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The spread of solar panels in Suwayda city, June 10, 2026 (Enab Baladi)
Today in Suwayda (southern Syria), it has become difficult to find the rooftops of buildings or homes without solar panels on top. In recent years, rooftops have turned from neglected spaces or areas reserved for water tanks into places for generating electricity, a phenomenon that reflects the scale of need and the decline in services in the governorate.
Installing solar power systems is no longer limited to business owners or those with financial means. It has become a goal pursued by most families, as one of the few available solutions to confront the ongoing electricity rationing crisis and repeated breakdowns.
The spread of these systems began as electricity supply hours declined, pushing residents to look for alternatives that would ensure the operation of basic household appliances, including lighting, refrigerators, water pumps, and communication devices.
Over time, solar power shifted from an additional option into a daily necessity for many residents.
Reliance on remittances from expatriates also helped accelerate the spread of this phenomenon, as many families preferred to invest part of their savings in installing solar systems instead of relying on unstable electricity sources and high bills despite the lack of supply.
For some, solar panels have become a long-term investment that eases living burdens and provides a measure of stability.
The installed systems are not necessarily capable of operating all electrical appliances. Families often turn to limited systems that provide lighting and operate some basic devices, considering them better than relying on alternative lighting methods.
Amani al-Shoufi, who works in selling and installing solar power systems, told Enab Baladi that the largest segment of customers are homeowners, followed by shop owners, then farmers.
She noted that some well-off families install integrated systems that allow them to largely dispense with public electricity. These systems are very costly, reaching $3,000, while most people choose smaller systems that operate lighting, a refrigerator, or a washing machine.
According to Amani, the smallest system that can be installed costs about $200, more than 2.5 million Syrian pounds, and is enough to operate lighting, phone chargers, and some small devices. This makes it a suitable option for families that cannot bear the costs of larger systems.
In contrast, growing demand for this sector has led to the emergence of dozens of shops and companies specialized in selling, installing, and maintaining solar power systems. This has created new job opportunities for technicians, engineers, and workers in a field that had not previously been widespread on this scale, according to engineer Sayah al-Halabi.
Despite the major benefits these systems have achieved, their spread has not been without challenges.
Installation costs remain high for a wide segment of the population, making access to an integrated system difficult for low-income families.
Rasha K., who owns a home-based dairy and cheese-making project, told Enab Baladi that she is unable to buy a solar system despite her urgent need for one to operate her refrigerator and preserve her products. Her project is still in its early stages, does not generate income she can rely on, and she has no other source of income.
Engineer Sayah al-Halabi explained that the work is not without challenges, including battery maintenance and replacement, in addition to the varying quality of equipment available in the markets.
He pointed out that securing goods, batteries, and panels sometimes faces difficulties linked to disruptions on the Damascus to Suwayda road, which affects supply movement and leads to higher prices in local markets.
According to the engineer, the installation of systems began to increase after the July events. Amani al-Shoufi said demand for systems reached its peak during periods when breakdowns repeatedly affected the 66 kV line feeding the Shahba area of Suwayda, due to intermittent security tensions in the governorate. Demand continues today despite shortages of some materials in the market.
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We’ve got a bunch of power station deals kicking off this week’s Green Deals, starting with Jackery’s combined Early Prime Father’s Day Sale that is offering a 72-hour flash sale window on three units, including the 5,040Wh Explorer 5000 Plus Portable Power Station with 2x 500W solar panels at a new $3,905 low. We also spotted Anker offering a 48-hour SOLIX flash sale on a larger selection of units, like the F2600 2,560Wh Portable Power Station at an exclusive $854, and there are also Early Prime Day deals on EcoFlow’s RIVER 3 series power stations starting from $189. From there, we spotted Navee’s latest UT5 Ultra X Electric SuperScooter dropping down to $2,100 for the first time, the second-best deal of the last year on Worx’s 20V JawSaw Cordless Electric Chainsaw, and more waiting for you below. Don’t forget about all the hangover deals from last week either, which have been collected together at the bottom of the page in our latest Electrified Weekly roundup edition.
Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.
Jackery has melded its Early Prime Day deals with Father’s Day promotions, taking up to 65% off power stations and offering up to 7% extra savings (using one of three codes at certain pricing thresholds). Right now, there’s a 72-hour flash sale on three units, with one notable inclusion being the brand’s Explorer 5000 Plus with 2x 500W solar panels down at $3,905.07 shipped, after using the code OFFER7 at checkout. At Amazon, were you to buy the bundled station with a single solar panel and add on a second, you’d be spending $503 more. It’s starting the deal here with a cut from its $5,699 MSRP to $4,199 ($100 under last week’s Early Prime Day pricing) that only gets better with the bonus extra $294 cut from the tag, thanks to the bonus savings. We previously only ever saw this bundle go as low as $3,999 during Black Friday, but the combined $1,794 savings lands things at a new all-time low price. Head below to learn more and browse all the flash deals while they last.
