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Meyer Burger lays off 283 solar production workers in Arizona

The Swiss company began manufacturing heterojunction modules in the United States nearly one year ago, but ran into trouble less than six months later after a large purchase agreement was terminated.

Solar strategist helps solar make sense of its policy ‘mess’

REC Americas strategy and policy director Brian Lynch, veteran of companies and roles that became roadkill of prior industry gyrations, plays rising role explaining its current policy morass.

MIT scientists developing silicon solar cell based on singlet exciton fission

Scientists in the United States have designed a microwire solar cell that could reportedly enable the coupling of singlet fission with silicon. Key to their achievement was an interface that transfers the electrons and holes sequentially into silicon instead of both at once.

Electricity generation from U.S. solar grows 28% year-over-year

Utility-scale solar generation grew to 232 TWh in the rolling 12 months through March 2025, according to the latest data from the Energy Information Administration.

Illinois considers clean energy package to tackle data center boom

Illinois lawmakers are working on an omnibus clean energy package that would introduce a Storage for All program, a Solar Bill of Rights, virtual power plant programs, to name a few.

Letter warns “significant quantities” of solar products could skip U.S. antidumping tariffs

A letter from the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing said the U.S. Trade Commission must act quickly to ensure tariff rulings are in place before a temporary gap creates an opportunity for solar components to be imported duty-free.

Commercial rooftop solar developer secures $175 million financing

Solar Landscape secured funds from PGIM Private Capital to support its growing project portfolio in Maryland and Illinois.

Solar and battery output records set as California continues aggressive ramp

Amidst industry turmoil, California set a new spring peak for utility-scale solar generation above 21 GW. Battery output exceeded 10 GW as the state surpasses 15 GW of installed energy storage capacity.

Texas to require recycling of retired solar, wind projects

One of the biggest states for solar passed legislation to require the recycling of retired solar and wind projects, pending the governor’s approval.

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U.S. defense research agency achieves optical power beaming record

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said a project team testing new optical wireless energy receiver technology was able to transfer 800 W of power to a receiver 8.6 km away in a 30 second transmission. It claims is a distance and power record amongst optical power beaming demonstration results.

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