West Virginia’s new law bets big on microgrids
Gov. Patrick Morrisey passed the Power Generation and Consumption Act, which creates a statewide certified microgrid program to lure data centers into the state.
Retooling residential solar for California’s NEM 3.0 era
University of California San Diego’s Design Lab joins forces with contractors and startups to reimagine residential electrification strategies amid shifting solar economics.
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.
Solar opportunity as datacenter electricity demand expected to triple in five years
LandGate said as of Q1 2025 datacenters in the U.S. use 200 TWh of electricity annually, up from 147 TWh in 2023, and demand is expected to continue to accelerate.
Array Technologies solar tracker with 77 degree hail stow
The company unveiled DuraTrack Hail XP, designed to resist hail and wind events.
Canada’s 1 GWh battery delivered ahead of schedule, below budget
The Oneida project is the largest battery energy storage facility in operation in Canada.
‘Cybersecurity is a real problem, but the Reuters report should be taken with a grain of salt’
pv magazine spoke with Garikoitz Sarriegi, senior project manager at Kiwa PI Berlin Ibérica, about the Reuters report published on Wednesday that devices susceptible to spying and sabotage had been found in inverters and batteries from China.
Virginia mandates Dominion Energy create virtual power plant pilot
Virginia Gov. Youngkin signed off on a law for Dominion Energy to create a virtual power plant pilot program and to tap energy stored in idled school buses’ batteries.
The advantages of asset management software for solar energy businesses
While spreadsheets remain a ubiquitous tool for data management, their limitations and hidden costs are becoming more apparent.
Canadian Solar secures $1.2 billion in revenues in Q1, 2025
The company shipped 6.9 GW of solar modules, coming in ahead of expectations for the quarter.
