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In case you missed it: Six big solar stories in the news this week

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

Colorado governor moves to get solar, wind projects in service ‘as quickly as possible’

With a time-limited window for clean energy to save money from federal tax credits, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis directed state agencies to eliminate administrative barriers and bottlenecks for clean energy projects.
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Oregon takes aim at utility pushback against independent solar projects

The law aims to make utilities operate in line with the public interest by implementing incentives and penalties related to community solar, microgrids, and other types of clean energy generation.
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Enphase launches fourth-gen energy system with new 7.08 kW battery

Enphase Energy introduced its fourth-generation energy system with the new 7.08 kW IQ Battery 10C, which offers 10 kWh of usable energy. The battery expands the company’s storage portfolio and is made with U.S. components by a contract manufacturer.
Technology

Colocating solar with Washington’s most valuable crop

When designed right, colocating apple orchards and solar installations can be not only economically beneficial for the landowner, but produce a higher rate of marketable apples.
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ComEd flips the switch on Chicagoland rooftop community solar portfolio

The project is the first of 45 rooftop community solar projects owned by Prologis that will serve ComEd's northern Illinois area.
Markets & Policy

Third-generation farmers harvest tax credits from 590 kW agrivoltaic installation

With REAP grants combined with monetizing tax credits, farmers benefit from solar energy with minimal investment.
Installations

Energy storage microgrid keeps Massachusetts schools powered during outages

Lightshift Energy and Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Commission partnered on an energy storage project to enhance resilience of its schools, while also saving as much as $20 million for customers.

Press Releases

Russelectric, A Siemens Business, Highlights Advanced Service Plans for Critical Power Systems

Built for durability, long life, minimal maintenance, and reliable performance.

Powering Hyperscale AI Data Centers in Integrated Renewable Energy Portfolios

Trinasolar’s Vertex Modules Enhance Renewable Energy Portfolios for AI Data Centers

S-5! Supports Sustainable Student-Led Design-Build Project at the University of Kansas

The project marks the 18th consecutive LEED Platinum-certified home completed through the university’s Studio 804 program and is the second to be supported by product donations from S-5!

Horizonview Unveils Software 2.0 Platform with Full IR and RGB Orthomosaic Imagery for Solar Inspections

On July 25, 2025, Horizonview Technologies officially unveiled Insight 2. 0, its next-gen platform for utility‑scale solar inspections.

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Oregon data center to be powered by 200,000 U.S.-made solar modules

Avangrid procured the solar modules from SEG Solar’s new Houston manufacturing facility to support its Tower Solar project.

Clean energy power producer secures $300 million corporate credit facility

Treaty Oak Clean Energy will use the facility to expand its clean energy pipeline of solar, battery energy storage and wind.

The hidden costs of your electric bill

With rising electricity costs, now is the time to go solar. To facilitate this, solar experts share six myths about solar.

Solar powers Frontwave Arena in California

DSD Renewables and Baker Electric completed a solar-plus-storage project on the sports facility, home of the San Diego Sockers and San Diego Clippers.

Nexamp self-performs grid interconnection construction to accelerate solar project

The community solar company took interconnection work into its own hands, rather than relying on the electric utility. The company said it reduces both time and cost to self-perform the work.

Solar project updates: EDP Renewables, Engie, Exus Renewables and more

Solar project milestones and portfolio finance updates for projects small and large on both sides of the meter across the United States.

Manufacturing

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Terrasmart threads ground screws into in-house production

As part of its vertical integration strategy, Terrasmart will begin making ground screws in-house at its Cincinnati facility.

CEA: 21 GWh of battery energy storage factories cancelled so far in 2025

Q2 reports from Clean Energy Associates highlight that while many American ESS manufacturing projects are getting cancelled or delayed, the appetite for domestic manufacturing is growing as costs fall.

Corning acquires JA Solar facility in Arizona

Under the name American Panel Solutions, Corning will expand its footprint by manufacturing solar modules to serve the U.S. solar industry.

Solestial designing space solar array with shorter lead time

The U.S.-based manufacturer of silicon solar PV technologies for space announced a project that requires it to manufacture, assemble and integrate 1 kW of solar cells and modules into a novel solar wing within a four-week time-period.

Microbes could save U.S. solar from copper price shocks

A Colorado start-up uses specialized microbes and cloud-based optimization to recover copper from low-grade ores.

Trump starts “weaponization” of polysilicon investigation

The U.S. Department of Commerce has officially initiated a Section 232 investigation into the national security risks of polysilicon imports.

Markets & Policy

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People on the move: Fullmark, IREC and the job of the week

Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.

Peak Energy launches first U.S. grid-scale sodium-ion storage system

Peak Energy’s passively cooled sodium-ion system, part of a shared pilot with utilities and independent power producers (IPPs), targets a 20% lifetime cost drop and a 33% cut in degradation over 20 years.

Where solar power is poised to cut costs and make a big impact

Electricity costs are rising — and schools and universities are feeling it.

Nextracker beats Q2 revenue estimates, expands into robotics and AI

The solar tracker manufacturer invested over $400 million to acquire three robotics technologies.

Utilities across the U.S. seek extensions for electric vehicle pilot programs

NC Clean Energy Technology Center identifies the latest electric vehicle policy trends in its 50 States of Electric Vehicles quarterly report.

Two solar companies partner with a goal of 500 commercial rooftop projects

SolarEdge and Solar Landscape target the vast “shovel-ready” opportunity for developing solar on empty rooftops of commercial and industrial properties.

Technology

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Data center demand forecasts could spook utilities into overproduction

A new report from RMI urges caution and responsible new generation planning.

Transmission build last year was at one-fifth the pace needed, clean energy group finds

Reaching a low-cost high-renewables grid will require much more high-capacity transmission, but the pace of transmission development is not keeping up.

Iron-sodium battery to provide community backup for high fire risk zone in California

The Department of Energy granted $4.1 million to Inlyte Energy to deploy grid-scale batteries in a microgrid in northern California.

Design solar for storage now, or retrofit at a premium later

New analysis of retrofitting solar power plants with energy storage, accounting for the industry’s rapidly falling prices, suggests that prepping your solar projects today has a strong chance of being in your financial interest.

California startup installs building-integrated, organic photovoltaic facade

Next Energy Technologies has completed the first installation of its transparent organic photovoltaic glass facade. The 9.3 m2 installation is located at its headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.

California’s transmission delays persist despite surge in projects driven by state policy

PG&E’s most frequent reason for delaying projects is “prioritization,” which added an average of 8.4 years to the project time, an analysis from the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists found.

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