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Chris Crowell
August 18, 2025
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News Treasury dept
Explainer: New ‘construction start’ definitions for solar project tax credit eligibility
August 18, 2025
+ Storage goodleap
Connecticut Green Bank and GoodLeap partner to launch statewide VPP program
August 14, 2025
News SolMicrogrid Chic Fil A
SolMicroGrid wants to buy near-complete solar and microgrid projects for cash exits
August 14, 2025
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Solving common bottlenecks in solar project development with PVcase | The Pitch
August 14, 2025
News supply shortage
Less than meets the eye: Transformer shortages could derail U.S....

A new Wood Mackenzie analysis finds U.S. transformer supply deficits will reach 30% for power units and 10% for distribution in 2025, drivin...

August 14, 2025
News solar RFP
New York launches first bulk energy storage RFP to advance...

Governor Kathy Hochul and NYSERDA open competitive solicitation for 1 GW of bulk energy storage projects, aiming to boost grid reliability, ...

August 13, 2025
+ Storage transmission lines electric grid
Report: Grid-scale batteries could save $7 billion in energy costs...

Analysis from Aurora Energy Research highlights the reliability and cost benefits of 4 GW battery storage in the Southwest Power Pool region...

August 12, 2025
Projects Projects Weekly solar energy storage
Lightstar Renewables explains agrivoltaics project design in New York |...

From agrivoltaics in New York to one of the nation’s largest solar-plus-storage plants in California, this week’s solar project ...

August 11, 2025
Solar Trackers OMCO Solar tracker system component
Solar tracker manufacturers step up with 100% domestic content, safe...

The 100% domestic content solar tracker market is filling up. Since Nextracker claimed the “first” in December 2024, several oth...

August 11, 2025
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PV Hardware touts new slope tolerance benchmark for solar tracker

Solar tracker structures that can be mounted to “follow” the natural topography of a site can be a crucial factor in the technic...

August 11, 2025
News California wild fires and battery storage
Most Californians still unprepared for wildfires and outages, Haven Energy...

Eaton Wildfire © MMPhoto21 A new statewide survey from Haven Energy reveals that nearly 7 in 10 California residents remain unprepared ...

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
Products Natures Generator-Automatic Transfer Switch
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