Solar Conversations
Vendor Updates
- What's next for First Solar? (SPW, Finlay Colville)
- Future-Proof Your Business with BayWa r.e. & EcoFlow: OCEAN Pro Webinar (BayWa r.e.)
- SiteCapture launches AI tool to automate solar jobsite operations (Solar Builder, Brad Kramer)
- Community solar power player Perch swallows up Mitsui's Solstice (Factor This, Paul Gerke)
- Qcells resumes solar panel production in Georgia after customs hurdles (SPW, Billy Ludt)
- Factor This finance and development roundup: AES, Alliant, CleanChoice, CMBlu, Encore (Factor This, Paul Gerke)
- LG Energy Solution Vertech to deliver 50GWh of US BESS projects in 2026, signs Qcells EPC deal (Energy Storage News, Andy Colthorpe)
- MacLean-Fogg acquires OMCO Solar with continued growth expected (Solar Builder, Brad Kramer)
- First Solar reports 2025 earnings, announces Oxford PV licensing agreement, alleges patent infringement in new ITC action (pv magazine, Ben Zientara)
- Energy innovators you need to know about: EcoPhi, Noble Carbon, and Syncrowin earn top spots in DTECH Initiate startup competition (Factor This, Paul Gerke)
Policy & Market News
- AI datacenters rewrite the solar PPA playbook (pv magazine USA, Ryan Kennedy)
- Researchers develop dirt-repelling solar panel coating that doesn't affect light absorption (SPW, Kelly Pickerel)
- Five Stats on How Energy Storage is Revolutionizing America's Power Sector (SEIA)
- Intersolar 2026 - fractured times call for collaborative measures (Solar Builder, Martin McConnell)
- With great solar power comes great recycling responsibility (SPW, Fortunato Villamagna)
- Permitting reform could target rooftop solar soft costs (pv magazine, Phoebe Skok)
- Solar year in review report shows positive signs, despite some slowdown (Solar Builder, Martin McConnell)
- Community solar matures as grid congestion pushes a pivot to storage (pv magazine, Ryan Kennedy)
- Green banks pivot to survive Trump's federal funding cuts (SPW, Billy Ludt)
- Setting the stage for U.S. energy storage (pv magazine, Phoebe Skok)
- Interior claws back NEPA regs (E&E News, Hannah Northey)
- More states look to virtual power plants to fight rising electric bills (Canary Media, Jeff St. John)
- Eight in 10 Americans expect climate action from government and companies (Trellis, Tove Malmqvist)
- U.S. solar assets lose average $5,070 per MW from power losses (pv magazine, Patrick Jowett)
- Intersolar 2026 - somewhat sunny skies, despite headwinds (Solar Builder, Martin McConnell)
- The Energy Storage Report 2026: grid-forming, fire safety, bankability and more (Energy Storage News, Cameron Murray)
- Seeing the grid clearly: How new technology is turning transmission lines into self-reporting assets (Utility Dive)
- U.S. government sets preliminary countervailing duties on solar imports from India, Indonesia and Laos (pv magazine, Emiliano Bellini)
- States push climate superfund bills despite Trump's opposition (Canary Media, Sarah Shemkus)
- What the Supreme Court tariff ruling means for construction (Utility Dive, Sebastian Obando)
- Supreme Court accepts oil industry's bid to quash climate lawsuits (E&E News, Lesley Clark)
Solar Pro Know-how
- How to communicate VPP value to homeowners (SPW, Tammy Sinensky)
- Soft costs, get lost - keeping residential storage installations profitable (Solar Builder, Ke Bi)
- Rebuilding a $10B Solar Giant from Bankruptcy (Suncast Media, Nico Johnson)
- Debunking 5 myths about rail-less solar pv mounting on metal roofs (Solar Builder, Mark Gies)
- Supporting Solar Projects Beyond Delivery (BayWa r.e.)
- Residential solar is guided by approved vendors lists (SPW, Billy Ludt)
- Solect Energy releases new commercial solar site leasing guide (Solar Builder, Martin McConnell)
- Bankable solar now depends on better irradiance data (SPW, Wayne Burnett)
- Bridging the valley from pre-construction to COD through smart solar design (SPW, PVFARM)
- The Test Drive Nobody Talks About (Gordian Energy Systems, Megan Sexton)
- Solar for Women Webinar Series (Solar for Women)
- What to know about the 2026 National Electrical Code (Solar Builder)
- The Technical and Business Case for a Repeatable Repowering & O&M Model (BayWa r.e.)
- Solar O&M: What solar contractors need to know (Aurora Solar)