects are usually synonymous with string inverters. But microinverter manufacturers…
Artemis solar software partners with GoodLeap for instant financing
Artemis by Monalee is introducing GoodLeap lease financing for fast-growing solar companies. Currently active across 12 states, consumers can easily select the…
Energy storage safety and growth outlook in 2025
The energy storage industry’s trajectory in recent years has been nothing short of remarkable, driven by increased customer recognition of these assets’…
Scale Microgrids acquired by investment firm
EQT announced that EQT Transition Infrastructure has agreed to acquire Scale Microgrids, a developer, acquirer, owner and operator of microgrids and distributed…