The second-life project represents the second largest deployment in North America, and the largest battery-powered microgrid.

pv magazine USA spoke to solar installers who learned first-hand that interest in batteries can vary from customer to customer, as it can often depend on geography and state policy, among other factors.

A 333 kW rooftop solar project was installed atop a modular home factory in Boulder, Colorado.

The 300 MW Box Canyon solar project was developed by BrightNight and Cordelio Power.

The largest corporate solar offtaker signed on for more Texas solar with Adapture Renewables, bringing the total capacity between the two companies to nearly 700 MW.

Yang Bao, Trinasolar’s president of global sales and marketing, recently spoke with pv magazine about the company’s strategy for the solar and energy storage business.

An extension of 48E tax credit with the domestic content bonus levels the playing field, say Qcells’, Talon PV and SEMA execs, so U.S. manufacturers can pay off the factories that they invested in in good faith against these credits.

Republican districts are hit the hardest, with more than $9 billion in investments cancelled, delayed or closed so far in 2025, as businesses react to House and Senate bills that propose an early end or elimination of tax credits, according to E2.

SEG Solar closed a sale of 45X manufacturing tax credits. The company reports it has invested more than $60 million in its Houston facility, which has achieved an annual production capacity of 2 GW through two fully automated production lines.

OMCO Solar’s Eric Goodwin shared insight with pv magazine USA on a solar industry that eagerly awaits further federal recognition of the value of domestically manufactured solar mounting systems.

Sen. Hickenlooper is expected to ask for a one-year extension, sunsetting the 25D tax credit after 2026.

Before customers learn about net metering policies, virtual power plants or even what a kilowatt-hour is, they first need to overcome doubts about the technology — and that’s where stories come in.

On Saturday the Senate moved the reconciliation bill to debate by the slimmest of margins.

pv magazine USA spotlights news of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.

The two ANSI-accredited standards provide guidance on ethical sales and contracting practices, and on maintaining solar and storage systems to maximize performance, longevity and safety.

Most people who live near large-scale solar projects have positive or neutral feelings about the solar project and only 18% would be opposed to additional solar projects, found a national survey published in Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy.

A study by North American Electric Reliability Corporation found that ultra-fast response times of batteries help to stabilize the grid better than slower thermal sources.

A survey of mines closed since 2020 and those planned to close by 2030 present an opportunity for installing nearly 300 GW solar on already-developed lands, finds a report from Global Energy Monitor.

About one-sixth of queued solar capacity now holds signed interconnection agreements, signaling real progress even as developers pull more than 130 GW of projects amid tightening interconnection rules.

A report from HelioVolta finds connector issues in four out of five solar projects in the United States and details what can be done from procurement to field inspections to minimize risk.