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Engineer use screen showing alternative energy at solar plant Large-scale energy storage innovators roll out safer, smarter, more scalable systems in September
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September 24, 2025
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News Ford-and-Sunrun
Sunrun, BGE, and Ford activate residential vehicle-to-grid power plant with three customers
September 24, 2025
+ Storage California LA County
Haven Energy helps LA homeowners access no-cost solar and batteries through SGIP program
September 24, 2025
PV Modules GREW All Black panel
GREW Solar debuted all-black, UFLPA-compliant PV modules for North America
September 22, 2025
News residential solar installers
Solerus Energy expands with e-commerce platform and nationwide support for solar contractors and DIY-ers
September 22, 2025
News SunPower and Sunder combo
SunPower comeback: Sunder Energy acquired in $40M deal to expand...

Acquisition doubles SunPower’s sales footprint to 45 states, adds $74M in annual revenue, and expands SunPower’s TPO base as the...

September 22, 2025
+ Storage solar manufacturer financial health
Solar and Battery Storage Supplier Financial Rankings | Q3 2025

Sinovoltaics’ Q3 2025 Financial Stability Rankings for solar module, inverter, and battery storage suppliers, shows Tigo slipping into...

September 22, 2025
News AI in Solar
AI in Solar: How artificial intelligence is influencing the next...

Solar companies, manufacturers and service providers explain how AI is integrated into their products, and how AI is changing the way solar ...

September 22, 2025
News PROJECTS WEEKLY
Catalyze adds 4 community solar sites in New York | Projects...

This edition of Projects Weekly is highlighting several new solar projects in development in the United States and Canada, plus a healthy do...

September 22, 2025
News solar jobs empoyment renewable energy
Renewable energy jobs grew 3x faster than rest of U.S....

Renewable energy jobs grew more than three times faster than the rest of the U.S. economy in 2024. However, future growth could be in jeopar...

September 19, 2025
Products Pink-1-hires
257 launches Pink, an AI platform targeting residential energy soft...

New tool aims to cut customer acquisition costs for solar, storage, and HVAC providers while accelerating U.S. electrification Residential e...

September 19, 2025
News solar panels and money
Schneider Electric, Microsoft and partners target $7.5B to fast-track U.S....

The Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure Initiative launches with more than 20 partners to deploy microgrids, storage, and other distribute...

September 18, 2025
Policy california capitol building
California pulls funding from world’s largest virtual power plant program

Demand Side Grid Support battery fleets delivered 720 MW of capacity, but future is uncertain without Cap-and-Trade support, says CALSSA Cal...

September 18, 2025
News franklin and ConnectDER
Smarter boxes, fewer boxes: residential inverter and ESS highlights from...

Manufacturers are either bundling inverters, batteries, EV chargers, and smart panels under one brand or leaning on partnerships for flexibi...

September 18, 2025
Solar Builder Canada Solar Builder Canada
Canadian solar market snapshot

Chatting with Charge Solar about the policy, pricing, and product trends reshaping the solar market across Canada The distributed solar + st...

September 18, 2025
News Whole-home backup Solution
Hoymiles debuts Tier 1 storage and inverter lineup at RE+...

From whole-home backup to balcony solar, new products expand Hoymiles’ U.S. footprint Hoymiles used RE+ 2025 in Las Vegas to showcase ...

September 17, 2025
News Sungrow AC Block ESS PowerTitan 3.0
Sungrow explains next-gen inverters, BESS, and meeting data center demand

At RE+, Sungrow introduced a 4.8 MW modular inverter, the PowerTitan 3.0 AC Block energy storage system, and the PowerStack 255CS for C&...

September 17, 2025
+ Storage virtual power plant
Virtual power plant market hits 37.5 GW as deployments surge,...

Wood Mackenzie finds VPP deployments, offtakers, and monetized programs each grew by more than 33% year-over-year, even as total capacity ro...

September 17, 2025
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Cable hangers, connectors, and condoms? eBOS innovations seen at RE+...

The RE+ conference is a great time to see what’s new in solar and ESS, and to hear compelling pitches on what’s next. But in 202...

September 16, 2025
Projects Abigail Ross Hopper SEIA RE+
Unstoppable: Amid challenges solar industry stands in defiance

It’s no secret that the solar industry has faced headwinds this year amid increasing tariffs and the rolling back of beneficial tax in...

September 16, 2025