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congress Senate votes to scale back solar tax breaks to send reconciliation bill to House
Brad Kramer
July 1, 2025
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Civ Robotics secures $7.5M to modernize renewable energy construction
July 1, 2025
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Survey: Homeowners in extreme weather-prone states looking for battery alternatives
July 1, 2025
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Namaste Solar teams with Boulder, Colo. | Projects Weekly
June 30, 2025
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SEIA secures approval for two national standards focused on solar O&M and consumer protection
June 27, 2025
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Heatwave grid save: Sunrun Home Battery fleets dispatch 340 MW...

Sunrun project in Fresno, Calif. As record heat and energy demand strain power grids across the U.S., Sunrun’s distributed battery fle...

June 26, 2025
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Midwest Solar Expo to rebrand as Intersolar & Energy Storage...

IESNA VP Wes Doane (left) with MWSE Founder Jake Rozmaryn Goodbye Midwest Solar Expo, hello to Intersolar & Energy Storage North America...

June 26, 2025
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Federal tax credits or not, 195 GW of queued solar...

The potential rollback of clean energy tax credits has spurred plenty of anxiety across the solar and storage sector. How many projects in t...

June 26, 2025
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Freedom Forever debuts in-house AI to improve operations and support

Freedom Forever, one of the country’s largest residential solar installers, launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) assistant name...

June 25, 2025
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U.S. battery supply boost: SolarEdge shipping from Salt Lake City,...

Two key brands in the battery energy storage space in the U.S. announced production milestones at new facilities this week. Let’s take...

June 25, 2025
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Strong growth continues for energy storage market in Q1

Despite uncertainty from Washington, the U.S. energy storage market experienced record growth in Q1 2025, according to the latest U.S. Energ...

June 25, 2025
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Soltage secures $260M to expand utility-scale solar buildout | Solar...

This edition of Solar Financing Spotlight shines on several companies securing loans to expand solar and other renewable energy assets, as w...

June 24, 2025
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EcoFlow expands disaster relief partnerships ahead of hurricane season

EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3 Portable power manufacturer EcoFlow is expanding its emergency response efforts in the U.S. through new partnerships wit...

June 23, 2025
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Array Technologies to acquire fixed-tilt racking specialist APA Solar

APA Solar photo from our archives. Array Technologies is expanding beyond its core single-axis tracker solution for the first time, entering...

June 23, 2025
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Product of the Week | Roof Tech’s new RT-Plus

Roof Tech’s latest innovation in solar racking is designed directly in response to installer feedback and real-world challenges on the...

June 23, 2025
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California approves world’s largest solar + storage plant | Projects...

This edition of Projects Weekly is heavy on news from the Golden State. To start with, California regulators have approved a milestone solar...

June 23, 2025
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SINEXCEL, Schneider Electric teaming on ‘Urban-Scale Virtual Power Plant ecosystem’

SINEXCEL with industry partners Schneider Electric, Enjoyelec, SZ GISCADA, Cunhui New Energy, and GOOD ENERGY during SNEC 2025 to jointly la...

June 19, 2025
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State-level battery incentives expand in California, Washington, and Oregon

Illustration of SolarEdge remote cloud control technologies State-level programs are making battery storage more accessible—and someti...

June 19, 2025
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Sonnen certifies compatibility with Tigo TS4 MLPE

The Sonnen energy storage system, built to perform grid services as part of a virtual power plant, is gaining a foothold in the U.S. market....

June 19, 2025
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Roofs of Hazard: PV connector risks continue to plague solar...

Who is ready for some more bad news this week? Field inspection and analytics firm HelioVolta reports the solar industry is still struggling...

June 18, 2025