Community solar developer secures 150 MW of domestic solar modules from ES Foundry
The modules are manufactured using ES Foundry’s own crystalline bifacial passivated emitter and rear contact bifacial solar cells.
Carbon battery startup aims to make energy storage circular
SorbiForce, a Ukrainian energy storage company now in Arizona, has developed metal-free organic batteries made entirely from agricultural waste.
Waaree Energies to double its solar module manufacturing in Texas
This expansion comes at a critical time for the U.S. solar industry with much uncertainty around supply chains and pressure to increase domestic output.
South Carolina residents take final swing at Silfab’s manufacturing facility
A school district may pay for an environmental evaluation after years of failed legal attempts to halt Silfab’s upcoming South Carolina facility.
Perovskite tandem provider integrates with existing solar manufacturing lines
While many perovskite developers pursue a 2-terminal format, which poses design and production constraints, Caelux uses a 4-terminal approach that bypasses technical challenges.
Solx announces Puerto Rico’s first solar module factory
The 1 GW factory will produce 625 W solar panels for the utility-scale market.
How Trump’s widespread tariffs affect the U.S. solar industry
Tariffs of 10% are applied to most products from most countries, but energy and energy products, steel, and aluminum are exempt, as tariffs have already been applied.
Two U.S. solar production projects out of commission
SPI’s panel-manufacturing plant in California has suddenly ceased operation and its cell-production site in South Carolina never got off the ground.
U.S. solar manufacturing boom “real — but fragile,” said CEA
The U.S. is on track to reach 13 GW of cell manufacturing capacity and 65 GW of module assembly in 2025, said a report from Clean Energy Associates.
Stryten Energy ramps up its U.S. battery manufacturing capacity to 24 GW
The energy storage company’s investment will add 10 GW to its domestic manufacturing capacity.
