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Solar cells were not exempted from import tariffs in recent Executive Order

Tariffs are back in the news, yet they are not exactly a new topic for the solar industry. Late last week, the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government released an executive order exempting a subset of electronic items from reciprocal import tariffs currently in place against China. While several major media outlets are reporting that …

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Idaho Power seeks to slash rooftop solar compensation by more than 60%

Industry / By Staff

Idaho Power has filed a new application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to significantly decrease the compensation rooftop solar owners receive for the excess electricity they send to the grid. Known as Export Credit Rates (ECRs), these payments are the financial backbone of home solar investments. Under the proposed changes, ECRs could drop… …

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Data centers lead global growth in corporate PPAs

Markets / By Staff

In 2024, the global corporate clean energy procurement market grew strongly, with a record 68 GW of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and other clean energy procurement deals announced. That amounted to 29% growth against the previous year. Caroline Zhu and Bruno Brunetti, of S&P Global Commodity Insights, examine the trends behind these numbers. April 14, …

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LONGi heterojunction back-contact solar cell reaches 27.81% efficiency

Industry / By Staff

LONGi announced that its upgraded Hi-MO 9 solar panel with back-contact “HPBC 2.0” technology has reached 24.8% efficiency with a maximum power output of 670 W. By integrating zero busbars with half-cell architecture, LONGi was able to boost the modules power output by 10 W. The optimized rear-side grid design elevates the panel’s bifaciality to… …

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Solar panel frames included in Trump’s latest tariff exemptions

Industry / By Staff

After a dizzying week of escalating tariffs between the United States and China, the U.S. government issued exemptions on smartphones, semiconductors and other electronics, including one solar product: solar panel frames. The tariff back-and-forth started with President Trump’s “liberation day” announcement on April 2, which eventually drew focus specifically to China. In a late Friday… …

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Aquila Energy is optimizing middle market EPC work with data

Projects / By Staff

Brian Barker, the CEO of recently formed Aquila Energy, is data obsessed: “Data is everything, right?” he asserts. His team of 20 or so core employees drive mountains of data up through various management levels on a given project, as the company works to position itself at the heart of the U.S. solar + storage …

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Opinion | Poof! There Goes America’s Competitive Advantage in a Warming World

News / By Staff

Allow me to catch you up on how America is faring in the fight against climate change: not well. President Trump is attacking the country’s environmental rules in a way that he never did in his first term. He’s trying not only to repeal rules limiting air and water pollution but also to undo the …

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Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy.

News / By Staff

President Trump last week issued executive orders designed to revive the use of coal in power plants, a practice that has been steadily declining for more than a decade. But the effort is likely to fail, energy experts said, because the fossil fuel faces some critical hurdles. The power that coal plants produce typically can’t …

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Rewiring Britain for an Era of Clean Energy

News / By Staff

In a career spanning more than 30 years, John Pettigrew has seen big changes in the electricity industry. He started out in 1991, working to introduce natural gas-fired power plants to the grid, gradually replacing polluting coal plants. . Now, once again, he is managing a tectonic shift to an electrified economy that runs on …

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Congress proposes bill to phase out solar and wind tax credits

Policy / By Staff

A group of four Republican members of the House of Representatives proposed the Ending Intermittent Energy Subsidies Act to phase out tax credits for solar and wind projects. The plan calls for phasing out the 48Y production tax credit (PTC) and the 48E investment tax credit (ITC) for solar and wind projects. It does not …

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