Solar Industry News

While a promising step toward sustainability, vehicle-mounted solar panels face a key limitation. These fixed installations can’t follow the sun’s path, reducing energy efficiency throughout the […]

SEG Solar has officially started production at its cell factory in Indonesia. The site will make n-type solar cells for use in its 2-GW solar panel assembly facility in Texas. The cell manufacturing […]

GoodLeap announced the expansion of its participation in California’s Demand Side Grid Support Program (DSGS). Entering its second year in the California Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Program, GoodLeap […]

Arkansas-based Scenic Hill Solar will soon break ground on the fourth-largest higher education solar project portfolio in the United States. These 18 solar arrays will serve the schools in the […]

On May 7, the South Carolina Senate passed HB 3309 after a rushed process in the House that stripped away key consumer protections, weakened energy efficiency provisions, and removed a provision […]

SolarKal has partnered with EPR Properties to develop a 1.4-MW community solar project atop EPR’s 230,000-ft2 New Roc City building in New Rochelle, New York. As the anchor subscriber, EPR […]

Believe it or not, the solar industry has a wind problem. Designed to harness the sun, solar panels are increasingly at the mercy of sudden, high-velocity wind gusts that can devastate equipment and […]

Castillo Engineering has invested in software designed to address a lack of qualified engineers in the solar industry and maintain accurate communication with clients. Castillo Engineering, a […]

CATL catapults itself into the record books after unveiling the TENER Stack, the world’s first 9-MWh ultra-large capacity energy storage system solution. The company revealed the next-gen product […]

Chinese energy storage company Envision Energy launched its next-generation EN 8 Pro 8-MWh DC liquid-cooled energy storage system at Smarter E Europe 2025. The company said the ESS will be available […]

Sunrun today introduced a solar and battery storage solution designed to adapt to customers’ changing energy needs — Sunrun Flex.  Flex is a smarter way to design solar energy for homes with […]

EcoFlow introduces STREAM Series, a plug-and-play solar + storage system for the U.S. residential market. The system can be purchased with or without a battery. The battery version is known as STREAM […]

Energy storage developer Hecate Grid has announced it has rebranded as Fullmark Energy. The rebranding coincides with the completion of several key milestones, including the company’s expanding […]

Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has announced that its 88-MW/352 MWh Chaparral Springs Battery Energy Storage System is now fully operational in Kern County, California. Designed to strengthen grid […]

Chipotle Mexican Grill has entered into an agreement with Nexamp to purchase renewable energy bill credits to support the construction and operation of 15 new community solar farms generating 75 MW […]

After more than 15 years serving our audience of solar power stakeholders, Solar Industry is retiring the brand and sunsetting its operations. Solar Industry launched in 2006, at a time when the U.S. […]

Adapture Renewables Inc., a utility-scale solar and energy storage developer, owner and operator, has completed its 67 MW Signal Ranch project in Hunt County, Texas. The solar facility’s corporate […]

EliTe Solar, a solar PV manufacturer headquartered in Singapore, has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new project in the Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, marking a major […]

Trinasolar has supplied its Elementa 2 platform (5 MWh) to AMEA Power for the 300 MWh Abydos Battery Energy Storage Project in Aswan, Egypt. This project is the largest solar PV initiative in Africa […]

SunVest Solar, a developer of distributed renewable energy projects in the United States, has completed construction on a 19.5 MW solar project at Charter Steel’s manufacturing facility in […]