IEA-PVPS warns soiling costs solar industry billions per year
The International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS) says dust, pollution, and debris on solar panels reduce output by 4% to 7% worldwide, costing the industry billions of euros annually and making tailored mitigation increasingly urgent.
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers push for community solar bill after utility pushback
Community solar advocates are hoping third time’s a charm as Republicans work on a new community solar bill, revamping it with considerable changes.
Florida college installs 700 kW floating solar project
Developed by D3Energy, the project is the first floating solar facility at a university in the United States. Despite increased capital investment to start a project, floating solar has advantages in land use and land lease costs as well as improved solar array efficiency.
U.S. solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after
Solar and wind represent about 11% to 12% of the energy mix each, while coal sits just under 15%. Developers brought online 16 GW of solar out of a total 21.5 GW electric generation capacity cumulatively added through July in 2025, said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. There is currently about 5 GW more wind than solar actively deployed in the United States.
Efficiency first: How commercial real estate owners can thrive with solar
Amid soaring demand and shrinking solar subsidies, taking an efficiency-focused approach to energy management can offer a pathway to project success.
The era of cookie cutter solar has come to a close. Did it ever start?
Once shorthand for fast, uniform installs, “cookie-cutter solar” is giving way to site-specific, storage-integrated systems.
OMCO Solar launches new tracker controller for the U.S. market
The new OMCO Star™ Tracker Controller has a wireless range of more than one mile, according to Matt Kesler, the VP of Solar Technology at OMCO Solar. The company’s VP of Business Development, Eric Goodwin, says the company is using only domestically sourced steel in its products.
New control strategy for grid-forming inverters
Researchers in the United States have created a droop control strategy for grid-forming inverters that purportedly improves power system frequency stability. By using an exponential active power–frequency relationship, the novel technique optimizes the use of available headroom, reduces frequency deviations, and enhances overall grid resilience.
Corporate buyers are the core engine driving the U.S. renewable energy transition
Corporate buyers have led to the voluntary procurement of over 40% of the total capacity of U.S. solar and wind projects from 2014 to 2024. A report from the Clean Energy Buyers Association shows how corporate procurement drives the renewables market and mitigates project financial distress.
HiTHIUM targets AI data center market with energy storage solutions
The company’s ∞Power 6.25MWh 8h and ∞Power N2.28MWh 1h BESS solutions help AI data centers in the US address both long-duration and ultra-fast short-duration energy storage needs, according to Neil Bradshaw, HiTHIUM Application Engineering Director.
