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Solar sector corporate funding falls 22% year-over-year

Venture capital, public market, and debt financing into the solar industry reached $17.3 billion through the first 9 months of 2025, said Mercom Capital Group.

Ascent Solar testing CIGS modules for power beaming, marine applications

The US-based developer of copper indium gallium selenide thin-film PV products said its modules will be tested without modifications by companies developing marine PV and power beaming applications.

RatedPower enhances solar plant design platform with 3D simulation capabilities

RatedPower has introduced a 3D simulation feature to improve accuracy in utility-scale solar design, enabling more precise yield modeling that reflects terrain variations and shading, validated against real production data.

Simplify Solar volunteer campaign launches across the U.S.

A volunteer-based initiative is collecting data on how towns handle residential solar permits with the hope of pushing local officials to cut red tape, reduce costs and speed clean energy installations.

Over $24 billion in U.S. clean energy investment and 21,000 jobs lost in 2025

The latest data from the E2 Clean Economy Tracker report shows that businesses are canceling, closing or scaling back clean energy plans to the tune of billions per month during the Trump 2.0 administration.

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PNW data center opts for BESS to jump the interconnection queue

Calibrant Energy will install the system next year at Aligned Data Centers’ Pacific Northwest site in what the companies call the nation’s first battery built to help data centers speed up interconnection.

Researchers envision a ‘bright harvest’ from space-based solar power

Developers say space-based solar will be cost-competitive with utility-scale PV. A new documentary showcases a Caltech team’s efforts to supply the Earth with limitless energy from space.

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Alsym Energy launches sodium-ion battery line

The Massachusetts-based startup says its new battery is non-flammable, non-toxic, and uses non-FEOC (Foreign Entity of Concern) materials, aiming for a lower levelized cost of storage (LCOS). The technical specs provide some highlights as well.

Solar deployment and policies have had a mixed effect on electricity prices, researchers find

While large-scale solar and wind deployment “may have reduced” retail electricity prices over the past five years, net energy metering and renewable portfolio standards generally increased prices, the researchers found. But states with the highest renewable generation in 2024 had among the lowest prices.

Solar Energy Industries Association president to step down

SEIA president and chief executive officer Abigail Ross Hopper has announced her departure following a transformative nine-year run leading the U.S. solar and storage trade association.

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