Popular consumer electronics companies tout new products, partners at RE+ 2025
Three battery manufacturing companies unveiled new products at RE+, North America’s largest solar and energy storage conference.
It’s easy to announce a battery gigafactory. It’s much harder to build one
America’s battery factory buildout hinges on experienced operating teams.
Sustainable capital in a shifting landscape
As the impacts of U.S. energy policy upheaval begin to spread, new capital structures are emerging. In the short term, developers will race to finish projects to qualify for federal incentives being removed on an accelerated timeline. pv magazine spoke with Trenton Allen, CEO of Sustainable Capital Advisors, who sees this period as an opportunity to build momentum that will endure beyond the policies that supported it.
Making sense of CAISO’s bid cost recovery mechanism and what it means for batteries
As California batteries increasingly depend on bid cost recovery to smooth out market deviations, the make-whole mechanism is being reshaped to balance flexibility and fairness.
Translating clean energy insights into action
pv magazine USA interviews Sheri Givens, president and CEO of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), on
guiding developers, manufacturers, policymakers, and utilities through the accelerating energy transition.
Most solar assets have significant quality issues, says HelioVolta
HelioVolta analysis says bad wiring and connections are the most common source of significant problems.
U.S. authorities warn of hidden radios in PV-powered highway infrastructure
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHA) has warned that cellular radios have been found in unspecified foreign-made inverters and batteries used in PV highway infrastructure, according to Reuters. pv magazine speaks with cybersecurity expert Uri Sadot about the risks.
California requires utilities to offer dynamic pricing that favors low-cost renewables
Solar trade group SEIA said that dynamic pricing of electricity in California would reduce renewable curtailment and could in the long term reduce costs for all customers.
Performance contracts could be public solar’s silent financiers
Energy savings performance contracts are helping schools, hospitals, and municipalities adopt solar without upfront costs.
Solar price pessimism, quantified
For years, solar insiders have watched cost forecasts miss the mark. Now, new research confirms what industry trends already made clear by 2023: most 2050 projections for solar, wind, and batteries weren’t even in the same ballpark.
