House bill puts nearly 500 GW of solar and storage projects at risk
Meeting the proposed operational deadline coupled with permitting delays and supply chain challenges means developers would have to rush to start and finish projects in 3.5 years. Cleanview quantifies the enormous amount of clean energy capacity at risk.
Nevada passes bills to expand rooftop solar, investigate utilities’ pricing
Amid allegations over NV Energy overcharging ratepayers for decades, Nevada passed two bills that will investigate how utilities pass power costs onto customers and expand access to rooftop solar.
Solar and chip titan back in groove overhauling SunPower
T.J. Rogers, founder of former Cypress Semiconductor is forging global strategic alliances and hunting acquisition targets to restore the SunPower brand to solar-business greatness.
Automated solar permitting bill sails through New Jersey Assembly
Bills to remove bottlenecks popped up across the country this session, but New Jersey’s is one of the few that has not yet fallen flat.
Put American energy – and jobs – first
If Congress rolls back renewable energy tax credits, they won’t just be shifting dollars on a spreadsheet—they’ll be cutting real, good-paying jobs in communities across the country.
Powin Energy’s future hangs in the balance with 250 jobs at stake
Powin is the second Oregon-based battery company in recent days to announce looming closures and financial difficulties.
House bill could cost 330,000 industry jobs by 2028, SEIA says
Repealing energy incentives through the reconciliation bill could lead to hundreds of thousands of loss jobs, higher energy bills and hundreds of lost factory investments across the country, an analysis released by the Solar Energy Industries Association found.
Heliene celebrates opening of solar module manufacturing facility in Minnesota
The new manufacturing line in Rogers, Minn. has been operational since April and has an annual capacity of 500 MW, bringing the company’s U.S. annual capacity to 1.3 GW of solar modules.
Rhode Island weighs bills to quash solar incentives, net-metering
Rhode Island lawmakers introduced legislation to place a moratorium on net metering contracts, heat pump subsidies and long-term contracts for purchasing renewable energy, and to repeal the Renewable Energy Growth Program.
U.S. installs 4.4 GW of utility-scale solar in Q1 2025, retracting about 30%
The United States also installed a record 1.6 GW of grid-scale energy storage in the first quarter of 2025, according to a report from the American Clean Power Association.
