March 2024 – pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
Tax credit cuts from the Republican Congressional budget bill have made more than 320 proposed solar and wind projects no longer economically viable, said the business consultancy.| pv magazine USA
A report by BloombergNEF estimates after installations rise to 81 GW in the rush to meet deadlines, they will then fall to 48 GW when tax incentives are gone.| pv magazine USA
Developers will need to navigate expiring tax credits, stricter “safe harbor” rules and foreign content restrictions.| pv magazine USA
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The SOSA Energy Center battery energy storage system (BESS) is almost ready to build, and Energy Vault has snapped it up in advance of a Notice to Proceed in Texas.| pv magazine USA
A recent webinar by Clean Energy States Alliance highlighted how the Investment Tax Credit for standalone storage has supercharged growth, but new import duties and supply chain risks could slow progress.| pv magazine USA
The roadmap presents 39 ways to improve interconnection of distributed energy resources. DOE plans to offer funding support to collaborative teams working to implement the solutions.| pv magazine USA
Despite vocal bipartisan support for clean energy tax credits, House and Senate Republicans failed to adjust policies that would continue the rapid build out of domestic clean energy.| pv magazine USA
Industry leaders react to passage of the Senate-approved bill, warning it will pull the plug on domestic manufacturing, billions of dollars worth of investment, new jobs, lower energy costs and increasing clean energy capacity.| pv magazine USA
Ohio Gov. DeWine signed off on sweeping changes to the state's energy policies, which include a repeal of the solar energy credit program.| pv magazine USA
Five months after Michigan began allowing developers to directly petition the state for constructing large renewable projects, a heavily supported bill in the House of Representatives aims to give local governments back their control in preventing clean energy projects.| pv magazine USA
With land use concerns on the rise, large-scale solar projects increasingly are being sited on everything from landfills to water reservoirs. Here's an overview of the state of the art.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
The electronics manufacturer reports that it will power all of its U.S. facilities with a PPA tied to the 270 MW Shakes Solar project in Texas, developed by Cypress Creek Renewables.| pv magazine USA
Solar power purchase agreements averaged $57.04 per MWh, increasing 1% quarter-over-quarter in North America.| pv magazine USA
The Mississippi Public Service Commission unanimously voted to lift the stay after the state government did not receive any Solar for All funding from the federal government.| pv magazine USA
Sacramento Municipal Utility District signed a busbar power purchase agreement (PPA), a special type of PPA that shifts where responsibility begins and ends between the buyer and seller.| pv magazine USA
The Ragsdale Solar Park, situated in Madison County, Mississippi, will provide power directly into Entergy Mississippi’s transmission system.| pv magazine USA
A new ACORE report says corporate use of power purchase agreements remain integral to getting large solar projects off the ground.| pv magazine USA
Industry experts share their insight on the state of the commercial and industrial power purchase agreement and best practices for executing successful deals.| pv magazine USA
Solar and other clean energy industry members react to the passage of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.”| pv magazine USA
The Texas House and Senate passed passed a bill that aims to curb unnecessary permitting delays and fast-track residential solar panel and energy storage installations. Unless vetoed by Gov. Abbott, the law will go into effect in September.| pv magazine USA
A state with some of the longest permitting timelines in the country gutted a bill that was intended to speed up and reduce costs for installing rooftop solar.| pv magazine USA
Florida legislators are evaluating a bill that would cut down on the permitting process and allow the use of automated permitting software.| pv magazine USA
With Minnesota's permitting process hindering rooftop solar growth, a bill to adopt automated solar permitting lingers in the state house.| pv magazine USA
Despite its many solar incentives, the Illinois solar market is challenged by red tape, arduous permitting processes and lack of standardization, according to a recent report.| pv magazine USA
The New York Senate and House bills require municipalities adopt automated permitting for residential solar installations.| pv magazine USA
A bill for automated permits is gaining momentum in a state with some of the longest permitting timelines in the country.| pv magazine USA
The Residential Solar Automated Permitting Act would require local governments to adopt instant solar permitting for residential rooftop solar and home battery storage.| pv magazine USA
Hailed as landmark legislation, SB 783 empowers municipalities to speed permitting, raises net metering cap, supports a payment in lieu of taxes program and more.| pv magazine USA
