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Researchers found that from 2013 through the end of 2022, Republican and Southern regions of the United States showed increased negativity toward solar power, potentially due to heightened political attention as solar development expanded. March 13, 2025 Solar power has sometimes been more popular than apple pie in America, but its popularity has declined in …

Twitter’s solar sentiment tilts negative as political polarization rises Read More »

A strong market exists for wholesale secondary market solar modules, said a report from EnergyBin. March 12, 2025 EnergyBin, an exchange platform for secondary market solar panels in the United States, released its annual pricing and trends report. The company facilitates direct trading between buyers and sellers of solar panels that have fallen out of …

Pricing and technology trends for U.S. solar panel resale market Read More »

OpenSolar, a free design, sales and project management platform, now integrates with SolarAPP+, an automated and instant rooftop solar permitting tool. SolarApp+ was released in 2021 by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and the Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). The free web-based platform was developed for the purpose of lowering the …

OpenSolar now integrates SolarAPP+ to speed solar permitting Read More »

A report by American Clean Power Association calls for improved energy efficiency, an all-of-the-above strategy and rapid policy reform that will address interconnection and permitting delays. March 12, 2025 Electricity demand is on the rise. According to a 2024 study from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, demand from data centers could double or triple by 2028. The …

Growing electricity demand creates urgent need for policy action, energy strategy Read More »

Haven Energy is bridging the gap in clean energy access, facilitating installations for low-income customers in California while leveraging an updated $280 million state battery incentive program. March 10, 2025 In California, 300 low-income households will be outfitted with rooftop solar and energy storage and joined in a virtual power plant (VPP) network, reducing costs …

California company deploys solar-plus-batteries at no cost to low-income customers Read More »

Under a “higher for longer” interest rate environment, renewable energy project M&A have shifted away from the “scattershot” approach of a formerly cheap capital environment to a more cautious approach, said a report from LevelTen Energy. March 4, 2025 Interest rates in the North America and Europe are expected to remain higher for a sustained …

Renewable energy project acquisitions continue to slow Read More »

The rapid growth in data center construction is complicating the energy transition, said a panel of energy specialists during a recent online event. The webinar, hosted by Roxana Bekemohammadi, founder and president of the U.S. Hydrogen Alliance, and presented by Reuters, featured three experts from Mitsubishi Power who addressed the demands that new data centers …

Data center demands spark reevaluation of energy generation sources Read More »

Stanford University professor Mark Z. Jacobson explains how the areas of Los Angeles that were recently hit by fire have now the opportunity to reduce energy bills and reconstruction costs by rebuilding only all-electric homes. March 3, 2025 From pv magazine Global On January 18, 2025, I was fortunate, thanks to a non-profit Empowered by Light and …

Rebuild fire-devastated homes all-electric with solar Read More »

The Energy Information Administration projects that 32.5 GW of solar power, 18.2 GW of energy storage, and 7.7 GW of wind generation will be deployed this year, accounting for nearly 93% of total new capacity, which is expected to reach a record 63 GW. February 27, 2025 The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration …

Solar, batteries, and wind to make up 93% of 2025 U.S. electricity capacity deployments Read More »

The North American manufacturing hub has added several new producers across the PV module supply chain but analysts see continued cell, wafer and polysilicon capacity constraints. The report is based on announcements of capacities at regional sites that produce solar modules, cells, wafers, ingots, polysilicon and metallurgical-grade silicon. February 27, 2025 The latest North American …

Sinovoltaics updates map of North American solar supply chain Read More »