Jackery has switched up its bonus savings code lineup during this new phase of its sale event, with orders over $1,500 getting an extra 3% discount using the code OFFER3 at checkout, while orders over $2,300 get an extra 5% discount with the code OFFER5, and orders over $3,400 get an extra 7% savings using the code OFFER7.
If you’re looking to go big with your backup power support while also having the brand’s best expandability range, not to mention solar charging capabilities, this Explorer 5000 Plus power station bundle is the right choice. It starts here at a 5,040Wh LiFePO4 capacity that can scale up to 60,000Wh. It provides up to 7,200W of steady power delivery through its 12 output ports (4x AC, 2x USB-C, 2x USB-A, 1x DC, and 3x expansion ports for AC and DC use), which can even double to 14,400W output when you’ve paired two stations together.
The bundle gives you 1,000W towards its maximum 4,000W solar input maximum, with additional recharging options from an AC outlet, your vehicle’s auxiliary port, or with home integration via the smart transfer switch. This station is ready to cover both 120V and 240V devices/appliances, including RV and EV batteries – plus, there’s tons of ChargeShield 2.0 protections and an IPX4 water-resistant build.
You can shop from the full Jackery Early Prime Father’s Day Sale lineup on the main landing page here, or check out all the other Early Prime Day deals from alternate brands over in our dedicated power stations hub here.
Amazon is currently offering the latest Navee UT5 Ultra X Electric SuperScooter down at $2,099.99 shipped, which beats out the direct website’s current pricing, where it’s keeping to its full $2,500 tag. This new ride hit the market in February with a launch deal to $1,955, but has only been discounted as low as $2,200 since then. Now, while the brand’s direct Father’s Day Sale is not providing any savings, you can instead pick it up here with $400 slashed from the tag for the second-lowest price we have tracked. Of course, if you want to save a little more money, there’s also the less-advanced UT5 Max Electric Scooter down at $1,400 right now, beating the direct website by $400. You can learn more about this superscooter down below or by reading through our in-depth hands-on review.
Not only is the Navee UT5 Ultra X superscooter a monster of a ride that is inspired by Rolls-Royce supercars, but it’s also got NBA legend Kevin Garnett’s signature attached. I’ve been really enjoying my time riding it, what with the 43 MPH top speed and up to 75 miles of travel on each full three-hour charge of its 60V 22.3Ah battery. That ridiculous speed is produced by the dual 1,200W motors (which each peak at 2,400W), and it even comes with a solid lineup of smart features, including NavFlyLock Bluetooth auto-unlock function alongside Apple Find My tracking, AI-controlled adjustable suspension, slope decline assist, anti-rollback hill parking, and uphill push assist, and more.
That’s not all that is providing a great riding experience here, as it comes stocked with mechanical features that include a highly durable carbon fiber steel frame, 12-inch self-healing tubeless tires, hydraulic disc brakes alongside an EABS regenerative brake, a dual hydraulic suspension system, 330-pound payload, a 360-degree lighting system, and more.
As I mentioned, you can get my full hands-on experience in the recent review here. Navee also currently has its ongoing Father’s Day Sale event with up to 40% electric scooter savings starting from $180, and includes deals like the 44-mile traveling G5 Max Electric Scooter down at a $650 low.
As part of the ongoing Anker SOLIX Early Prime Day Sale event, the brand is offering yet another 48-hour flash sale window for a blitz of extra savings on power stations. One notable inclusion is Anker’s SOLIX F2600 2,560Wh Portable Power Station down at $854.05 shipped, after using our exclusive code 9TO5DEALS5 at checkout. Last month saw a permanent price cut from its $2,399 MSRP to $1,099, with discounts in 2026 having seen the price mostly taken down to $899, though there was a flash sale in January that saw it shortly at its $849 low. For the next two days, you’re getting the next-best price with $245 savings ($1,545 off its original MSRP) that only sits $5 above January’s low. Head below to check out all the additional flash sale offers while they last through June 16.
Whereas most power stations in the $850 to $900 range tend only to have a 2,048Wh battery, the Anker SOLIX F2600 boasts a 2,560Wh LiFePO4 capacity – plus, you can scale it up further to 5,120Wh with an expansion battery. Able to deliver up to 2,400W of steady power output (with a 2,800W surging potential), it brings along 12 output ports (4x NEMA 5-20 ACs, 1x NEMA TT-30 AC, 3x 100W USB-Cs, 2x 12W USB-As, and 2x 12V car ports). You’ll get three primary recharging options: the typical AC charging that can reach an 80% battery in as little as 40 minutes when set to its HyperFlash mode, a max 1,000W solar input, and the usual car port option.
***Note: Be sure to use our exclusive bonus savings code 9TO5DEALS5 at checkout to score the best prices during this sale event (on flash units or the full sale lineup), with the extra savings having been factored into the prices you see below.
As I mentioned, this flash sale is part of the much larger Anker SOLIX Early Prime Day deals with tons of FREE gifts, and our sitewide bonus 5% savings for our readers that starts from $129.
