The Darden Clean Energy Project, paired with 1.1 GW of solar, will provide enough electricity to power 850,000 homes for four hours.

Earthrise Energy, Redeux Energy Partners, and Geronimo Power announced project finance deals, portfolio investment, and the commercial operations of two projects, respectively.

AES Corp is working on the 1 GW solar plus 1 GW/4 GWh battery site under a 15-year deal for the online retailer and said it expects to complete construction of the second half of the project next year.

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance releases its quarterly community solar tracker, which updates capacity in states with formal programs that allow non-utility ownership.

Project finance and tax equity deals were closed by rPlus Energies, Soltage and Origis Energy.

The deal represents the second order this month for more than 500 MW of solar modules. Plus, Waaree eyes the expansion of its solar manufacturing facility in Brookshire, Texas.

The new EcoRecycle facility, based in Cartersville, Georgia, will remove aluminum, glass, silver and copper from used solar modules and process them for re-use.

The industry is expected to support over 500,000 jobs by 2030, though disruptive policy could crush that growth, said a report from the American Clean Power Association.

The developer placed a $176 million order with Waaree Solar Americas for solar modules manufactured in Texas.

The new manufacturing line in Rogers, Minn. has been operational since April and has an annual capacity of 500 MW, bringing the company’s U.S. annual capacity to 1.3 GW of solar modules.

Intersolar and Energy Storage North America held its first Midwest show June 9 to June 11, where solar leaders discussed the success and lessons learned from this year’s legislative session, among other topics affecting the solar industry.

pv magazine USA spoke with Solar Insure’s Dean Chiaravallotti who shared his thoughts on ways in which solar businesses can adapt, innovate and be strategic.

With political uncertainty still looming over U.S. clean energy policy, globally experienced industry leaders at the ACORE Finance Forum shifted their focus to execution. From gigawatt-scale deployment to geothermal innovation, panelists highlighted strategies for navigating disruption without losing momentum.

 U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2025 report sees great potential in the residential solar market despite current challenges including the tariff effect on supply chain, potential elimination of tax credits and continued high interest rates.

Using a breadth of datasets, researchers modeled how states’ clean energy goals might evolve under state-led action versus federal support.

Researchers have designed a novel multigeneration energy system that provides five outputs, namely electricity, hydrogen, cooling, heating, and hot water. The system is mainly powered by a solar heliostat system and incorporates compressed air and pumped hydro storage technologies for storing surplus power.

The partnership aims to reduce interconnection study times by 80%, to address SPP’s portion of a national bottleneck of 2,500 GW of solar, wind and storage projects awaiting interconnection.

The increased manufacturing capacity supports the growing solar generating capacity, with solar and storage accounting for 82% of all new generating capacity added to the grid. However, the House bill coupled with rising tariffs threaten the trajectory.

Meeting the proposed operational deadline coupled with permitting delays and supply chain challenges means developers would have to rush to start and finish projects in 3.5 years. Cleanview quantifies the enormous amount of clean energy capacity at risk.

Iowa State University is using a $1.8 million grant to study whether higher solar arrays create better growing conditions for horticultural crops and beekeeping production.