FCC enhanced phone, text restrictions are the right call for solar sales
Consumer protection and phone sales regulation are a good thing, said EnergySage director of business development Erik Holvik.
U.S. solar industry association at COP29
Leaders of the Solar Energy Industries Association are taking part in COP29 in Azerbaijan to offer guidance on how to responsibly manage the growing renewables industry.
Bankrupt solar installer Lumio acquired by Zeo Energy Corp.
Lumio filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September.
SolarEdge posts $1.21 billion net loss in Q3
SolarEdge reported $260.9 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2024, down from $725.3 million in the same quarter last year. The Israeli manufacturer also posted an operating loss of more than $1 billion, with 850 MW of inverters and 189 MWh of batteries shipped for PV applications.
Renewable microgrid projects in remote and tribal communities to receive federal support
A federal partnership program will offer financial and technical assistance to remote and tribal communities that are at any stage of microgrid planning or development.
Pennsylvania queued solar projects would increase total capacity 18x
Analysis by LandGate shows that Pennsylvania has 562 MW of solar power operating, with 10,469 MW waiting in queues.
Watch: The solar and storage “home energy evolution”
Residential solar installers are evolving to include energy storage, EV charging, and more. A panel discussed this evolution of distributed energy and the state of the market at pv magazine USA week.
Solar stocks nosedive as Trump victory is secured
With a Republican White House, Senate, and the House of Representatives up for grabs, core solar industrial policy will possibly be repealed.
Sunrun CEO: “Grandpa’s grid is not built to supply consumers what they need”
Mary Powell, chief executive officer of major U.S. residential solar installer Sunrun delivered a keynote address on the promise of distributed energy during pv magazine USA week this October.
‘There is no such thing as a global patent’
Jeffrey Saltman, partner at U.S. intellectual property law firm Fisch Sigler LLP, recently spoke to pv magazine about the rising number of patent lawsuits between PV module manufacturers. He said this increase in litigation mainly stems from the industry’s convergence on tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) tech and noted that the number of lawsuits is likely to rise in the near future.
