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.
Are California’s electricity prices rising because customers are installing solar panels?
Electricity rates are rising in California. Utilities say rooftop solar is to blame. Grid expert and economist-at-large Ahmad Faruqui comments.
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.
Hail-prone Texas solar project cuts insurance costs 72%
A case study by kWh Analytics demonstrated the value of building a resilient, weather-hardened solar facility.
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White House, Senate, and the House of Representatives up for grabs, core solar industrial policy will possibly be repealed.
Argonne Lab unveils technique to track battery aging in real time
Argonne Lab uses magnetic resonance to track chemical changes inside working lithium battery cells. without destroying the test cells.
Solar-electric vehicle requires no charging for daily use
California-based solar electric vehicle maker Aptera Motors demonstrated its first production-intent design vehicle. It said the vehicle will offer up to 40 miles of range daily from its onboard solar cells.
Concentrated solar power, a much cheaper solution than batteries for energy storage
By offering cheap energy storage, concentrating solar power has a huge potential. However, it requires international standards to become a competitive market proposition.
‘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.
