Largest hydrogen plant in North America slated for California
Element Resources will use solar power and battery storage to ensure 24/7 production.
Sunnova subsidiary files for bankruptcy protection
The residential solar company has been in a downturn for more than a year, with earnings misses, layoffs, changes in leadership and cancellation of a $3 billion loan guarantee.
Rhode Island weighs bills to quash solar incentives, net-metering
Rhode Island lawmakers introduced legislation to place a moratorium on net metering contracts, heat pump subsidies and long-term contracts for purchasing renewable energy, and to repeal the Renewable Energy Growth Program.
U.S. installs 4.4 GW of utility-scale solar in Q1 2025, retracting about 30%
The United States also installed a record 1.6 GW of grid-scale energy storage in the first quarter of 2025, according to a report from the American Clean Power Association.
Tariffs spell harm to U.S. solar and energy storage industries
A recent Wood Mackenzie report examines two possible tariff scenarios and concludes that costs will skyrocket for both utility-scale solar development and battery energy storage systems.
Leading threat to farmland is real estate development, not solar, agricultural analysts say
Arkansas could double its total energy generation with solar and still only require a very small fraction of the land to do so, according to analysis by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Illinois manufacturing facility 85% powered by solar
Toyota Boshoku Americas partnered with Onyx Renewables, Sol Systems and Nelnet Renewable Energy in an onsite solar installation that supports local jobs and the environment.
Department of Energy axes $3.7 billion in clean energy demonstration funding
DOE said the projects “failed to advance the energy needs of the American people.”
U.S. scientists build antimony sulfide solar cell with 7.69% efficiency
Researchers at University of Toledo produced antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) thin film solar cells with 7.69% power conversion efficiency after determining optimal hydrothermal deposition, post annealing, and light soaking conditions. Stability tests showed more than 95% of initial efficiency after ten months.
Meyer Burger files for insolvency, lays off over 900 workers
Germany solar manufacturer ceased operations at three subsidiaries, including its new module production facility in Arizona.
