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August 12, 2025
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Lightstar Renewables explains agrivoltaics project design in New York | Projects Weekly
August 11, 2025
Solar Trackers OMCO Solar tracker system component
Solar tracker manufacturers step up with 100% domestic content, safe harbor options
August 11, 2025
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PV Hardware touts new slope tolerance benchmark for solar tracker
August 11, 2025
News California wild fires and battery storage
Most Californians still unprepared for wildfires and outages, Haven Energy survey shows
August 11, 2025
News EPA Headquarters in Washington.
EPA officially rescinds $7 billion in committed Solar For All...

EPA Headquarters building at the Federal Triangle in Washington, DC. | © W.scott Mcgill The Environmental Protection Agency Administrat...

August 7, 2025
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Krannich Solar USA now distributing S-5! solar attachments

S-5! announced a new distribution partnership with Krannich Solar USA, a division of the global solar distributor, Krannich Solar. As an aut...

August 7, 2025
+ Storage Qcells and Geli
Bidding Wars: Qcells adds Geli Predict to fleet of BESS...

In our Bidding Wars series, we will look at the BESS operators and optimizers that are playing (and winning) in the evolving energy market a...

August 7, 2025
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Nature’s Generator debuts Lithium 6000 Power Station

Photo: Nature’s Generator Lithium 6000 Automatically Backup the Home through the Automatic Transfer Switch Nature’s Generator an...

August 7, 2025
+ Storage sunrun-fresno-0079
Brattle Group validates Sunrun VPP as planning-grade grid resource in...

Photo courtesy of Sunrun Following its emergency heatwave response in June, Sunrun has now validated the capabilities of its distributed bat...

August 7, 2025
Featured The Buzz State of NEM
State of net metering and solar compensation in 2025 |...

Solar energy compensation continues to change across the country, as utilities move away from retail net metering. A great resource for foll...

August 7, 2025
News OMCO Solar tracker system component
OMCO Solar now shipping 100% domestic solar trackers

Solar racking manufacturer OMCO Solar, which has built its brand on shipping factory-direct solar trackers and fixed-tilt solutions, is now ...

August 5, 2025
Inverters and eBOS 350kW inverter from CPS America
9 solar inverter and ESS upgrades to know this summer

This year we’ve seen a surge of innovation across solar inverter and energy storage tech companies—from smarter bidirectional EV...

August 4, 2025
News June global horizonal irradiation USA – showing potential of 280 kWh_m2
Heat dome stress test: Solargis warns solar needs more storage,...

The brutal heat dome that has blanketed large swaths of the U.S. this summer has pushed grid systems to their limits, and also exposed under...

August 4, 2025
News residential solar storm cloud
U.S. policy to slash solar installs 46% by 2030 —...

New Wood Mackenzie analysis reveals nearly 1,500 GW total addressable market by 2050 despite near-term policy headwinds Storm clouds ahead f...

August 4, 2025
News washington DC solar
Solar + software: D.C. launches grid pilot with Ecosuite, Ecogy...

As part of the District of Columbia’s ambitious PowerPath DC initiative, the Public Service Commission has selected Ecosuite and Ecogy...

July 31, 2025
News AI demand response electric grid
Constellation and GridBeyond launch AI-powered demand response program in PJM

A new AI-enabled demand response (DR) initiative from Constellation and GridBeyond aims to help large energy users in the PJM market cut cos...

July 31, 2025
News California and a battery
SOMAH low-income solar program now covers energy storage in California

New incentives can cover up to 100% of battery costs for eligible affordable housing properties California’s largest low-income solar ...

July 31, 2025
Policy oregon state solar project
Oregon passes landmark microgrid legislation

Oregon is set to lead the country in microgrid interconnections after Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed House Bills 2065 and 2066 into law t...

July 31, 2025
Policy Massachusetts solar policy
The next phase of Massachusetts’ solar revolution

Explanation of SMART 3.0 and 2024 Climate Act Clean Energy Reform Provisions By Robert J. Munnelly, Jr. | Massachusetts has led the Northeas...

July 31, 2025