Ryan Kennedy
Trump administration EPA to claw back $7 billion Solar For All funds
The grant funds are disbursed to state programs that provide solar energy access to low- and moderate-income families.
How long do residential solar batteries last?
Multiple factors affect lifespan of a residential battery energy storage system. We examine the life of batteries in Part 3 of our series.
How long do residential solar inverters last?
Multiple factors affect the productive lifespan of a residential solar system. In Part 2 of our series, we look at solar inverters.
Federal budget bill to cut residential solar in half through 2030, said Wood Mackenzie
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act policy changes could cut installations by up to 46%, but long-term market has “massive potential.”
How long do residential solar panels last?
Several factors affect the productive lifespan of a residential solar panel. In the first part of a series, we look at the solar panels themselves.
How to mitigate solar glass breakage
Solar modules are getting bigger, thinner, and more powerful. But from Texas to Thailand, the same problem is appearing: broken glass. Not from hail or mishandling, but from cracks that spider from frame edges, splinter near clamps, and web across modules. In cases seen by Jörg Althaus, director of engineering and quality assurance at Clean Energy Associates (CEA), it starts with a few panels – then dozens, hundreds, even thousands.
Iron-sodium battery to provide community backup for high fire risk zone in California
The Department of Energy granted $4.1 million to Inlyte Energy to deploy grid-scale batteries in a microgrid in northern California.
Solar panel prices climb amid concerns about delinking with market fundamentals
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Solar module prices on a clear downward trend
PV module prices have fallen by around 5% to 8% across all technology classes in recent weeks. says Martin Schachinger, the founder of pvXchange.com. This means that prices are moving strongly back toward the level we saw at the beginning of the year, which can only be described as unhealthy for module producers.
Nexamp self-performs grid interconnection construction to accelerate solar project
The community solar company took interconnection work into its own hands, rather than relying on the electric utility. The company said it reduces both time and cost to self-perform the work.
