Author: Sara Carbone
Repowering as a resi solar installer business model
BESS stats looking good
Solar expects long-term decline for projects
Long term partnership to boost agrivoltaics
How developers can tap commercial solar more effectively
Why this Chicago utility supports DER growth
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (6/13/25)
Tariff impact on BESS
Benefits of the EPC construction model for developers
House is attempting to address transmission issues
The future of American solar with Silfab
Industry uncertainty and growth
QCells expanding its recycling efforts
Republican Senator argues for different approach to IRA cuts
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (6/1/25)
Integrating BESS into existing energy strategies
Trump admin cuts $3.7B for industrial decarbonization and carbon capture
Resi solar company buying Heliogen
Rooftop and small scale solar up Q1 2025
DDP may be outdated
Tax credit transferability is driving growth in TPO
The Race to Replace TOPCon
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (5/30/25)
Final ruling on AD/CVD investigation
How Atmos is fixing the problem with solar loans
Blue collar vs. white collar jobs in solar
Silfab to expand manufacturing in US
Pros and cons of the product-service-system model
An effort to streamline procurement and logistics
The role of TPO in the face of the reconcilation bill
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (5/23/25)
Only a portion of data centers are being built
Corning expanding solar wafer manufacturing
Why your sales pitch fails
Demand for solar remains strong
Resi ITC on the chopping block in the house
Support for utilities flooded with data
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (5/16/25)
Tariffs vs. Solar, Regulations & Saving Billions via Distributed Energy
Incorrect torquing on projects
Solar’s wind problem
House republicans show support for tax credits
Sunnova is in trouble
New SunPower has first profitable quarter
Decommissioning a BESS facility
5 considerations for leasing from municipalities
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (5/9/25)
O&M for C&I projects
Resi prices down, panel output up
Latest on Pegasus
Solar grazing good for sheep and soil
Looking at tariffs and renewables
Panasonic quits solar and storage manufacturing
Impact of Trump’s first 100 days
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (5/2/25)
Advantages of the Direct Pay Model
Fortress Power: deep dive and product overview
Inverter embedded in solar cell
6 ways to install a battery system
$8 billion in manufacturing investment reversed in 3 months
Boviet Solar manufacturer expanding capacity
Top 5 states in solar
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (4/25/25)
Latest on impact of AD/CVD investigations
What EagleView Powered Models does for installer pain points
Latest from FERC
Speeding up roof repair with QuickPATCH
How to keep pests out of solar systems
What to know about negative power prices
Recommendations re private investment in dom manufacturing
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (4/18/25)
More Republicans sign letter urging protection of IRA
Demystifying commercial-scale VPPs
Tech that speeds up topographical site assessment
How AI predictive maintenance is impacting solar asset management
CA public entities must hustle to secure NEM 2.0 rates
Solar capacity to double
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (4/11/25)
How to tap the hidden goldmine of commercial solar
New steel solar panel frames from Origami
Despite rise of n-type cells, US sticks with P-type
Suite of new tariffs to impact renewables
Utility pain points
Solar field operations efficiency with SiteCapture
Survey shows increased interest in rooftop solar
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (4/4/25)
Musk’s impact on Tesla sales
Best practices for an array landscape buffer
Effectively selling solar and storage
Executive order expedites domestic critical minerals production
State of the solar industry from Intersolar
Renewables are up but so are emissions
Our infrastructure got a D+ rating
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (3/28/25)
OpenSolar now connects with other online tools via Pale Blue Dawn
US deployed record energy storage in 2024
The myth of clean energy’s cost problems
The role of racking in deploying agrivoltaics
