A federal district court judge barred the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from freezing its own green bank loans, including one for an affordable housing project in Oregon. Now that a federal judge has blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s freeze on loans and grants from its green bank program, Robert Shepherd hopes his firm can …
The bill exclusively places permit restrictions, fees and new regulatory requirements for solar and wind projects. The Texas Senate voted 22-9 to pass Senate Bill 819. The bill places restrictions on solar and wind power projects, requiring new permits, assessing fees, adding new regulatory requirements and placing new taxes on the projects. The legislation “adds …
Faith Technologies Inc. (FTI) has completed a 2.16-MW solar system atop the newly constructed Excellerate building in Olathe, Kansas. Excellerate, FTI’s manufacturing brand, recently launched its first product, the Excellerate eSkid charging system for electric vehicles. “This project exemplifies our philosophy of putting into practice the renewable energy solutions we develop and build for our clients,”… …
Corporate funding in solar fell 41% year-over-year in Q1, 2025 due to policy reversals, tariff shocks and regulatory uncertainties, said a report from Mercom Capital. A quarterly report from Mercom Capital said corporate funding in solar globally reached about $4.8 billion in Q1, 2025. This is a decline of 41% compared to Q1, 2024 totals …
Global corporate solar funding falls 41% to $4.8 billion Read More »
In the final days of Maryland’s 2025 legislative session, lawmakers passed an omnibus energy package that will increase buildout for both renewable energy and gas projects. Maryland’s senate passed a sweeping package of energy polices after a heavily debated legislative session. The final drafts, which are awaiting Gov. Wes Moore’s signature, were shaped by push …
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The Institute for Local Self-Reliance study finds that five states saw increases of more than 30% in distributed solar capacity, one state grew by 50% and another doubled its capacity. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) provides its annual snapshot in its The state(s) of distributed solar–2024 report on the rate of distributed solar adoption, …
On Tuesday, April 15, Trump-appointed Judge Mary McElroy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unlawfully terminated $20 billion in climate grants, according to Politico. The funding freeze led to widespread confusion for contractors working on projects funded by the EPA, including its $7… …
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Residential solar company Complete Solar announced it will change its name to SunPower, after completing acquisition of the bankrupt-SunPower’s assets last year. “We are going to use our SunPower brand name, so our shareholders can benefit from the name of the oldest and most famous Silicon Valley solar company founded 40 years ago in 1985,”… …
On April 17, the clean energy community and climate advocates will hold a press conference to urge Minnesota lawmakers to remove sweeping rollbacks to renewable energy progress included in the current Senate Energy Omnibus Bill. Speakers will spotlight threats to solar energy, net metering and environmental protections, and will call out corporate carve-outs — like those… …
Minnesota energy omnibus bill would repeal Community Solar Garden program Read More »
Testimony turns on whether U.S. solar imports from Southeast Asia have materially harmed the domestic production industry and whether solar modules and cells are like products. For at least the sixth time in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade cases over the past 13 years, the U.S. domestic solar industry became divided during a hearing on Tuesday …
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