Texas bill supports dispatchable resources, excludes energy storage
The legislation aims to limit the growth of energy storage in a state where a booming renewable market is lowering the need for natural-gas peaker plants.
Solar developer Emeren evaluates buyout, CEO steps down
Emeren Group specializes in community and utility-scale solar and energy storage project development, construction and financing.
Solar-plus-storage for extreme low temperatures
Scientists in the United States have created a testing platform for energy harvesting in solar-plus-storage systems under extreme temperatures ranging from -180 C to 300 C.
Solar manufacturing moving onshore and prospering
Efforts to establish solar manufacturing in the United States, on the back of generous Inflation Reduction Act subsidies, have had mixed results. While module assembly facilities appeared swiftly, cell production capacity trails far behind and current policy uncertainty is leaving more questions than answers for solar manufacturers of all sizes.
Global path leads to solar manufacturing in Indianapolis
Lead quality engineer of Bila Solar shares with pv magazine USA his photovoltaic path from India to the United States to China and back again to embrace solar ingenuity and excitement he deems sure to keep spreading.
Texas Senate passes bill to expedite permits for home solar, battery systems
The bill aims to curb unnecessary permitting delays and fast-track residential solar panel and energy storage installations.
Solar design software Scanifly integrates Pegasus rooftop racking
The two have partnered to integrate 3D drone imagery solar panel placement software and racking design on one platform.
Reaching 90% renewables can maintain stable electricity rates, Brattle finds
The grid operator Southwest Power Pool could achieve “high levels of decarbonization and electrification with minimal rate impacts,” says a study requested by SPP and prepared by The Brattle Group.
Clean energy leaders express approval of Trump’s domestic mineral executive order
The executive order calls for expedited permitting along with funding and loans for mining projects that could serve the domestic manufacturing of energy storage, electric vehicle batteries, solar modules and more.
Vehicle-to-everything making strong progress in 2025
A Wood Mackenzie report sees V2X at a turning point, although many challenges must be overcome before achieving mass adoption.
