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Acton Clean Power solar plus storage DG Former EPA Superfund site converted to solar + storage plant in Mass.
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December 12, 2025
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Projects ECA Solar Ashton Illinois solar project
Illinois court dismisses lawsuit against a large-scale solar project
December 10, 2025
+ Storage Lightshift Holden MA Bess Trina Storage
Trina Storage, Lightshift Energy strengthen partnership to deploy 1 GWh of ESS
December 10, 2025
Projects solar storage market report
U.S. installs 11.7 GW of new solar capacity in Q3
December 9, 2025
Projects Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards 2025
Solar Builder unveils 2025 Project of the Year winners
December 9, 2025
Projects Projects Weekly solar energy storage
Georgia Kia plant adds solar hail protection canopy | Projects...

This edition of Projects Weekly shines the spotlight on a Kia assembly plant in Georgia that has added a solar canopy that also provides hai...

December 8, 2025
+ Storage Northern Sun solar plus storage Illinois
Northern Sun unveils C&I solar + storage project in Illinois

Northern Sun Energy has built its first project in the Midwest, with a 7.5 MWp fixed-tilt solar array paired with 1,050 kVA of battery stora...

December 4, 2025
News ES Foundry
ES Foundry achieves FEOC-compliant PERC production

ES Foundry has achieved a major milestone in its pursuit to increase U.S. solar manufacturing capacity by onshoring crystalline solar cell p...

December 3, 2025
Solar Trackers Nextpower MSS Steel Tubes Tennessee
Nextpower opens Southeast hub, doubles manufacturing capacity in Tenn.

Nextpower is growing its presence in Tennessee. The company just unveiled an expanded Southeast regional hub with a new remote monitori...

December 3, 2025
Projects cancel canceled project investment solar
$4.4 billion in renewable energy projects canceled in October

The renewable energy industry continues to see downsizing for projects and other initiatives. Businesses canceled, closed, and scaled back m...

December 2, 2025
Projects Projects Weekly solar energy storage
Stoneridge Solar adds 200 MW to Texas grid | Projects...

Welcome back from the Thanksgiving holiday (for those of you in the United States). This edition of Projects Weekly highlights RWE’s n...

December 1, 2025
Projects Trinity Energy University of Washington solar canopy carport
Solar canopy transforms UW parking lot into renewable energy source

The University of Washington deployed a 93 kW solar canopy system at a campus parking lot. UW partnered with Trinity Energy to install ...

November 26, 2025
News solar jobs empoyment renewable energy
Solar firms team up to expand access to industry careers

Two solar organizations — one a nonprofit, the other a manufacturer — are teaming up to grow the industry’s workforce. Sol...

November 25, 2025
PV Modules First Solar AI factory Louisiana
First Solar’s new $1.1 billion AI-enabled manufacturing facility opens in...

First Solar Inc. has opened a new 3.5 GW capacity manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The new $1.1 billion fully vertically ...

November 24, 2025
News ECA Solar Ashton Illinois solar project
New Illinois energy legislation clarifies solar siting rules

The Illinois state legislature has clarified solar siting rules, which may resolve litigation from an a city objecting a project outside its...

November 24, 2025
Projects EIA report fewer solar project delays
U.S. solar projects seeing fewer delays

Despite the seeming regulatory attack on solar energy this year, projects saw fewer delays in Q3 than during the same period last year. Whil...

November 21, 2025
+ Storage OATI EVolution EV charging
EV charging stations advance tribal energy sovereignty in Upper Midwest

The deployment of EV charging stations are accelerating energy sovereignty across Upper Midwest tribal nations. Through a partnership betwee...

November 21, 2025
+ Storage Lithium-Ion Battery Production capacity by Location for 2020 to 2031, source: IDTechEx
Global Li-ion battery capacity to expand 7% by 2036

Lithium-Ion Battery Production capacity by Location for 2020 to 2031, source: IDTechEx A new report shows that the global lithium-ion batter...

November 20, 2025
Products rooftop community solar
New load visibility solution eliminates distribution grid blindspots

A new suite of load visibility services is designed to help utilities detect and measure distributed energy resources (DERs) and other major...

November 18, 2025
News red arrow going up
Global solar energy market to reach $1.6 trillion by 2034...

The demand for solar energy is expanded to drive the global market to grow by 15.2% over the next decade, according to a new report. Driven ...

November 18, 2025