As part of EcoFlow’s ongoing Early Prime Day Sale, you can find the more compact RIVER 3 Series down at better prices, thanks to the bonus savings code. Things start with the RIVER 3 Portable Power Station for $189.05 shipped, after using the code 26EFPDAFF at checkout, with it beating out Amazon by $7. You’d be paying $239 for this model at full price, but the initial discount with the bonus extra savings gives you a combined $50 price cut for the second-best price we have tracked in 2026, which we last saw during March’s Big Spring Sale. You’ll also find the series’ other 286Wh to 858Wh deals below, which also benefit from the same bonus savings code.
With summer officially arriving, and many folks gearing up for a wide array of outdoor adventures, as well as prepping for Hurricane Season to ramp up, you’ll get reliable backup power support for your personal and essential devices with any of EcoFlow’s RIVER 3 series models.
At the least costly end of the series is the RIVER 3 power station with a 245Wh LiFePO4 capacity that can deliver 300W of steady power output to connected devices, while also surging as high as 600W. For a smaller station, you get a nice spread of port options, with two AC outlets, two USB-A ports, one USB-C port, and a car port.
Recharging the station from your typical outlet can have it fully recharged from zero in about an hour, or you can connect up to 110W of solar panel input to do the same in around 2.6 hours. Don’t worry about it accompanying you to the beach, lakes, and other places, as it comes with IP54 waterproof and fireproof safeguards, not to mention being drop-resistant.
***Note: Be sure to use the bonus savings code 26EFPDAFF at checkout on the direct EcoFlow website to score the absolute best prices on these power stations, which we’ve factored into the prices below for your comparison with Amazon.
Again, you can browse the full lineup of EcoFlow’s Early Prime Day power station deals in our original coverage here.
Amazon is currently offering the Worx 20V JawSaw Cordless Electric PowerShare Chainsaw with a 2.0Ah battery for $94.42 shipped right now. While it was seen earlier in the year rising to its $170 full price, we’ve only seen it climb as high as $135 since February. In 2026 it did dip a little lower in May to $91, but if you missed out there, you’re getting the next-best rate here with $41 savings ($76 off the full tag pricing) at the second-lowest price we have tracked in over 12 months.
Adding Worx’s 20V JawSaw to your arsenal brings along a much safer means to make cuts both on the ground and off it, thanks to the protective guards and unique retractable blade design. It can ramp up that blade to a max 1,350 RPMs as it extends outwards between the two guards. The chain tension is kept at optimal levels automatically by the system, and also features an automatic oiler to keep it lubricated and running properly. As a member of Worx’s PowerShare family, the battery can easily be switched out for others you own to extend runtimes.
We’ve got plenty more ongoing tool deals from Worx, EGO Power+, Greenworks, and more waiting for you over in our dedicated tools hub here, with the best we spotted last week also available in our latest Electrified Weekly roundup edition from the weekend.
The savings this week are also continuing to a collection of other markdowns. To the same tune as the offers above, these all help you take a more energy-conscious approach to your routine. Winter means you can lock in even better off-season price cuts on electric tools for the lawn while saving on EVs and tons of other gear.

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Statcon Energiaa has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with solar EPC company Ram Raja Solar to supply battery energy storage systems (BESS) and hybrid inverter solutions for commercial and industrial solar-plus-storage projects in Uttar Pradesh.
Under the agreement, Statcon Energiaa will provide large-capacity battery energy storage systems and hybrid inverter solutions ranging from 50 kVA to 250 kVA, according to Pranjal Pande, director at Statcon Energiaa.
Ram Raja Solar will focus on project development and execution, while Statcon Energiaa will serve as the technology and product solutions partner.
“The growing need for reliable backup power and rising diesel costs are driving demand for solar-plus-storage solutions in the commercial and industrial sector,” said Pande.
Pande added that the company’s containerized BESS and solar hybrid power conversion systems (PCS) are manufactured in India. Through this collaboration, customers will gain quicker access to scalable, locally supported and future-ready solar-plus-storage solutions.
Statcon Energiaa is one of India’s leading solar inverter manufacturers, offering a comprehensive range of grid-tied, hybrid, off-grid, and battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions designed and manufactured in India.
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EASTERN ARKANSAS — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has reached agreements to buy solar power from five facilities in Arkansas. One of those is in Cross County.
Cherry Valley Solar is a 135-megawatt solar project inside the city limits of Cherry Valley. That project is being developed by TED Renewables and will generate enough power for up to 20,000 homes per year.
Cherry Valley Solar is expected to generate about $13.7 million in property tax revenue through the 40-year-life of the project. A timeline has not been provided for when the solar farm will come online.
