Meta (Facebook) signed on to purchase the renewable energy certificates associated with two utility-scale solar projects in Louisiana. It has procured over 3 GW of solar in 2025 alone.

While utilities in neighboring states are “dabbling” with solar, Florida Power & Light is combining solar and storage as a “workhorse” technology, said a nonprofit executive.

Developer Vesper Energy engaged local land owners on pollinator mixes and sheep grazing for its Hornet Solar project.

Steel producer Nucor tapped Ameresco for a 50 MW / 200 MWh battery energy storage system to stabilize its electricity demand.

TotalEnergies developed the municipal solar project with specialized ballasted racking on the capped landfill, installing over 15,000 solar panels onsite.

The company’s share price jumped 15% following its Q3 earnings call, which included the announcement of a factory that is expected to produce over 8 million finished solar panels per year at full capacity.

Eos will combine its $352.9 million investment with funds from Pennsylvania state to make the move from New Jersey, with the company’s CEO hailing the benefits of public-private partnerships to expand US battery manufacturing.

Australia’s PowerCap has entered the US market with its sodium-ion stationary storage systems and plans to build a manufacturing facility to serve customers across the Americas.

A Solar Energy Industries Association report indicates that the U.S. solar manufacturing pipeline is robust, however, Trump Administration policies, regulations and trade actions could stall progress and dampen demand for U.S.-made products.

The additional “start of construction” requirements for projects acquiring the 30% Investment Tax Credit can be met by installing custom-built transformers, said GameChange Solar.

The finale of pv magazine USA Week 2025 promises an in-depth exploration of the most immediate, versatile solution to America’s escalating energy demands and rising electricity rates: distributed energy.

SolarEdge posted its third consecutive quarter of revenue growth and increased margins. The company announced a partnership with Infineon to produce solid-state transformers designed to power AI datacenters.

Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the works.

Day 1 of pv magazine USA Week 2025 focused on “Unlocking Capital,” addressing the urgent financial and regulatory challenges facing U.S. solar and energy storage. Industry leaders discussed strategies to accelerate solar growth despite tightened tax credit deadlines, increased import restrictions, and reduced federal funding.

The funds support ContourGlobal’s 324 MW solar project in development in Colorado.

Mazama Energy says it has accessed a world-record high temperature geothermal resource, and that hotter underground rocks can enable lower-cost power.

In its latest monthly for pv magazine, the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) explains how pumped-hydro energy storage combined with PV power generation could provide 24/7 power to data centers.

After operating a 15 MW solar plant with flexible interconnection that requires occasional curtailment but not grid upgrades, Avangrid seeks to expand flexible interconnection to additional portions of its distribution grid.

U.S.-manufactured perovskites produced by Swift Solar were used in a demonstration of a Rapid Deployment Hybrid Microgrid used for critical infrastructure cyber defense.

Janta Power closed $5.5 million in seed funding to develop its vertical solar tower, with pilot programs already underway in major global airports like Dallas-Fort Worth and Munich International Airport.