Qcells announced in a press release today that the company has resumed solar panel assembly at its facility in Cartersville, Georgia, following customs clearance delays. The factory plans to advance from solar panel assembly and integrate i?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/qcells-increases-sola...

The Virginia State Corporation Commission approved the continued use of a grid safety device that can make mid-scale solar projects financially exorbitant. In early February, the state’s SCC permitted utility Dominion Energy to continue req?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/virginia-maintains-co...

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) yesterday approved three initiatives to expand in-state clean energy generation, improve grid reliability and help control electricity costs for New Jersey families and businesses. NJBPU open?
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Origis Energy is slated to complete three solar projects totaling 413 MW in Ector County, Texas, this summer. The Rockhound Projects have received their final round of financing and will join Swift Air Solar II and III in West Texas to prod?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/origis-developing-413...

Electricity retailer Vistra is expanding its battery aggregation program to include Enphase Energy‘s IQ Batteries for residential virtual power plant (VPP) purposes. The program, Battery Rewards, is offered through Vistra’s flagship retail?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/vistra-adds-enphase-b...

Zelestra, a renewable energy company, has commenced construction on its two largest U.S. solar projects to date. Lead EPC McCarthy Building Cos. has started work on both the 253-MWDC Echols Grove in Lamar County, Texas, and the 188-MWDC Ced?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/meta-signs-ppa-on-441...

Clayco, a turnkey real estate development and construction firm, is launching Power and Energy, a new business unit that expands the company into the renewable energy sector. With an initial focus on utility-scale solar and energy storage p?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/real-estate-firm-clay...

Arevon Energy, a renewable energy developer, started operations at the 430-MWDC Kelso Solar Project in Scott County, Missouri. Arevon developed, built and will own and operate the Kelso Solar Project. The two-phase facility, Arevon’s first?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/arevons-430-mw-projec...

Solar sales operating system Enerflo is partnering with Palmetto to offer Palmetto Energy Backup, a battery-only lease product fully integrated into the Enerflo platform. This new offering enables residential solar installers to sell backup?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/enerflo-palmetto-offe...

Scanifly has been named the official design platform for CertainTeed’s SunStyle solar roof systems. The SunStyle Designer gives contractors and roofers a dedicated, more intuitive way to design SunStyle systems, generate accurate production?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/scanifly-is-official-...

Fronius USA has launched PV Point Comfort, a device that backs up energy to a branch circuit by using power passing through a solar inverter. Building on the base model PV Point, the PV Point Comfort provides energy while the sun is shining?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/fronius-releases-new-...

Pennsylvania Solar Center‘s GET Solar Program will develop nearly 70 projects over the next four years in the state with support from Capital Good Fund. These new projects will be built for small businesses, nonprofits and municipalities at?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/pa-solar-center-progr...

GreenLancer, a national solar contractor, is implementing SolarGrade software to assist its residential and commercial solar field services. “We chose SolarGrade because their team’s deep understanding of solar PV quality is embedded within?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/greenlancer-integrate...

Global lithium demand could exceed 13 million tonnes by 2050 under an accelerated energy transition, more than double base case projections, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest Energy Transition Outlook for Lithium. Without significant new?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/woodmac-warns-of-lith...

The Virginia General Assembly has officially passed legislation that would significantly expand the Commonwealth’s shared solar programs, unlocking new opportunities to lower electricity bills and strengthen reliability. These bills passed?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/community-solar-expan...

In a bid to be the one residential solar service provider to rule them all, Otovo announced it will acquire EnergyAid, a main residential solar repair provider in California, Arizona and Nevada, for $10 million. EnergyAid has been the solar?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/otovo-to-acquire-ener...

New Energy Equity, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE, has brought online the 7-MW Moriah Community Solar project in Moriah, New York. New Energy Equity is leasing the land for the project in the Adirondack region of New York from a local?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/new-energy-equity-bri...

First Solar has filed a Sec. 337 investigation request with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on a swath of crystalline silicon panel competitors for allegedly infringing on First Solar’s TOPCon patents. A Sec. 337 of the Tariff?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/first-solar-asks-us-t...

Doral Renewables is working with Purdue University on an initiative aimed at helping rural Midwest communities to overcome extreme weather and rising energy demands. Hailstorms, heat waves and high winds are disrupting crops and straining e?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/purdue-university-pro...

The Massachusetts House has passed a bill that establishes new state renewable energy deployment goals and permitting reform, while slashing funding for an energy efficiency program. “The climate omnibus bill contains critical solar policy?
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The fifth annual “PV Module Price Index – Secondary Solar Market” report from EnergyBin and Buckstop shows that 98% of solar panels in the secondary market are in the 400 to 525 W range and most appropriate for the residential market. The p?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/03/energybin-report-most...

