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department of treasury scales Treasury issues FEOC guidance for solar developers, manufacturers
Brad Kramer
February 13, 2026
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Products solar software helping with installation
Tigo Energy demoing new solar software at Intersolar 2026
February 12, 2026
+ Storage
Maine’s first utility-scale BESS project comes online
February 12, 2026
Batteries sonnen SOLRITE battery-only Texas VPP installation
SOLRITE Energy, sonnen to launch battery-only VPP in Texas
February 11, 2026
Products commercial rooftop solar
Solect Energy releases commercial site readiness checklist
February 11, 2026
Solar Builder Canada Balzer's Canada Inc. bifacial panels
Bifacial Panels + Dual Axis Tracker = 24% Winter Solar...

Balzer’s Canada Inc.’s (BCI) dual-axis tracker-plus-bifacial panel installation in Regina, Saskatchewan, has demonstrated an ant...

February 10, 2026
Projects PROJECTS WEEKLY
Seeing double the solar installations in Oregon | Projects Weekly

Avangrid has energized two solar projects in Wasco County, Oregon, totaling 200 MWac. Plus, Zelestra has expanded its relationship with Meta...

February 9, 2026
Inverters and eBOS A SolarEdge integrated home
SolarEdge begins residential solar inverter exports to Europe

Smart energy technology firm SolarEdge Technologies Inc. has announced it has begun shipping single-phase residential solar inverters to Ita...

February 9, 2026
Policy Agrivoltaics solar farm
Distributed Energy Infrastructure joins new solar + farming organization

Solar EPC firm Distributed Energy Infrastructure (DEI) has joined the board of the Solar and Farming Association (SAFA), becoming the first ...

February 9, 2026
Residential Solar
Signature Solar launches new installation company, eyes expansion

Texan solar firm Signature Solar has announced the launch of Sun Atlas Power, a new solar installation company set on designing “trans...

February 9, 2026
Installation Contractor Education Young professions learn as part of J&B Solar's Renewable Revolution Apprentice Program
J&B Solar launches ‘Renewable Revolution Apprentice Program’

Indiatlantic, Florida-based solar installer J&B Solar has instituted an in-house Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compliance and apprentice...

February 5, 2026
Policy solar panels and money
2025 ‘a year of loss’ for renewable energy jobs and...

In contrast to some forecast reports for solar in the near future, Economy + Environment (E2) says 2025 was a year of loss in investments, j...

February 5, 2026
Financing solar energy loans
Sungage launches new expanded residential solar loan program

Boston-based solar financing institution Sungage Financial has launched an expansion to its solar loan program to assist with residential so...

February 4, 2026
eBOS A rendering of Voltage Energy's new global headquarters in Roxboro, North Carolina.
Voltage Energy announces plans for new North Carolina global headquarters

Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based solar and renewable energy provider Voltage Energy Group has announced its plans to establish a new global...

February 4, 2026
Utility-Scale Solar MorningSky Power will operate utility-scale solar facilities in 27 states.
Fundamental launches ‘MorningSky Power’ renewable energy platform

Fundamental Advisors has announced the launch of MorningSky Power, a nationwide utility-scale and battery storage platform with a portfolio ...

February 4, 2026
+ Storage energy storage loans
SEIA, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence announce energy storage research partnership

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has announced an energy storage research partnership with international research firm Benchma...

February 4, 2026
Utility-Scale Solar solar energy utility grid modernization
Solar continues ‘domination’ of new energy capacity additions, per FERC...

Solar energy has held the top spot in new energy capacity additions for more than two straight years, according to a new Energy Infrastructu...

February 3, 2026
Projects Hyundai E&C breaks ground on Lucy solar project in Texas
Hyundai-led 350 MW solar project breaks ground in Texas

A Korean-led development group that includes Hyundai Engineering & Construction has broken ground on a $524 million, 350 MW solar projec...

February 2, 2026
Projects Zelestra Jasper County Solar Ohio
Zelestra set to build Gem City Solar in Ohio |...

In this edition of Projects Weekly, we’re looking at a large-scale solar project being built near Dayton, Ohio, plus a series of finan...

February 2, 2026
Residential Solar DIY residential solar installation
GigaWatt open public investment for scaling DIY solar platform

Fullerton, California-based GigaWatt Inc. has launched a round of public crowdfunding in order to scale its DIY solar software platform, the...

February 2, 2026