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Gujarat Inject Kerala Limited, an India-based supplier of Solar PV Modules, has secured a purchase order from Deon Energy Limited. The order is valued at INR 14.49 crore (~$1.59 million) and covers the supply of 16,129 PV Modules with 620 W capacity. Gujarat Inject Kerala Limited said the order supports its presence in the renewable energy sector and its expansion into India’s solar infrastructure market. Gujarat Inject Kerala Limited’s latest order from Deon Energy Limited follows its earlier Solar PV Module contracts from Earthwave Technology, Perfect Renewtech, and Surja Infra. Gujarat Inject Kerala also reported FY26 revenue from operations of INR 36.32 crore (~$4.00 million), up 91% year-on-year, while Net Profit increased 78% to INR 1.81 crore (~$0.20 million). The company has also received approval for its proposed name change to Regenova Renewtech Limited.

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Researchers from the University of A Coruña (UDC) have found that the Spanish coastline could accommodate between 4.45 GW and 6.48 GW of floating offshore solar capacity, depending on the maritime spatial planning criteria applied. The estimated capacity would be enough to supply between 6.2% and 9% of Spain’s electricity demand recorded in September 2025.
The study “Assessment of installable offshore solar power capacity in Spain based on maritime spatial planning,“, published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, is the first systematic evaluation of Spain’s offshore solar potential using the country’s Maritime Spatial Planning Plans (POEM), approved under Spain’s Royal Decree 150/2023. Although offshore photovoltaics remains at an early stage of development, the authors said the technology offers several advantages over land-based solar, including greater space availability, fewer land-use conflicts, and improved performance due to the cooling effect of seawater.
The study cites previous research indicating that this cooling effect can increase electricity generation by up to 10.2% compared with equivalent onshore installations. It also notes that some floating PV platforms have demonstrated higher energy yields than conventional systems and payback periods ranging from 2.8 to seven years. The researchers said that, in countries with strong solar resources such as Spain, offshore PV could complement offshore wind development and support hybrid projects capable of improving grid stability.
The study’s main contribution is a methodology for estimating the installable capacity of floating offshore solar based on the restrictions and permitted uses defined in Spain’s Maritime Spatial Planning Plans (POEM). Current Spanish maritime planning explicitly considers technologies such as offshore wind and wave energy but does not designate specific areas for offshore photovoltaics. To address this gap, the researchers evaluated two scenarios.
The first scenario considers only the high-potential areas identified for offshore wind development. The second expands the analysis to all compatible marine areas after excluding protected zones, shipping routes, fishing grounds, military areas, biosphere reserves, energy infrastructure, and other priority uses. For the calculations, the researchers used the Merganser floating platform developed by Dutch company SolarDuck as a reference, assuming a unit capacity of 0.52 MW.
The analysis found that the high-potential offshore wind areas could accommodate up to 6.48 GW of floating solar capacity. When the full set of restrictions defined in the POEM is applied, however, the estimated capacity falls to 4.45 GW. Although the second scenario covers a larger total maritime area, the authors explained that many of these zones are fragmented or located in deeper waters, making the deployment of large floating platforms more difficult.
Water depth was found to be a critical factor because it determines the length of mooring systems and the spacing required between platforms. As a result, a larger available area does not necessarily translate into greater installable capacity.
The analysis also revealed a highly uneven geographical distribution of Spain’s offshore solar potential.
Under the scenario based on priority offshore wind areas, more than 90% of the estimated capacity is concentrated in the Strait of Gibraltar-Alboran Sea and Canary Islands regions. When only the general maritime planning restrictions are applied, however, the Levantine-Balearic and North Atlantic regions account for most of the potential. In this scenario, the Mediterranean area alone could accommodate around 2.54 GW, making it the country’s main development hub for offshore solar.
The authors said this contrast demonstrates the methodology’s value both for complementing existing offshore wind planning and for identifying new development opportunities in areas that are not currently considered priorities.
The study also argues that offshore solar should not be viewed as a competitor to offshore wind but as a complementary technology. One of its main conclusions is that Spain should explicitly incorporate offshore solar photovoltaics into future revisions of its Maritime Spatial Planning Plans, as the current absence of designated areas creates regulatory uncertainty and may limit the technology’s development.
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Indian solar manufacturer HVR Solar has signed a series of agreements to support the development of a 1.2GW tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell manufacturing plant in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.
The agreements were signed during the SNEC PV Power Expo 2026 in Shanghai, China. As part of the initiative, HVR Solar signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese solar equipment supplier Han’s PV, which will provide the manufacturing line and equipment for the TOPCon cell facility. 
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“At HVR Solar, our vision extends beyond manufacturing capacity; we are building a future-ready ecosystem that strengthens India’s position in the global solar value chain. The proposed 1.2GW TOPCon solar cell facility in Amroha reflects our commitment to innovation, self-reliance and sustainable industrial growth. This investment will not only enhance domestic solar cell production but also create long-term value for our customers, partners, and local communities,” said Sagar Sachdev, director, HVR Solar. 
The company also entered into an agreement with industrial systems provider Gentech for the supply of chemical and gas utility systems required for cell manufacturing operations. Meanwhile, Indygreen Technologies has been appointed as technology facilitator for the project and will oversee the integration and deployment of the production line. 