Unsurprisingly, the EnergySage solar marketplace experienced significantly increased traffic during the second half of 2025, due to July’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) phasing out residential tax credits on Dec. 31, 2025. EnergySage s?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/energysage-report-sho...

SOLON Corporation and Onyx Renewables completed four additional solar PV projects totaling 2.9 MW for city facilities in Mesa, Arizona. These solar carport projects were completed in December and interconnected with the city’s electric util?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/solon-onyx-renewables...

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will soon vote to update a tool that could make integrating grid-level distributed energy resources like solar power simpler for the state’s utilities. Integration capacity analysis (ICA) wa?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/proposed-changes-to-g...

REC Solar and Ventura Energy have completed a 1.73-MW solar project at Farmers Irrigation Company’s Santa Paula site. Two rooftop solar arrays were installed on newly-constructed reservoir covers, a key component of Farmers Irrigation Compa?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/california-farming-ir...

In August 2025, the Dept. of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released new guidelines related to safe harboring solar projects for the investment tax credit (ITC). Safe harboring allows companies to demonstrate a good-fai?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/senators-propose-to-b...

Global industrial company MacLean-Fogg has acquired domestic roll-forming manufacturer OMCO and its solar racking and tracker businesses. “We are excited about this opportunity to take OMCO Solar to the next level, now with the backing of a?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/maclean-fogg-acquires...

Renewable energy produced more than one-quarter of U.S. electricity in 2025 and was responsible for more than one-third of new installed generating capacity, according to a review of U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data by the?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/renewables-produced-m...

The first six solar systems in a 15-system portfolio are now complete in Wayne County, West Virginia. The systems are being installed by Solar Holler for the Wayne County School District. Ever.green, a marketplace empowering businesses of a?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/rec-sales-on-wv-schoo...

Oxford PV, a solar perovskite company operating in Europe, has opened its patent portfolio to American panel manufacturer First Solar. First Solar has signed a patent licensing agreement with Oxford PV, which provides First Solar with acces?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/first-solar-gets-acce...

The Massachusetts House has released its redraft of a climate omnibus bill (H.4744). The bill includes provisions recommended by advocacy organizations, including Vote Solar, that would make the grid more resilient and more affordable, but?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/vote-solar-rewritten-...

The Dept. of Commerce has released its preliminary countervailing duty (CVD) amounts in an investigation on solar cell imports from India, Indonesia and Laos. India has a general 125.87% subsidy rate, Indonesia’s general rate is 104.38% and?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/commerce-suggests-100...

Sunrun has forged a distributed power plant partnership with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) using more than 1,000 customers’ solar and storage systems to export energy to reduce grid constraints. “Sunrun’s groundbreaking program wi?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/pge-expands-sunrun-so...

GreenSpark Solar and Encore Renewable Energy have completed a 13-MWDC portfolio of agrivoltaic community solar projects across New York and Vermont. The three-project portfolio includes the 3.8-MW Constable Solar (Constable, New York), 2.9-?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/greenspark-encore-bri...

Residential solar company Renewbrook Energy has acquired most of PosiGen Solar’s residential project portfolio following the company’s bankruptcy in late 2025. PosiGen was a multi-state solar contractor that underwent several rounds of pers?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/renewbrook-energy-acq...

Weidmuller USA has released its WM4 C PV connectors for advanced solar applications. With robust and reliable crimp contacts that support up to 1,500 V, these UL-approved PV connectors are compatible with residential, commercial and utility?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/weidmuller-releases-n...

Intersolar and Energy Storage North America (IESNA) wraps up its show for 2026 today after a week of uncharacteristically rainy days in San Diego and a quieter convention hall than in years past. As with any convention of this kind, the peo?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/more-policy-questions...

The Supreme Court of the United States has struck down President Donald Trump’s 2025 tariff policy, which his administration justified under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a national security law from 1977 that all?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/supreme-court-says-tr...

Origis Energy has brought online three Swift Air Solar facilities in Texas. The energy infrastructure will support Occidental’s operations in West Texas, which includes its STRATOS Direct Air Capture facility. Origis planned, developed and?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/origis-completes-500-...

The Iowa House Commerce Committee has advanced the Local Generation Act (HSB 629) on a strong 19-4 vote, sending the legislation to the full House for consideration. The bill is designed to give families, farmers and small businesses access?
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/02/iowa-house-of-represe...