pv magazine USA spoke with tax lawyers about the added layers of diligence and complexity that Foreign Entity of Concern rules bring to tax credits (excluding hydrogen), and how to traverse four years of ongoing construction under new Safe Harbor guidance.
EIA data shows that since 2003, U.S. fossil fuel plants have retired more capacity than they’ve been built. That trend is slowing, and early signs suggest it could reverse.
RMI has released Solar Under Storm III, analyzing solar power facilities in the hurricane-prone Caribbean and reviewing past storm impacts to identify six major failure modes and ten risk-mitigation specifications.
BloombergNEF projects continued solar deployment growth in 2025 and 2026, though looming Foreign Entity of Concern restrictions may shave tens of gigawatts off capacity additions later in the decade.
Researchers found that a 15 percent boost in solar generation cut U.S. emissions by 12 percent of the EPA’s annual target. Some regions, such as California, were even found to be cleaning up the electricity of their neighbors by exporting excess daytime solar generation.
After years of negative margins, Tesla’s energy division is now a key driver of profitability. So far in 2025, the division has contributed 23% of Tesla’s total profit while accounting for just 13% of revenue, boosting the company’s overall profitability by nearly 2 percentage points.
New analysis of retrofitting solar power plants with energy storage, accounting for the industry’s rapidly falling prices, suggests that prepping your solar projects today has a strong chance of being in your financial interest.
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.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has officially initiated a Section 232 investigation into the national security risks of polysilicon imports.
The NYSERDA Build-Ready program, which has significantly de-risked the development of three facilities, has launched an RFP seeking developers and contractors to advance the projects into operating solar assets.
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