The residential solar installer reached a new high of 69% battery attachment rates in the quarter.

The three projects under development by Renewable Properties total over 17 MW and will supply power to Sonoma Clean Power and Pacific Gas and Electric.

The Hollinswood project in Baltimore serves the local community by selling the electricity generated into the Maryland Community Solar Program

Construction has begun on the two-phase 430 MW Kelso Solar Project that developer Arevon reports had no opposition due to its impactful public engagement.

A 352 MWh battery energy storage system is now operational at the Chaparral Springs solar facility in California, with two community choice aggregators as the offtakers.

With an investment of $1.5 billion, Corning reported it will add 400 jobs and contribute domestically produced wafers to the U.S. solar supply chain.

Gauging the growth in domestic content in the solar supply chain, Anza shares Q2 2025 domestic content insights amid uncertainty.

Expansion and modernization of its dry-type transformer manufacturing operations is expected to help alleviate the shortage in North America.

With an investment reportedly approaching $400 million, the manufacturing plant will be built in two phases with phase one producing 2 GW of solar modules and phase two expected to produce 2 GW of solar cells in 2026.

As Congress decides the fate of clean energy tax credits, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is launching a platform to support community-level solar policy advocacy.

A report by Aurora Energy Research cautioned that passage of Texas SB 715 will reduce reliability while increasing costs for consumers.

A letter signed by 12 Republican House of Representatives members voiced strong support for retaining the Biden-era Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credit.

Baltimore County Council passed a bill that echoes a national trend in local governments grappling with statewide bills that prohibit their power from saying no to solar.

Sandia National Laboratories’ spin-off mPower Technology secured Series B funding to scale its production of silicon solar panels for space applications.

Neighbors’ attitudes and information from peers have a stronger influence in Indiana’s communities than expert-based information when determining renewable energy regulations and development, researchers from Purdue University found.

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth seeks proposals for academic research on how the Inflation Reduction Act’s policy design, coordination and implementation affects equitable economic outcomes of the clean energy transition.

Scientists from Cornell University combined quantum computing with model predictive control to manage the energy of two PV-equipped university buildings. Compared to deterministic approaches, the quantum strategy achieved a 6.8% improvement in energy efficiency and an annual reduction of 41.2% in carbon emissions.

An international team led by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has used ionic salt for the electron transport layer of a perovskite solar cell to improve device stability and performance. Test results showed a 26% power conversion efficiency with 2% degradation after 2,100 hours of 1-sun operation at 65 C.

In another weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that strong jet stream and Eastern storms split solar conditions across the U.S. in April, with the east experiencing a downturn in solar irradiance while the northwest saw irradiance gains.

Solar sheep grazing helps to create a beneficial dual-use environment, found American Solar Grazing Association in a two-year study conducted at 31 different solar sites.