According to HVR Solar, discussions were also held with additional utility suppliers during the Shanghai event as the company works to establish the broader supply chain required for the facility. 
The planned manufacturing line comes as India continues to expand domestic solar manufacturing capacity through initiatives to reduce reliance on imported components and strengthen local supply chains. 
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Every solar asset manager knows the math. Dust, pollen, bird droppings, agricultural residue and salt film can steadily eat into production, and depending on climate and tilt, an uncleaned array can lose a meaningful share of its expected annual yield. The cleaning decision has always been a trade-off: production losses on one side, and the cost and risk of putting crews, water trucks and equipment onto rooftops, carports and ground-mount sites on the other.
A new option is changing that calculus: the cleaning drone.
A cleaning drone is a heavy-lift unmanned aircraft system (UAS) fitted with a hose-fed spray system capable of everything from low-pressure rinsing and soft washing to pressure washing at several thousand PSI. The pilot stays on the ground. The aircraft delivers water, deionized rinse (if necessary) and cleaning solution from above, covering surfaces that would otherwise require rooftop crews, lifts or scaffolding.
The technology earned its reputation cleaning structures people couldn’t safely reach, such as high-rise glass, storage tanks and stadiums. Solar arrays are a natural next application.
Safety first. Rooftop commercial solar is exactly the environment EHS managers worry about: height, slope and a surface one shouldn’t walk on. A drone takes the crew off the roof entirely. No harnesses, no anchor points, no lift rentals, no fall exposure. For carport canopies and elevated structures, the advantage is even more pronounced. OSHA reports 37% of construction fatalities are due to fatal falls. A drone reduces that fall risk.
Speed and uptime. Because there’s no access equipment to set up, drone cleaning compresses job timelines dramatically. Faster cleaning means shorter O&M site visits, less disruption and quicker recovery of soiling losses.
Panel-friendly contact-free cleaning. Drones clean without anyone walking on arrays or dragging equipment across modules, reducing the risk of microcracking and damage claims that come with foot traffic and brush rigs.
Hard-to-reach sites become routine. Steep rooftops, arrays bordered by water and tightly packed carport rows are precisely the jobs that price highest with traditional methods, and where drones offer the largest savings.
The barrier to entry is manageable: In the United States, all one needs is an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, a purpose-built aircraft, training and commercial insurance. Basically, it’s a business in a box for $75,000.
A camera drone with a sprayer bolted on won’t survive this work. The recoil from water exiting a nozzle at thousands of PSI demands an airframe and flight controller engineered for it. When evaluating drone platforms, the criteria that matter most include:
Reach. Maximum working height determines which rooftops and structures can be serviced.
Airframe weight. Lighter is better: the FAA caps small UAS at 55 lb/25 kg including payload, so a lighter airframe pulls more hose and water higher before hitting the regulatory ceiling.
Autonomy. Hands-free cleaning modes matter enormously on solar, where the work is repetitive, row-by-row coverage. Automated cleaning improves consistency across thousands of identical modules and lowers the pilot skill barrier.
NDAA compliance and origin. Federal-property and government work requires NDAA-compliant aircraft, and the FCC’s late-2025 move to block new foreign-made drones (with exemptions expiring at the end of 2026) makes American-made platforms the future-proof choice for U.S. operators.
Training and support. Ask what’s included, how many operators it covers and whether the manufacturer answers the phone.
Here’s how the major cleaning drone platforms compare:
Information from Apellix
Once a UAS is chosen, solar contractors should take training seriously, set up a drone business with adequate liability insurance and then find customers. Drone cleaning is typically priced per square foot, per job or as a day rate, with premiums for access-constrained sites — panels backing onto water, steep terrain or anything a lift can’t reach.
Soiling losses are predictable, recurring and expensive, which makes panel cleaning one of the most defensible line items in any O&M budget. Drone cleaning attacks the cost-side of that equation: faster jobs, no rooftop crews, no foot traffic and access to sites that were previously impractical to clean at all. For solar contractors looking to differentiate, and for asset managers writing next year’s O&M scope, it’s a technology worth a hard look in 2026.
Apellix is an aerial robotics company that develops semi-autonomous drone systems to safely perform high-risk tasks such as power and soft washing. Apellix drones are engineered and manufactured in the United States, and the company proudly employs U.S. veterans.
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June 15, 2026 at 9:56 am
I wonder if a tethered drone would need to be closely regulated.
It should also be much cheaper than trying to get enough fly time with heavy/expensive batteries.
Maybe not applicable for high-rise buildings, it might be great for residential solar panels which are not very high off the ground.
I could see a power cord and even a small hose (3/8″ poly) to supply water.
The cleaning drone could be navigated with a ground based joystick controller, and have some automatic features that recognized a solar panel, soaped it, and then blasted it.
I’d hire a service to clean my panels yearly if it was affordable — Say $50 + $2/panel .
