Data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that battery energy storage and solar are dominating capacity additions, while fossil fuel capacity continues to net a decline. Another 22 GW of storage is projected for the coming year.

Early engagement with regulators, suppliers and first responders is essential, said a report from Fluence Energy.

As residential solar installers face the end of the Section 25D solar tax credit, they must grapple with how to reduce costs, work with new financing models, and build systems that provide new ways to capture long-term value through grid interactivity.

Revenues for ancillary services have fallen 90% since 2023. An Enverus report says market saturation is driving operators to seek other strategies.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says EcoFlow is recalling about 25,030 Delta Max 2000 power stations after six reported fires caused more than USD 850,000 in property damage.

The company produces batteries and inverters for residential and commercial applications. It secured funding for a potential U.S. manufacturing facility, pending definitive agreements.

Energy storage in urban areas make strong use case for non-flammable flow batteries.

First Solar has selected Gaffney, in Cherokee County, South Carolina, as the site for its fifth U.S. module manufacturing facility. The company will invest approximately $330 million in the project.

Electrical component and system manufacturer Socomec will invest nearly $10 million in a new manufacturing and distribution facility specializing in low-voltage energy performance solutions.

mPower Technology Inc. has switched on an automated production line for its silicon solar panels designed for space missions. The site currently has an annual capacity of 1 MW, set to double by the middle of 2026.

Third-party consulting company Eclipse-M found the company’s racking solutions require less labor hours than the average tracker solar racking solution.

The solar tech startup with a mission to “democratize solar energy,” is preparing to launch its all-in-one home solar and storage appliance in early 2026.

Civ Robotics’ artificial intelligence (AI) powered navigation system tool is currently being tested at several large solar parks in the United States. The company says it eliminates the need for manual surveying with a sensor device fitted on a construction machine to guide operators to precisely place piles, pallets and PV modules.

The U.S. Trade Representative has extended the exclusion of 178 items from the Section 301 import tariffs that were put in place by the prior administration in 2024. The still standing tariffs include a 50% increase on solar cells

A coalition of 18 California legislators has formally urged the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to enforce regulations under “Rule 21” regarding the interconnection of customer-sited solar and energy storage systems.

Enverus report says actions can weed out speculators and shorten interconnection queues.

The company opened a $25 million Series B funding round to support its concentrated solar power solution that stores and dispatches heat and electricity.

TITAN Containers’ ArcticStore Horizon have a solar-grid power management system and cleaner refrigerants.

A study from Grid Strategies and ACORE finds evidence that priority transmission access offered by three grid operators has yielded generating portfolios “heavily weighted” to thermal resources. The study favors transmission planning followed by recruitment of projects that can use planned transmission capacity to enter the interconnection queue. A limited non-discriminatory “fast path” could meet near-term reliability needs.

Solar developer Plenitude will validate Swift Solar’s 28% efficiency perovskite-silicon tandem technology in a utility-scale project.