The combined output from wind and utility-scale solar reached a record 760,000 GWh last year, accounting for 17% of total U.S. electricity generation as the sector scales to meet intensifying load growth.

The 28 MW solar infrastructure and LEED Platinum design drive the $1.5 billion Virginia project toward a 2027 carbon-neutral production launch.

The state’s shift to a “capped” system means developers are now racing for limited space. The program exceeds its goals for low-income participation, addressing access gaps in the energy transition.

The 13 MW solar array at a Maine facility was constructed by PowerFlex and is owned and operated by Onyx under a long-term power purchase agreement.

GlobalData says global renewable capacity will more than double to 8.4 TW by 2031, with PV reaching nearly 6 TW, a 13% compound annual growth rate from 2025 levels of 4.1 TW.

A legal alert from Wiley indicates that importing silver silicon wafers for domestic anti-reflective coating may disqualify solar cells from the 10% domestic content bonus credit despite conflicting customs rulings.

LG Energy Solution and GM are converting part of their Spring Hill battery joint venture to LFP production for energy storage, as another North American battery manufacturing plan shifts from EVs toward stationary storage.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has blocked the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese active anode material (AAM), providing a massive sigh of relief for the domestic battery storage sector.

The Department of the Interior has ended months of speculation, identifying Tesla as the counterparty for a massive domestic lithium iron phosphate battery contract aimed at scaling U.S. energy storage production.

The firm’s quarterly market intelligence reports highlight rising module costs across the globe, with the largest potential impacts to U.S. buyers coming through impending Section 232 tariffs set to take effect this year.

The 430 MWac solar and 340 MWh battery storage facility in Schleicher and Tom Green Counties is expected to reach commercial operation by summer 2028.

If passed, SB 886 would require large load users to cover half of their hourly needs with zero-carbon, dispatchable energy resources.

Facing applications for new data center capacity that represent a greater total demand than ComEd’s all-time peak, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved a plan to require data center projects to make larger deposits to cover the cost of grid upgrades and ordered an investigation into other methods of protecting utility ratepayers against footing the bill for data center load growth.

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives have submitted a wide-ranging energy bill titled the “Energy Bills Relief Act” that essentially reverses any changes made to tax credits by the One Big Beautiful Bill.

State prosecutors allege the solar firm and its financial partners trapped thousands of homeowners in fraudulent high-interest contracts through “bait-and-switch” tactics.

The report authors contend such devices — which are designed to protect firefighters while they work around rooftop solar installations — actually add significant risk by increasing installation complexity and multiplying potential points of failure by a factor of two to three.

Sandia National Laboratories conducted the first-ever blind comparison of seven commercial PV modeling software, revealing that differences in weather handling, system modeling, derates, and assumptions grow as system complexity increases. The study emphasizes that software choice should consider project complexity, workflow, and modeling features rather than relying on rankings alone.

New data center capacity additions fell 50% quarter-over-quarter in Q4 2025, signaling a shift in developer focus toward executing existing projects amid power queue bottlenecks.

As the buildout of data centers in the United States accelerates, developers are often targeting remote locations where land availability is high. Off-grid solar paired with batteries offers an opportunity to power data centers in areas that would otherwise not have access to dependable utility infrastructure.

Elon Musk, the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, raised some eyebrows at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, when he predicted “that the lowest cost place to put AI will be space and that will be true within two to three years, three at the latest.” pv magazine reported on Musk’s vision on our global website www.pv-magazine.com on Jan. 26, 2026, and exactly one week later SpaceX announced that it was acquiring xAI “to form the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications, and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform.”