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By now, everyone knows that solar is the fastest, most economical way to get more kilowatts into the terrestrial grid. Used in satellites, solar energy is also an essential element in both commercial and national defense systems, as recently admitted by the self-named Department of War. In particular, the US Air Force has been lending its muscle to the space solar industry, and they have some pretty good arguments on their side.
In its new iteration as the Department of War, the agency has muted its once-vigorous support for solar ever since US President Donald Trump swept back into office last year. However, a sign of persistent interest crossed the CleanTechnica radar over the weekend, when researchers in Germany unveiled a germanium-based solar module that set a new world record for solar conversion efficiency.
Following some digging through the Intertubes, we find that germanium is in short supply here in the US, and that’s a problem. Germanium is used in high-end solar cells and it also appears in infrared optics, night vision systems, surveillance windows, and weapon sights among other defense applications.
In January, DoW addressed the germanium shortfall with an award of $18.1 million to a domestic producer, aimed at pumping up the onshore supply chain. In a press statement announcing the award, DoW took note of multiple defense applications. Solar also made the cut. “Germanium is also essential for solar cells that power military and civilian satellites,” the agency stated.
No kidding! The US Air Force totally agrees. As described by USAF, solar represents a next-level logistics improvement over fossil fuels. “Today, expeditionary energy relies on diesel generators, fuel convoys and aerial resupply. These systems increase lift requirements, create detectable signatures and introduce operational risk,” USAF explained last March, in an article explaining its interest in solar energy.
The USAF article describes how solar can reduce if not eliminate fuel  resupply risks to pilots, crews, and aircraft. The idea is to deploy space-based systems that harvest solar energy in orbit, 24/7 regardless of the weather, and beam it down to receivers on Earth.
When first introduced in the early 2000’s, the concept seemed too futuristic for any real shot at reality. However, the technology pieces are in place, the cost of rocket launches has dropped, and private sector stakeholders are closing in on the demonstration phase (see more space-based solar background here).
USAF does not intend to be left out of the mix. In May, they issued a contract to the US firm Overview Energy to demonstrate how space-based solar systems could be deployed to power large, remote military operations.
Overview is among the stakeholders racing to make space-to-Earth solar technology happen within the next 10 years. The company has been testing its equipment on airborne platforms and expects to send it orbiting around the Earth sometime in 2028. Around 2030, they anticipate megawatt-level delivery to Earth, with plenty more where that comes from. “In the early 2030s, we’ll be capable of delivering more than a gigawatt of 24/7 clean energy anywhere on Earth,” the company has stated.
The USAF is among those sorting out the Earth-bound end of things. The article posted in March describes research under way at USAF’s academic branch, Air University, with a focus on fuel resupply in the Indo-Pacific region.
The project is titled PERSEUS for Pacific Expeditionary Resilient Solar Energy from Uninterrupted Space. The researchers do not advocate for putting the technology to use any time soon, taking note of further R&D work in addition to cost limitations. However, the project does does describe how space solar could be used in defense applications, once deployed.
So far, the researchers have demonstrated a scaled proof of concept model for wireless energy transmission from a satellite to a mobile receiver, based on an analysis from NASA. The mobility element is something that distinguishes the PERSEUS project from other space solar technologies, which rely on static receiving stations. For defense purposes, the ability of the receiver to keep up with force movements is crucial.
“It shows that space-based solar power could become a future capability that reduces logistics burdens, supports distributed operations and increases operational tempo for the Air Force and the Joint Force,” USAF concludes.
“Space-based solar power offers a way to reduce reliance on vulnerable fuel supply chains. It presents a future where energy can be delivered to distributed forces when and where it is needed,” they emphasize.
Here on Earth, the President has tried, and failed, to stop the US solar industry from dominating all other energy sources for new, utility-scale capacity additions to the nation’s grid. Solar manufacturers in the US have also been ramping up operations in anticipation of persistent demand for new utility-scale solar power plants.
Manufacturing activity in the space solar field is somewhat more difficult to track, but some recent developments in the field indicate that the demand for solar energy in space is also a force to be reckoned with.
On June 4, the US defense supplier York Space Systems announced that it has acquired the space solar startup Solestial. “The acquisition secures a domestic source for critical space solar capability at a moment much of the satellite manufacturing industry remains deeply exposed to Chinese-controlled source materials, delivering a meaningful strategic advantage through a secured, U.S.-sourced supply chain,” York explained.
If Solestial rings a bell, it should. The company surfaced on the pages of CleanTechnica back in 2023, when NASA tapped it for an award of $850,000 under a project titled, “Next Generation Silicon Based Solar Arrays for Space Stations and Other Permanent Space Infrastructure,” deploying the company’s ultra-thin, ultra-durable, self-repairing silicon solar cells.
The 2023 award followed on the heels of previous development support from NASA and USAF, too. By November of 2024 Solestial was preparing its new solar cells for volume production. Earlier this year the company also announced the purchase of specialized manufacturing equipment from Meyer Burger, a once-promising European solar firm that went bankrupt last year.
