Import action ratchets up risks for U.S. solar companies
Further price increases for residential and C&I projects, along with a possible drop in module shipments and even more delays for utility-scale projects are possible in the wake of action by the Biden administration to address forced labor allegations in China.
Labor Department updates forced labor list to target polysilicon from region in China
The Labor Department said it took the “extraordinary measure” in response to the “severity of the ongoing human rights abuses.”
Sol Systems’ CEO lays out a path to grow both renewable energy use and U.S. manufacturing
In his annual letter, shared with pv magazine, Yuri Horwitz lays out a roadmap for U.S. companies to follow as an “historic expansion” of demand for solar and storage gets underway.
Santee Cooper and Central Electric Power contract for 425 MW of new South Carolina solar
The new capacity–which goes by names like Chester White, Lambert, and Hemingway–represents an addition equal to nearly 40% of all solar installed to date in the Palmetto State.
North Carolina is no longer the Southeast’s most solar state
The fourth edition of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy’s Solar in the Southeast report shows that Florida has passed North Carolina in total installed capacity, while South Carolina has passed its northern neighbor in the context of a solar watts per customer ratio.
OYA Solar closes deal to develop 600 MW of community solar in the Northeast
The company signed an exclusive co-development agreement with Omni Navitas, bringing its North American development pipeline well over 2 GW.
Renewables are seeing declines in cost and market value: What gives?
Cost declines are helping consumers, but producers may slow deployments as market value headwinds getting conflict with decarbonization goals.
Hearings set for two massive Ohio solar projects
Local citizens will have an opportunity in July to provide testimony on the proposed 125 MW Wheatsborough Solar project and its planned 50 MW battery, as well as the 117 MW Sycamore Creek Solar project, before regulators make a final decision.
Another massive solar project is approved in Indiana
Indiana regulators have approved the 195 MW Hardy Hills Solar project, the most recent on a flood of 100 MW+ solar projects planned for the Hoosier State.
Solar is as popular as apple pie (but some folks still prefer pecan)
A Pew Research Center study found that solar enjoys the strongest support among those surveyed. Splits emerged when it came to Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X, and Boomers, not to mention the Republican-Democrat split.
