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In case you missed it: Six big solar stories in the news this week

pv magazine USA spotlights news of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.
Markets & Policy

The ‘MAGA Solar Act’: Michigan Republicans’ solar playbook

A mixed bag for solar, Michigan's Maximining American Grid Affordability Act would establish a community solar program and financial incentives for agrivoltaics, but also place a cap on how much solar is allowed statewide, prohibit Chinese solar panels, ...
Markets & Policy

Five reasons solar and wind are core to U.S. energy

Renewable energy has sustained an attack from the federal government, but it remains a central focus for new-build energy, explains a memo from the Natural Resource Defense Council.
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Markets & Policy

House passage of One Big Beautiful Bill sends solar industry reeling

Despite vocal bipartisan support for clean energy tax credits, House and Senate Republicans failed to adjust policies that would continue the rapid build out of domestic clean energy.
Technology

Redwire deploys 60 kW roll-out solar array for the first lunar orbit space station

The company held the first test deployment of its solar arrays designed to power solar-electric propulsion systems for the Gateway space station.
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Markets & Policy

Older Americans encouraged to go solar through Third Act and EnergySage partnership

Third Act was founded by environmentalist Bill McKibben who encourages residential solar because solar power works, it is an inexpensive form of power, it lowers energy bills and helps stabilize the grid.
Markets & Policy

How energy storage could solve the growing power crisis in the U.S.

The opportunity is clear: with the right policy reforms, revenue mechanisms and investment frameworks, energy storage can deliver near-term reliability, long-term resilience and economic returns.
Sustainability

Canada’s path to 2030: Tripling renewables and land conservation are both possible

Countries can avoid conflict between biodiversity conservation efforts and renewable energy development by using proactive measures, found a model developed by The International Energy Agency and Natural Resources Canada.

Press Releases

Enertis Applus+ Delivers Independent Engineering Expertise to Texas BESS Projects Totaling 550 MW for Excelsior Energy Capital

Enertis Applus+, a global consulting, engineering, and quality control firm with extended expertise in the renewable energy and storage sectors, is acting as an Independent Engineer for Lydian Energy, a portfolio company of Excelsior Energy Capital. Enertis Applus+ is providing a comprehensive suite of technical advisory services for a Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) portfolio of three standalone projects with a total capacity of 550 MW / 1,433 MWh.

Fronius Launches Remote Configuration and Configuration Report Features to Simplify U.S. DER Interconnection Process with Utilities

Fronius USA is pleased to announce the release of the Remote Configuration and Configuration Report Features, using EPRI’s Common File Format (CFF), which can now be completed remotely via Fronius Solar. web.

Deal Orchards’ Solar Installation Generates 75% of Its Energy Needs, Expanding Efforts to Reduce Its Environmental Impact While Saving Money

Taylorsville NC-based family-owned business partners with Pisgah Energy to install a solar electric system that will generate 75% of its energy needs supporting efforts to reduce its carbon footprint while saving money on utility bills. The new solar array will generate over 95,000kWh of clean, renewable energy, offsetting the equivalent of 10 homes’ annual energy usage.

Survey: Extreme Natural Disasters, Soaring Energy Bills and a Failing Power Grid Spark Demand for Better Household Solar and Backup Battery Solutions

Horowitz Research survey found a shifting sentiment has many homeowners in high-risk states looking for alternatives

Installations

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Utility-scale solar developer Arevon secures $600 million portfolio funding

The project finance deal includes an option to expand to $850 million.

Largest solar project in Wisconsin history gets the wildlife greenlight

The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and Vista Sands Solar project reached an agreement to allow the 1.3 GW project to maintain its size while also protecting the greater prairie-chickens.

Redwood, Crusoe deploy second-life batteries at AI data center for 63 MWh storage

The second-life project represents the second largest deployment in North America, and the largest battery-powered microgrid.

Solar installers learn to be nimble in selling batteries

pv magazine USA spoke to solar installers who learned first-hand that interest in batteries can vary from customer to customer, as it can often depend on geography and state policy, among other factors.

