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large scale battery energy storage asset Wood Mackenzie reports positive U.S. energy storage numbers for Q3 2025
Martin McConnell
December 23, 2025
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House passes SPEED Act permitting reform bill that could inhibit solar projects
December 22, 2025
News Solar
Korean university researchers find breakthrough for solar cell limitation
December 22, 2025
Inverters and eBOS market decline report
Global solar inverter market faces two-year decline before stabilizing
December 22, 2025
Projects Ameresco groundbreaking Chandler
NineDot provides energy credits for New York households | Projects Weekly
December 22, 2025
News Ohio
Poll results show most Ohioans believe solar farms have positive...

New polling results show most Ohioans support solar farms. However, data shows that there is a division based on political views. The Ohio N...

December 17, 2025
Featured GSPP's Bee-Friendly Hof Community Solar Projects
Developer roundtable | Forecasting solar projects for 2026 and beyond

While at RE+ in September, I sat down with several companies involved with solar development to gauge their expectations for 2026 and beyond...

December 17, 2025
Projects Nelson Family Vineyards solar installation
Floating solar powers 100% of Calif. vineyard operations to reduce...

A newly installed floating solar system is powering 100% of the operations at Nelson Family Vineyards in Mendocino County, California. The i...

December 17, 2025
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Wood Mackenzie releases global solar module manufacturing ranking

Wood Mackenzie has released a new report ranking the top solar module manufacturers in the world for the first half of 2025. Coming in on to...

December 17, 2025
Projects Fort Churchill Nevada Libra Solar
BLM unfreezes Libra Solar to allow construction start in 2026

Fort Churchill ruins in Nevada. After a five-month freeze, the Trump administration is allowing a major solar power project to proceed. The ...

December 17, 2025
Projects Projects Weekly solar energy storage
Rooftop solar aids affordable housing in Milwaukee | Projects Weekly

This edition of Projects Weekly highlights an initiative to bring rooftop solar to an affordable housing complex and community library in Mi...

December 15, 2025
Residential Solar
Free online solar sizing tool answers common questions for homeowners

Solvari has developed a tool to help homeowners with solar installations. The company has launched its free online Solar Sizing Tool, create...

December 15, 2025
+ Storage Acton Clean Power solar plus storage DG
Former EPA Superfund site converted to solar + storage plant...

A former EPA Superfund site got a face lift thanks to a new solar + storage plant that transformed a contaminated property in Acton, Massach...

December 12, 2025
Projects ECA Solar Ashton Illinois solar project
Illinois court dismisses lawsuit against a large-scale solar project

An Illinois court has dismissed a lawsuit regarding a large-scale solar project in Grundy County. The Grundy County Circuit Court dismissed ...

December 10, 2025
+ Storage Lightshift Holden MA Bess Trina Storage
Trina Storage, Lightshift Energy strengthen partnership to deploy 1 GWh...

Energy storage provider Trina Storage and developer, owner and operator Lightshift Energy are looking to deploy more 1 GWh of energy storage...

December 10, 2025
Projects solar storage market report
U.S. installs 11.7 GW of new solar capacity in Q3

The U.S. solar industry added 11.7 GW of new capacity in Q3 2025, according to a new report, but permitting and political roadblocks could e...

December 9, 2025
Projects Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards 2025
Solar Builder unveils 2025 Project of the Year winners

The 2025 Solar Builder Project of the Year Award winners have been announced! Congrats to the Northern Cheyenne Buffalo Facility, Gilman Bro...

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