“The strategic acquisition enables Solestial to completely process its self-healing silicon solar technology from wafer to cell in house, significantly expanding its manufacturing capabilities and supply chain control,” Solestial announced on January 21.
“Solestial plans to transition the limited solar cell manufacturing currently conducted in Germany to the United States, resulting in a fully integrated cell to module solar manufacturing operation based in the United States,” the company added.
That helps explain why York spotted a ripe opportunity to grow its foothold in the space solar field. As for beaming energy from space to Earth, don’t jump the gun just yet. Solestial has stated that its primary market is in-space applications.
Photo: The US Air Force is among those recognizing that solar energy is an essential tool in the national defense toolkit, with the potential to replace treacherous fuel resupply missions for ground operations (cropped, courtesy of US Army).
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Home » SolShare 2 launches to help flats meet new solar PV and battery requirements
Allume Energy has launched SolShare 2, a solar technology which enables UK flats to benefit from integrated shared solar and battery systems.
The original system, launched in the UK in 2021, allows a single rooftop array to connect directly to multiple tenant meters.
Meeting the Future Homes Standard (FHS) and EPC requirements, the SolShare system helps developers and social housing providers to boost SAP scores and tackle fuel poverty for residents by reducing bills by up to 40%.
The FHS, which comes into force next year, will require solar PV on the vast majority of new-build homes in England and will see the methodology behind energy ratings change from SAP to the new Home Energy Model (HEM).
That means landlord-owned communal systems will no longer be applicable, and flats can only earn an EPC uplift if PVs are connected directly to their own meter.
Just 3% of UK flats have solar panels, against 7% of houses and bungalows, and above six units, fitting an individual system to each home becomes complex, space-hungry and expensive, with multiple inverters, isolation points and monitoring systems.
Allume’s SolShare 2, the latest generation of the world’s only multi-dwelling solar-sharing technology, resolves it by connecting one rooftop array directly to each flat’s meter, delivering on EPC uplift demands.
Alongside the device’s increased capacity, flats can also benefit from integrated solar and battery systems. Battery fire-safety rules for homes (PAS 63100) don’t permit the kind of shared, landlord-side battery a block would normally need, so until now flats have been effectively locked out. SolShare 2 gets around this blocker via a connection on each flat’s own side of the meter, allowing every home to share in a battery while keeping each installation compliant.
The government’s £15 billion Warm Homes Plan, the largest home-upgrade programme in British history, includes a £5 billion fund aimed at low-income and social housing, with solar and batteries among the measures and a 2030 EPC C deadline driving urgency. That government funding can, in some cases, cover the full amount of an install.
SolShare 2 allows providers to retrofit solar at scale across multi-home blocks from a central plant room, with no equipment, hardware or access required for inside individual flats. It is also agnostic to both solar panels and energy providers, so tenants do not need to switch suppliers.
Allume says 10,000 flats are already benefitting from its SolShare devices globally, installs which have cut residents’ bills by up to 40% and delivered 5-20 SAP credits per flat. The company works with hundreds of social housing providers across the UK, including Peabody and local authorities such as Lewisham and Camden Boroughs.
Allume estimates that with improved battery integration, SolShare 2 could offset up to 80% of an apartment’s grid energy use.
Cameron Knox, CEO and Co-Founder of Allume Energy, said:
“The records the UK has set this year show solar’s potential, but they will ring hollow if the poorest in society see little of the benefit. Right now, a family in a social housing flat watches the same sun fall on their neighbour’s house, yet only one of them sees a reduction in bills.
“We want to address that imbalance, making sure those on the lowest incomes see the benefit of the renewable transition, whilst shoring up the UK’s energy security. SolShare 2 closes the gap, and now, coupled with battery integration, lets those living in flats share in the benefits of clean energy.”
​​Allume’s Head of Commercial & Policy Engagement, Ramin Hakimov, added:
“We work hand-in-hand with social housing providers, private developers and M&E contractors to deliver real impact for residents across both retrofit and new-build projects. A prime example is our project at Odet Court with Wales & West Housing, where SolShare connected 24 flats to a single system, boosting the building’s SAP score by 15 points and saving residents up to £690 a year on their bills.
“With the FHS coming into force, bringing existing and new stock into compliance can feel daunting. But with ambitious government targets and funding behind green energy, the pieces are falling into place. SolShare 2, coupled with battery integration, is designed to make scaling these large projects and sharing the benefits of clean energy as straightforward as possible.”
Chris Norbury, CEO of E.ON UK, said:
“Making new energy work for everyone means building the system around people and communities. That has to include people living in flats, who have largely been unable to access clean, affordable energy until now.
“Thanks to Allume’s SolShare 2 technology, millions more people across the UK will now be able to benefit from shared solar power and battery storage. That means better homes for the way we live today, giving people more control over how they use energy and putting money back into their pockets.”
