Pleasant Valley Solar 2 financing clears way for data centers and high-tech manufacturing in Idaho
Large-scale solar opens doors to economic development in the region.
Solar is reshaping California’s Central Valley. What happens to the rural farming communities next door?
A democratically organized nonprofit is giving a seat at the clean energy table to 36 communities in Western Fresno County.
U.S. installs 14.5 GW of large-scale solar in the first half of 2025
Solar represented 75% of grid capacity additions in the first half, followed distantly by wind and natural gas, said new data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Electricity demand may help solar developers weather OBBBA disruptions
VDE America’s Brian Grenko says a focus on portfolio management and risk mitigation can help developers succeed.
Solar to represent half of new U.S. electric generating capacity in 2025
The Energy Information Administration said developers plan to add 21 GW of solar in the second half of 2025 alone.
Solar project and finance updates: Texas, New Mexico and eastern U.S.
OCI Energy closes a utility-scale solar project sale, National Renewable Solutions activates a project in New Mexico, and SolAmerica Energy closes on a revolving credit facility for distributed solar in the eastern U.S.
Third Pillar floats 500 MW of utility-scale floating solar in Texas
Third Pillar was given exclusive access to develop a potential 500 MW of floating solar in water reservoirs in Texas.
California activates $2 billion solar and energy storage facility
The Eland project will deliver about 7% of Los Angeles’s electricity.
U.S. may deploy 53 GW of solar in 2025, 61 GW in 2026 – but FEOC looms
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.
Oregon data center to be powered by 200,000 U.S.-made solar modules
Avangrid procured the solar modules from SEG Solar’s new Houston manufacturing facility to support its Tower Solar project.