The lawsuit alleges that EPA’s cancellation of Solar for All grants violated a federal law and a provision of the U.S. Constitution, and asks the court to reinstate the grants. A second lawsuit seeks reimbursement for damages sustained by grant awardees when the grants were canceled.| pv magazine USA
The Maine Legislature's committee voted in favor of a bill that deems front-of-the-meter projects ineligible for net-energy billing.| pv magazine USA
Two pieces of legislation at Maine’s state capitol aim to repeal the state’s net energy billing law.| pv magazine USA
The anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases targeting solar imports from India, Indonesia and Laos – submitted in July – can be expected to unfold into next spring.| pv magazine USA
The rules for safe harboring clean energy tax credits are “not as bad as rumored” but uncertainty remains on qualification requirements.| pv magazine USA
The company priced an oversubscribed securitization for a portfolio of over 63,318 solar and energy storage systems across 12 states and Washington D.C.| pv magazine USA
The capital is expected to support 2024 and 2025 Palmetto LightReach residential solar contracts.| pv magazine USA
Lazard’s analysis of levelized cost of electricity across fuel types finds that new-build utility-scale solar, even without subsidy, is less costly than new build natural gas, and competes with already-operating gas plants.| pv magazine USA
TotalEnergies developed the municipal solar project with specialized ballasted racking on the capped landfill, installing over 15,000 solar panels onsite.| pv magazine USA
The new NEM 3.0 proposed decision has been released. The decision implements a net billing format with a five year glide path that lowers rates based on the "avoided cost" calculator.| pv magazine USA
The Affordable Clean Energy for All coalition received payments from PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E to "stop the cost shift" and support the proposed (and since postponed) Net Energy Metering 3.0 decision.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
SolarEdge will shutter its energy storage unit and manufacturing, cutting 500 jobs.| pv magazine USA
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.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
The Bureau of Land Management has officially cancelled the Esmeralda 7 solar project, a Nevada-based project that would stand among the world’s largest solar power plants, large enough to power nearly 2 million homes.| pv magazine USA
The bill cancelled residential solar tax credits at the end of 2025 and added new timelines and restrictions for tax credits under Sections 45Y and 48E.| pv magazine USA
Bills to remove bottlenecks popped up across the country this session, but New Jersey's is one of the few that has not yet fallen flat.| pv magazine USA
By adopting tools like SolarAPP+, cities, and counties can cut red tape, foster economic growth, and help their residents access clean, affordable energy—all without requiring new federal policies or complex legislative changes.| pv magazine USA
SolarAPP+, OpenSolar reports that the likelihood of projects passing inspection increases nearly 30% over traditionally permitted projects.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
The New York Renewable Energy Development Holdings Corporation will construct and operate the 20 MW Somers Solar project in Fort Edward, New York.| pv magazine USA
After public feedback, the New York Power Authority's finalized first strategic plan will add a combined potential capacity of more than 3 GW across the state.| pv magazine USA
The Build Public Renewables Act directs the New York Power Authority to plan, construct, and operate renewable energy projects in service of the state’s renewable energy goals.| pv magazine USA
The bill would authorize the New York Power Authority to build, own, and operate renewable energy projects to provide renewable energy to all state-owned properties by 2030 and municipal-owned properties by 2035, while also calling on the authority to phase out its fossil fuel power plants by 2030 and provide and deliver only renewable energy to customers.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
Nexamp, Energy Vault, Generate Capital and NineDot Energy all announced major transactions to infuse more capital in their businesses.| pv magazine USA
The two-year-old power company has deployed more than 100 MWh of residential battery capacity across Texas, pooling thousands of installs in homes into a grid resource. It will now expand the model nationally in the US.| pv magazine USA
With silver prices nearing $50 per ounce, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) tell pv magazine that efforts to reduce silver use in solar cells will not compromise module quality if properly engineered.| pv magazine USA
Saatvik Green Energy chief executive Prashant Mathur said his company seeks to be “risk-free” and focus on the domestic market in India.| pv magazine USA
Wood Mackenzie says module prices will climb as China ends export rebates and consolidates polysilicon production.| pv magazine USA
Solar module prices have increased as demand was pulled forward to meet the tax credit eligibility requirements, said a report from supply chain platform Anza.| pv magazine USA
The generator company has released its PWRmicro microinverter, which integrates with the company’s energy storage, generator, and energy management system to offer a ‘parallel backup’ solution.| pv magazine USA
