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What to expect from the solar market in 2026

As the solar industry navigates a 2026 landscape defined by AI-driven demand and shifting federal incentives, success will belong to developers who prioritize execution and resilience over simple scale.

The war on solar and renewable energy is real. If the public doesn’t care, we’ll lose

An opinion article issues a call to arms for the renewable energy industry to combat misinformation and aggressive federal deregulation through a grassroots “war of words.”

Say goodbye to grading: New alternatives for solar on challenging topography

Leveraging advanced racking technologies and strategic terrain assessments allows developers to minimize costly grading while maximizing the economic and environmental performance of utility-scale solar projects.

Global solar enters period of adjustment, as market conditions redefine rules of competition

Global solar growth is flattening in major markets as oversupply from China and India drives prices down and shifts competition from sheer volume to execution, policy alignment, and system integration. Across the U.S., Europe, and China, energy storage is becoming essential for project viability, making PV-plus-storage and strong EPC partnerships the new basis for winning projects in 2026 and beyond.

2026 National Electrical Code changes: PCS and EMS part 2

Power control and energy management systems (PCS and EMS) are powerful tools that will enable the next generation of electrical systems, and the way they are featured in the 2026 NEC is a testament to the ways they can unlock the capability of distributed energy systems and more fully utilize the capacity of electrical infrastructure.

2026 is set to be a year of reset, repowering, and resilient growth

As the solar industry navigates a transformative 2026, success belongs to the “middle market” innovators and service-driven firms mastering the billion-dollar repowering boom.

La Niña Ridge drives December solar gains across U.S. Southwest

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that December’s solar resource reflected a classic La Niña pattern, with suppressed irradiance in the Pacific Northwest and above-normal conditions across the southern U.S. A blocking ridge brought clear skies and strong solar gains to the Southwest and Texas, while cloud cover and fog reduced output farther north.

How real estate financing can keep projects moving in 2026

Solar developers are leveraging land assets to bypass financing bottlenecks and secure critical safe-harbor status ahead of the 2026 deadline.

Case study: Energy storage EPC achieves 365+ days with no OSHA incidents

In an industry where risk is the status quo, TruGrid Power has beat expectations by delivering over 200,000 work hours and five major utility projects with a flawless 0.0 incident rate, proving that a total commitment to safety can turn the most dangerous jobsites into gold standards of operational excellence.

2026 National Electrical Code changes: PCS and EMS part 1

The 2026 National Electrical Code (NEC) introduces a significant shift in electrical design by prioritizing real-time power flow over traditional, often oversized, theoretical worst-case calculations. This evolution centers on the formal distinction between two critical technologies: Energy Management Systems (EMS) and Power Control Systems (PCS), which is explored in part one of this two-part series.

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