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3D PV tower concept Janta Power raises $5.5M to commercialize its solar tower concept
Chris Crowell
October 27, 2025
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EIA: Solar smashes records in 2025 — now topping wind, hydro and coal in key months as renewables surge past 26% of U.S. generation
October 27, 2025
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DoD tests Swift Solar perovskite tandem PV panels in cyber-defense microgrid drill
October 27, 2025
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Wisconsin to host 1 GW data center | Projects Weekly
October 27, 2025
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Cancellations of private clean energy projects top $24B in 2025, E2 says
October 22, 2025
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Why energy and building management must merge — and how Elexity...

Platforms like Elexity are merging building load control with on-site solar and storage systems, so the whole system operates as one, synced...

October 22, 2025
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Vote: Canada Solar Project of the Year 2025

The 2025 Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards are extended this year with a new category — Canadian Project of the Year &mdas...

October 21, 2025
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T1 Energy takes minority stake in Talon PV to boost...

The Talon PV project will establish a 4.8 GW high-efficiency n-type TOPCon cell factory in Baytown, Texas — one of the largest announc...

October 20, 2025
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The 2025 Solar Market Reset: How to Adapt and Thrive...

Thu, Oct 23 | 2 pm ET | Register here The solar market is shifting fast. In Q2 2025, residential slowed while commercial installations grew ...

October 20, 2025
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22 states sue EPA to restore $7B Solar for All...

The multistate lawsuit argues EPA had no authority to de-obligate grants already awarded under the Inflation Reduction Act and warns the ter...

October 20, 2025
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GreenLancer seeks solar installers to build out service network in...

Platform opens field network to finish orphaned installs and repair inactive systems as company failures mount Solar installers and electric...

October 20, 2025
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BLUETTI launches EP6K, an AC-coupled home battery built for retrofit...

BLUETTI’s EP6K system enables outage-proof microgrids without replacing an existing inverter, boosting solar self-consumption from ~20...

October 20, 2025
Projects Projects Weekly solar energy storage
Closed Maryland landfill site now generating solar power | Projects...

This edition of Projects Weekly kicks off in Baltimore County, Maryland, where local leaders are celebrating the completion of a 7 MW solar ...

October 20, 2025
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Unirac updates roof screw design for faster installs and stronger...

Unirac sent notice that it has upgraded one of its most common roof attachment fasteners, improving strength, ease of use, and compatibility...

October 17, 2025
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Illinois doubles solar program capacity to capture federal incentives before...

The Illinois Commerce Commission’s latest ruling expands community and commercial solar programs while advancing new utility-scale pro...

October 17, 2025
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Bidding Wars: Wärtsilä launches GEMS Pulse software to unlock hidden...

Wärtsilä photo from our archives. In our Bidding Wars series, we will look at the BESS operators and optimizers that are play...

October 16, 2025
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Fortress Power launches eBoost battery system with 16 kWh capacity

The eBoost can scale up to 256 kWh of expandable storage for residential and small commercial projects Going “one louder” than m...

October 16, 2025
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Qcells and Greentech Renewables launch solar panel recycling collab in...

The EcoRecycle–Greentech collaboration is hopefully just the start of a national end-of-life solar module management model in the DG s...

October 16, 2025
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32 U.S. senators demand EPA reinstate Solar for All, calling...

Lawmakers join growing backlash as legal challenges mount to restore the $7 billion program designed to deliver solar access and bill relief...

October 15, 2025
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RatedPower debuts 3D Energy tool for solar PV performance modeling

Validated with live plant data, RatedPower’s new 3D Energy simulation uses advanced ray-tracing to improve yield predictions for compl...

October 15, 2025