Solar and wind generated 40.2% of the ERCOT grid’s electricity this year through June. When coal plants shut down for unexpected maintenance, solar and wind stepped in, providing about 50% of generation during peak summer demand in the highest electricity consuming state in the union.

Existing battery projects in California and Texas see upside, while hybrid storage bets in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) territory and the Southeast face shrinking margins under the revised tax credit rules.

Primergy Solar announced it reached commercial operations for the project in Hill County, Texas.

Four solar projects for a 104 unit multifamily were supported by the 30% federal investment tax credit, plus a 10% adder for its designation as a low-income community project – credits that are soon going away under the new Republican budget bill.

Recurrent Energy closed project financing for Blue Moon Solar, a solar power plant currently under construction.

The U.S.-based manufacturer of silicon solar PV technologies for space announced a project that requires it to manufacture, assemble and integrate 1 kW of solar cells and modules into a novel solar wing within a four-week time-period.

A Colorado start-up uses specialized microbes and cloud-based optimization to recover copper from low-grade ores.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has officially initiated a Section 232 investigation into the national security risks of polysilicon imports.

Foreign entity of concern (FEOC) rules deny tax credits for manufactured products that exceed using certain thresholds of inputs from China.

WorldOne Energies has announced plans to build a 1 GW solar module factory in Ontario, Canada, marking a major step in its global expansion beyond India. The facility will produce tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) bifacial modules and cater to the North American market.

In a “global tensions escalate” scenario, McKinsey expects less solar and energy storage deployment through the decade.

For the first five months of 2025, CAISO data showed solar electricity curtailment declined by 12% as a share of generation, falling from 13% to 11.5%, even as solar output grew 18% year over year. During this period, however, curtailment still rose 4.1% in absolute terms, with March showing a 28% increase, matching the prior year’s peak.

When the Residential Clean Energy Credit expires at the end of 2025, as many as 17 states without current third-party ownership providers could see their residential solar marketplaces take a nosedive.

The solar microinverter and battery energy storage provider said it began initial shipments of IQ Battery 5Ps that have higher domestic content than its previous models.

The company priced an oversubscribed securitization for a portfolio of over 63,318 solar and energy storage systems across 12 states and Washington D.C.

While a government report suggests keeping coal units online and adding gas units to meet electricity demand, a GridLab and Telos Energy study suggests that building and connecting clean energy projects now awaiting interconnection could serve near-term demand growth.

A new GridBeyond report finds that succeeding in saturated markets requires software-led agility and real-time decision-making.

The solar trade group Coalition for Community Solar Access reports that a utility requirement to use “direct transfer trip” often makes solar projects uneconomical, while both CCSA and the renewable energy research group IREC find that the hazards targeted by direct transfer trip can be met effectively with far less costly options.

A U.S.-based collaboration between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and CubicPV has yielded a perovskite minimodule with certified efficiency of 24.0%. The two noted that it is the first time a U.S. effort has set a record in the perovskite mini module category.

Quantum dot technology promises to boost bifacial solar module output. The company entered into a supply agreement with specialist UbiQD.