Author Archives: Ritesh Pothan

Enerflo, a residential solar operating system, is integrating with Enphase’s Solargraf platform for an all-in-one digital proposal, design and permitting tool. Enphase Energy Solargraf brings Solargraf’s solar design tool directly into Enerflo’s solar sales and proposal workflow so residential solar … Continue reading →

Silicon Ranch officially launched its CattleTracker energy and cattle grazing technology today on the Christiana Solar Ranch in Christiana, Tennessee. The facility represents the first-ever commercial deployment of Silicon Ranch’s patented cattle-compatible agrivoltaics platform, designed to cultivate solar energy and … Continue reading →

Ameresco is working with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland to install more solar. The company has completed a 558.14-kW system at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School and a 244.26-kW at Germantown Elementary School. “We often talk … Continue reading →

Distributor Signature Solar announced plans to open a new warehouse and retail location in Reno, Nevada. The facility marks a strategic investment to support the company’s continued growth across the Western U.S., with a grand opening planned later this summer. … Continue reading →

Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility, community solar, energy storage and EV infrastructure projects, has acquired 118 MW of Series 7 thin-film modules from First Solar’s U.S. manufacturing facilities. The American modules will be used for solar projects … Continue reading →

Solar panel innovator LONGi recently reached two technology milestones. First, its hybrid interdigitated-back-contact (HIBC) solar cell was certified by the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) in Germany, achieving a photoelectric conversion efficiency of 28.13%. Second, modules using HIBC … Continue reading →

Every solar salesperson knows the feeling. You had a great appointment. The homeowner was engaged, the proposal looked sharp, and they seemed ready to move forward. Then nothing. A week passes. Two weeks. You’re following up, they’re not responding, and … Continue reading →

The U.S. solar market is at a critical inflection point. After the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) passed last year, and we had the subsequent scramble to sell and install solar systems before the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for cash … Continue reading →

A city-owned utility is launching a pilot program to install energy management and storage systems in homes in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ann Arbor Sustainability Energy Utility is the first U.S. city-owned utility purchasing and deploying residential solar and battery systems … Continue reading →

According to data compiled by solar buyer Black Bear Energy, the U.S. real estate industry has crossed 1 GW of installed on-site solar capacity. The 2025 Real Estate Solar Leaderboards shows that 1.086 GW has been installed across 2,157 project … Continue reading →

Indianapolis-based Bila Solar has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system (QMS) at its solar panel assembly facility. ISO 9001:2015 certification signals that an organization has put in place a quality management system designed to support consistency, accountability … Continue reading →

Boviet Solar may soon come under Indian ownership. The current parent company of the solar panel brand, Ningbo Boway Alloy Material, announced a plan to sell 100% of Boviet Solar to INOX Solar Americas, the U.S. division of India-based Inox … Continue reading →

Solar design platform Solesca has launched Engineering Mode, a new workflow that lets commercial and large-scale solar teams take a project from preliminary design to a stamp-ready interconnection plan set in minutes. Any rooftop, canopy or ground-mount project can now … Continue reading →

Distributed Energy Infrastructure, an EPC firm for solar and battery storage, has reached mechanical completion of two community solar projects near Lysander, New York: the 2.9-MW West Genesee Solar Project, and the 5-MW Cold Springs Solar Project. Developed for Generate … Continue reading →

Advanced Green Technologies completed of one Florida’s largest rooftop solar installations at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando. The 2.2-MWDC system more than doubles the center’s solar energy production while maintaining the same rooftop footprint. The installation supports … Continue reading →

Four Republican legislators introduced a bill on Thursday with the goal of preserving certain tax credits for clean energy projects. The “American Energy Dominance Act” is centered on extending the effective lengths for energy efficiency, clean hydrogen and renewable energy … Continue reading →

The Sisters of Notre Dame of the United States have completed a ground-mounted solar energy project at their Whitehouse, Ohio, facility. This initiative advances their longstanding commitment to care for creation, answering the Church’s call for decisive action to protect … Continue reading →

The Dept. of Commerce has released its preliminary antidumping duty (AD) amounts in an investigation on solar cell imports from India, Indonesia and Laos. The preliminary AD margins are 123.04% for all Indian producers, 35.17% for all Indonesian producers, and … Continue reading →

Solar project developer-operator Headwater Energy today announced it has completed the acquisition of Arena Renewables, a distributed generation solar and battery energy storage system developer. Arena’s leadership team will continue to operate the business, supported by Headwater’s capital resources and … Continue reading →

Pisgah Energy, a commercial solar contractor, completed rooftop solar PV systems built across six buildings for AAR’s Airframe facility at Piedmont Triad International International Airport in Guilford County, North Carolina. “It was an honor supporting AAR’s efforts to make a … Continue reading →

Commercial solar contractor Solect Energy opened its new headquarters in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, this week. The company built the facility to house its expanding operations. “Our new headquarters reflects an important milestone for Solect and the continued growth of our team,” … Continue reading →

A federal judge from Massachusetts has halted five separate orders from the Trump administration that were impeding renewable energy project development with federal oversight. Chief Judge Denise Casper from Massachusetts’ U.S. District Court filed a preliminary injunction on Tuesday blocking … Continue reading →

Clean energy marketplace Ever.green has completed the 5-MW Baron solar project in Anson County, North Carolina. The project was developed and will be owned and operated by Headwater Energy. A group of Microsoft suppliers, including Slalom Consulting, Centific Technologies, ImagiCorps, BDA, … Continue reading →

Nearly every utility-scale solar site in the country has vegetation that requires management. That requirement is usually treated as a one-way line item on the operations budget — but it doesn’t have to be. The most effective answer the industry … Continue reading →