Paired Power's modular microgrid targets remote industrial and agricultural applications and rural electrification for Indigenous communities.| pv magazine USA
Researchers at Simon Fraser University in Canada have proposed protocols for standardized testing to avoid skewed results. The validated recommendations cover procedures for key measurements and the use of the indoor PV reference cell method.| pv magazine USA
The company is focused on reducing costs for clients by transitioning away from use of copper in its wiring systems and harnesses for PV projects, according to Bob Slack, CTO with Voltage Energy.| pv magazine USA
The transaction is backed by over 22,000 residential solar leases and power purchase agreements and marks the second major ABS deal in 2025 for Palmetto.| pv magazine USA
Beginning operations in 2014, the Ivanpah Solar plant cost $2.2 billion to build. It is now closing operations, but the plant’s closure is not an indication cost problems for the solar industry.| pv magazine USA
Ohio lawmakers picked up legislation that ran out of time during last year's session, this time changing the proposed "community solar" pilot to "community energy."| pv magazine USA
Community solar advocates are hoping third time's a charm as Republicans work on a new community solar bill, revamping it with considerable changes.| pv magazine USA
Researchers in the United States have created a droop control strategy for grid-forming inverters that purportedly improves power system frequency stability. By using an exponential active power–frequency relationship, the novel technique optimizes the use of available headroom, reduces frequency deviations, and enhances overall grid resilience.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
A bill proposed in Ohio promises to generate $5.6 billion in gross economic output and over $400 million in local tax revenues, said a report from Ohio University.| pv magazine USA
The paper, Blocking Rooftop Solar, includes seven case studies from around the nation exposing the specific actions taken, which sometimes were illegal, and quite often were manipulative.| pv magazine USA
Emails show that the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity provided utility commissioners with a template letter to FERC – which some commissioners copied word-for-word.| pv magazine USA
Despite previous failed attempts, Pennsylvania's House passed a bill to authorize community solar and natural gas programs to a state with surging energy demands but sluggish energy growth.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
Solar and wind represent about 11% to 12% of the energy mix each, while coal sits just under 15%. Developers brought online 16 GW of solar out of a total 21.5 GW electric generation capacity cumulatively added through July in 2025, said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. There is currently about 5 GW more wind than solar actively deployed in the United States.| pv magazine USA
Denver-based Peak Energy claims its sodium-ion battery system offers the lowest operating cost of any energy storage technology on the market today.| pv magazine USA
The solar manufacturer contends no part of its solar cells comes from the Xinjiang province of China, the company is closely working with CBP and it is aiming for a quick resolution.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
A Chinese-US research group claims to have achieved a power conversion efficiency of over 50% in an n-type single-junction solar cell by inhibiting light conversion to heat at extremely low temperatures. The result was achieved at temperatures of 30-50 Kelvin, which are a few tens of degrees above absolute zero.| pv magazine USA
The company's share price fell below $1 as it announced it is halting some operations and ending its lease and power purchase agreement offerings, among other actions.| pv magazine USA
A webinar hosted by Roth Capital Partners looked at the health of the residential solar market and forecasts for next year.| pv magazine USA
An email informed company employees that the company had ended operations.| pv magazine USA
The residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural solar installer files for bankruptcy amid troubled macroeconomic conditions for distributed solar nationwide.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA, the leading solar and energy storage trade media platform. Industry news covering market trends, technological advancements, expert commentary, and more.| pv magazine USA
California lawmakers passed two bills that aim to facilitate how the state and its utilities handle virtual power plants.| pv magazine USA
With skyrocketing electric rates, New Jersey Gov. Murphy signed a new law to more than triple the capacity it currently has online and in the pipeline.| pv magazine USA
In conjunction with a separate bill to increase community solar projects, New Jersey Gov. Murphy signed legislation into law that will increase the state's energy storage without new costs for ratepayers.| pv magazine USA
MnSEIA called the ruling to retroactively switch Minnesota’s community solar subscribers to a model favoring Xcel “a severe blow for Minnesotans” that will have far-reaching financial consequences.| pv magazine USA
The plan doubles the total renewable energy capacity from NYPA’s inaugural plan following pushback that said 3.3 GW was not enough.| pv magazine USA
