Element Resources will use solar power and battery storage to ensure 24/7 production. Element Resources is investing $1.85 billion in what is planned to be North America’s largest hydrogen production facility. Construction on the Lancaster Clean Energy Center (LCEC), located in that city about 70 miles north of Los Angeles, is scheduled to begin later …
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Service provider EnergyAid continues its buying spree of abandoned residential solar assets, now with the acquisition of Suntuity Renewables intellectual property. National residential solar installer Suntuity closed shop in 2024. EnergyAid will now provide support to more than 11,000 former Suntuity customers. Through remote diagnostics, early issue detection and efficient repair services, EnergyAid is committed… …
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Green Rack Solar, a residential solar contractor serving Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, and a Civic Renewables company, has been accepted into the Amicus Solar Cooperative. Amicus is a 100% member-owned cooperative of more than 80 local community-focused solar businesses. “Joining Amicus enables us to continue doing what we do best — providing top-tier customer… …
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Rhode Island lawmakers introduced legislation to place a moratorium on net metering contracts, heat pump subsidies and long-term contracts for purchasing renewable energy, and to repeal the Renewable Energy Growth Program. Rhode Island is considering legislation to repeal the state’s two compensation programs for renewable energy. House Bill 6202 would place a moratorium on net …
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A subsidiary of Sunnova Energy, a solar solutions provider in decline, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of Texas. Sunnova TEP Developer LLC, one of about 40 subsidiaries listed under the Sunnova Energy banner, made the filing on June 1. Sunnova mostly operates as a residential solar and storage system… …
President Donald Trump announced plans to double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports while visiting a US Steel plant in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on Friday. An existing 25% tariff on aluminum, steel and related metal articles will reportedly be increased to 50% on June 4. These tariffs expanded on duties Trump imposed during his first… …
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U.S. tariff policies are set to increase the cost of power generation by as much as 11%, according to a new report. The recent changes are expected to hit the energy storage market the hardest, with cost increases as high as 50%, because of its dependence on Chinese imports, according to “All aboard the tariff …
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Chinese energy storage system company Hithium has officially opened its manufacturing facility in Mesquite, Texas. The site will create nearly 200 jobs. The company first announced plans for the factory last year and invested $200 million into the 484,500-ft2 building. The site should begin mass production later this year with an annual capacity of 10 GWh… …
Illinois Shines (statutorily known as the Adjustable Block Program) opened today for the 2025-26 Program Year, offering 800 MW of capacity across its six project categories. The state-administered solar incentive program, implemented by the Illinois Power Agency (IPA), supports development of new distributed generation and community solar projects across Illinois, with a focus on equity… …
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The United States also installed a record 1.6 GW of grid-scale energy storage in the first quarter of 2025, according to a report from the American Clean Power Association. The United States installed 7.4 GW of utility-scale solar, wind and energy storage in Q1, 2025, falling just short of the record 8.1 GW installed in …
U.S. installs 4.4 GW of utility-scale solar in Q1 2025, retracting about 30% Read More »
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