New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Lithonia, Georgia, is celebrating becoming one of the first faith communities in the state to install both solar and battery storage on its campus, and is the first commercial pilot participant to … Continue reading →

Geronimo Power announced that the 270-MW Blevins Solar Project in Falls County, Texas, is now online. “The Blevins project reflects Geronimo’s commitment to building energy infrastructure that delivers real value to communities,” said Gemma Smith, Vice President of Operations at … Continue reading →

Environmental and waste management company Clean Earth has received state permission to begin solar panel recycling at its Lancaster, Texas, facility that processes electronic waste. “Grouping our electronics recycling operations in Lancaster is a direct response to what our customers … Continue reading →

By Michael Schwarz | General Manager | Arch O&M Spring marks the reset button for solar performance; what happens now highly impacts the months ahead. After a long winter of snow, debris, and fluctuating conditions, solar systems need a thorough … Continue reading →

SPI Energy, the company behind the Solar4America solar panel brand that had plans for increased silicon solar supply chain manufacturing in the United States, has taken steps to file Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States. The company has insolvency … Continue reading →

Perovskite-silicon solar technology company Tandem PV has begun demonstration manufacturing in Fremont, California. In a 65,000-ft2 facility, Tandem PV is producing tandem perovskite-silicon solar panels. The line can accommodate 40 MW of annual capacity. “This factory marks the shift from … Continue reading →

The growing connectivity of power technologies has granted greater control over how distributed energy resources (DERs) interact with both the grid and energy loads behind the meter. But as these devices connect with more avenues of electrical distribution, there are … Continue reading →

Trinity St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in San Francisco, a historic landmark built in the 19th century, is now home to a 19.74-kW solar system. The system, installed by SunSource and supported by RE-volv and California Interfaith Power & Light (CIPL), … Continue reading →

PowerSecure, a subsidiary of Southern Company, will construct a 1.25-MW solar and 21.6-MWh energy storage project for Powder River Energy Corporation (PRECorp) in Moorcroft, Wyoming. This project is designed to help PRECorp address grid‑level peak demand challenges driven by industrial growth … Continue reading →

Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval joined city leaders to break ground on the 10-MW Center Hill Solar project, which will be developed on the city-owned Center Hill Landfill site in Winton Hills. This transforms a decades-long-dormant brownfield into one of the … Continue reading →

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued final written decisions on a patent infringement claim involving TOPCon solar technology. Trina Solar, holder of the TOPCon patents through a license with Evervolt … Continue reading →

Solar panel testing lab Kiwa PVEL has updated its Product Qualification Program (PQP). The revisions address growing concern areas for the global solar industry, including the rise of field failures related to spontaneous glass breakage, frame structural failures and increasingly … Continue reading →

The financing landscape in residential solar has largely become defined by third-party ownership (TPO) as that market segment’s federal investment tax credit (25D) expired at the end of 2025. Leased residential solar projects can still qualify for the commercial investment … Continue reading →

Software company Dominus Foundry has launched Forge, a vertical SaaS platform that combines real-time LiDAR scanning with live proposal generation for commercial roofing contractors, with a dedicated solar vertical rolling out later this year. Powered by the company’s patent-pending Hyperion … Continue reading →

The U.S. community solar sector reached a historic milestone in late 2025, officially surpassing 10 GWDC of cumulative national installations, according to a new report released by Wood Mackenzie in collaboration with the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA). While … Continue reading →

Tigo Energy has expanded the availability of its Inverter Power Output Control (IPOC) to the 3.8-kW Tigo EI Inverter designed for smaller residential systems with utility interconnection constraints. IPOC provides installers with the ability to limit the AC power output of … Continue reading →

National residential solar installer Freedom Forever has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. The company was the top residential contractor on the 2025 Top Solar Contractors List, based on kilowatts installed. Freedom Forever listed its estimated assets between $100 million … Continue reading →

Constructing solar projects on commercial buildings without penetrating the roof surface is commonly achieved with ballasts, but some mounting companies have developed other methods to securing these arrays without penetrations. Ballasts are the industry standard for securing solar projects to … Continue reading →

A solar and battery storage project developed and financed by Sunrock Distributed Generation is now in operation at the County Jail in Salinas, California. Funded through a PPA, it is expected to save the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, which operates the … Continue reading →

Suniva announced it will open a second monocrystalline silicon solar cell manufacturing facility in the United States. The company has entered into agreements to set up a 4.5-GW facility in Laurens, South Carolina, with a projected opening in Q2 2027. … Continue reading →

Opterra Energy Services has completed a $33 million modernization project for the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District (YCJUSD) in California. In addition to upgrades to lighting systems and HVAC equipment, the school district also installed 3.1 MW of solar across … Continue reading →

Glass and glazing system supplier Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) Group announced it has completed a demonstration experiment producing float-glass from recycled solar panels. Cover glass from solar panels was separated and extracted at Tokuyama’s recycling center in Hokkaido, Japan, and … Continue reading →

Ameresco is working with Miami-Dade County under a guaranteed energy, water and wastewater performance savings contract (ESPC) to implement energy conservation measures across two key facilities: the Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse and the E.R. Graham Building. The project includes the design … Continue reading →

The University of Hawai’i–West O’ahu intends to spend $14 million on a solar and storage project sited on campus. The project will feature solar carports over existing parking areas. Planning is underway, and construction is anticipated to begin in August 2026. The … Continue reading →

A new study analyzing hundreds of renewable energy projects across the United States finds that most wind and solar facilities under state jurisdiction receive permits within roughly a year and that nine in 10 are ultimately approved. The study, co-led … Continue reading →

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision in the Community Solar Proceeding (A.22-05-022) that virtually ensures that no community solar projects will be developed at a time when the state is facing surging energy prices, states the … Continue reading →