Tackling affordable housing, climate action together under (or on) one roof

A 333 kW rooftop solar project was installed atop a modular home factory in Boulder, Colorado.

Largest solar project in Southwest Public Power Agency territory is activated

The 300 MW Box Canyon solar project was developed by BrightNight and Cordelio Power.

Manufacturing

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Solar manufacturer closes 45X tax credit transfer

The sale of the 2025 45X tax credits supports Heliene’s manufacturing buildout in Minnesota.

Trinasolar targeting ‘high-value’ markets

Yang Bao, Trinasolar’s president of global sales and marketing, recently spoke with pv magazine about the company’s strategy for the solar and energy storage business.

U.S. solar manufacturers seek to match rhetoric with reality

An extension of 48E tax credit with the domestic content bonus levels the playing field, say Qcells’, Talon PV and SEMA execs, so U.S. manufacturers can pay off the factories that they invested in in good faith against these credits.

Policy uncertainty leads to $1.4 billion cancelled U.S. manufacturing investments in May

Republican districts are hit the hardest, with more than $9 billion in investments cancelled, delayed or closed so far in 2025, as businesses react to House and Senate bills that propose an early end or elimination of tax credits, according to E2.

Texas solar module manufacturer sells $50 million in tax credits

SEG Solar closed a sale of 45X manufacturing tax credits. The company reports it has invested more than $60 million in its Houston facility, which has achieved an annual production capacity of 2 GW through two fully automated production lines.

Focus on domestic content boosts solar executive’s confidence

OMCO Solar’s Eric Goodwin shared insight with pv magazine USA on a solar industry that eagerly awaits further federal recognition of the value of domestically manufactured solar mounting systems.

Markets & Policy

GameChange Solar introduces terrain-following tracker designed to reduce land grading

The Genius Tracker TF supports slops of up to 1.7 degrees between posts, thereby reducing land grading costs.

State lawmakers convene to tackle grid strain, data center energy demands

The Pew Charitable Trust held a two-day meeting in San Antonio where state lawmakers met to learn about distributed energy resources and discuss policies can help meet rising energy demands.

What is solar net metering?

In many states, rooftop solar is supported by a billing structure called net metering, under which utility bills are credited for exporting electricity to the grid.

How ERCOT’s upcoming RTC+B program could unlock new value streams for storage

ERCOT’s long-anticipated real-time co-optimization initiative marks a fundamental shift in how batteries are treated, dispatched and monetized across the Texas grid.

People on the move: GridBeyond, Haven Energy, Weideman Group and more

Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance. And the job of the week.

Oregon expands microgrids to beyond utility ownership

The legislation strives to build resiliency at the community level by allowing private developers to build, own and operate microgrids.

Technology

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Speeding interconnection through automation is a proven technology, says software executive

A major U.S. grid operator has shown that interconnection automation is feasible, but there is “much more to do,” said one software executive. Another said that eight transmission planners using his firm's software can do the work of 80.

U.S. startup offers tin oxide, nickel oxide materials for flexible perovskite solar cells, modules

Sofab Inks, a spinoff of University of Louisville, said its transport layer materials enable perovskite solar cells with greater stability, efficiency, and scalability compared to incumbent materials.

Google aims to boost transmission capacity with advanced conductor upgrades

Google aims to help deliver more power to areas where it has data centers, by funding projects that increase the capacity of existing transmission lines using advanced conductors made by CTC Global. Large solar projects near reconductored lines could benefit.

Yes in my backyard: research rejects ‘NIMBY’ hypothesis for solar opposition

Most people who live near large-scale solar projects have positive or neutral feelings about the solar project and only 18% would be opposed to additional solar projects, found a national survey published in Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy.

Batteries are stabilizing the Texas power grid

A study by North American Electric Reliability Corporation found that ultra-fast response times of batteries help to stabilize the grid better than slower thermal sources.

Abandoned coal mines can host over 10% of global solar capacity

A survey of mines closed since 2020 and those planned to close by 2030 present an opportunity for installing nearly 300 GW solar on already-developed lands, finds a report from Global Energy Monitor.

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