For developers, Allume’s device offers a route to FHS compliance without significant capital expenditure. Under the standard, which comes in next year, solar must be designed into new-build flats from the outset. The solution also simplifies the M&E challenge with minimal roof and plant space, with one system for up to 15 flats, simplified DC cabling and a single isolation point.
It lets designers tailor kWp allocation per flat to hit specific EPC targets, regardless of orientation, with a typical two-bed top-floor flat gaining around nine SAP points, enough to lift it from EPC C to B. The higher capacity of the second-generation device, up by a half, supports larger arrays and more generous per-flat SAP credits.
SolShare 2 will be available in the UK from August 2026. For more information on Allume and SolShare, visit www.allumeenergy.com/en-gb/
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OREM, Utah, June 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cobalt Power Systems (“Cobalt”), located in Mountain View CA and a wholly owned subsidiary of SunPower Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SPWR), in partnership with Wunder Power, today announced the completion of the Waterfront Plaza solar installation, which will deliver ~349,000 kWh of clean electricity annually. This project is a significant commercial milestone for Cobalt as it expands its portfolio of complex commercial solar projects throughout California.

View of the Waterfront Plaza from the historic Coit Tower.
Located across from Pier 33 on San Francisco’s iconic waterfront, the Waterfront Plaza project highlights Cobalt’s ability to deliver sophisticated commercial solar solutions in dense urban areas where engineering precision, safety, and regulatory compliance are paramount.
Cobalt President, John Paul Bergh, said, “As building owners need more sophisticated engineering solutions to reduce operating costs and meet sustainability objectives, projects like Waterfront Plaza demonstrate what is possible – and showcase the technical expertise and execution capabilities that have defined Cobalt Power Systems for more than two decades. Working alongside Wunder Power, we have successfully delivered a highly engineered solution on one of San Francisco’s challenging commercial rooftops.”
The Waterfront Plaza 220.9 kW DC solar project utilized 554 high-efficiency solar photovoltaic modules and required extensive coordination and innovative engineering due to its special post-tension concrete roof structure. Installation teams had to deploy custom-engineered anchor points, utilizing multiple attachment methodologies, to safely navigate dense post-tension cable layouts beneath the roof membrane. More than 3,000 ballast blocks were strategically distributed across the roof to meet structural loading requirements and provide seismic stability.

Wunder Chief Operating Officer, Kaylee Mulligan, said, “It’s been a pleasure partnering with the Cobalt team on the Waterfront Plaza project. Their attention to detail and commitment to operational excellence made this a seamless collaboration from start to finish. We’re proud to work with high-quality partners like Cobalt to help commercial real estate owners deploy renewable energy across their portfolios to unlock additional long-term value.”
The Waterfront Plaza installation further strengthens the strategic relationship between Cobalt Power Systems and Wunder Power as both organizations continue expanding their partnership across California and the United States.
SunPower CEO, T.J. Rodgers, said, “This project gives investors a peek at our engineering future as enhanced by the acquisition of Silicon Valley-based Cobalt. The panels shown below are clearly not mounted on ordinary residential mounts. These footings make the system earthquake resilient, and the mount raises all of the panels above the roof, creating a light pathway to the back of the panels that we will use in the future with our second-generation ‘Monolith II’ panels, which will absorb light through glass on both sides of the panel, providing more power per panel.”

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JARRETTSVILLE, Md. — It’s hard to imagine what nearly 9,000 solar panels would look like on this 72 acres along Rocks Road in Jarrettsville, but a longtime resident, Don Brock, would likely have to look at them every day.
“It was always farm. It was never intended for anything else and it’s all zoned agricultural,” said Brock, “So when we found out. We saw the signs posted and we heard rumors about it so we started getting really involved and the more we get involved, the more upset we get.”

Another solar farm for Jarrettsville

While the county is giving residents a chance to speak out on the plans, their words may be in vain, since state lawmakers passed the Renewable Energy Certainty Act last year, bypassing local zoning for such projects.
“We can only hope that people will try to make some adjustments to be good neighbors. A little set back from yards and things,” said Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly, “but as a practical matter, yes, it’s not a whole lot that we can do under the color of law.”
That controversial state legislation would allow solar farms to go in on up to five percent of all of the agricultural land in any given county before local zoning would have to be considered.
County leaders testified against the measure in Annapolis to no avail.
“Just give us a quota. Tell us how much you want and we’ll find land for that in our county,” Cassilly recalls he told them, “and they wouldn’t do that. They specifically targeted the best farmland.”
Now, opponents are left with few options, but to appeal to their enriched neighbors.
“Those people that are selling out to the solar—it’s very lucrative,” Brock told us, “That’s my assumption.”
“At your expense?”
“Oh, absolutely.”
Little does Brock know that yet another neighbor, Bruce Huber, is about to sell out to a different solar venture as well who would more than make it worth his while.
“A lot of money,” says Huber, “I’m not gonna say dollars and pennies, because I’m in a contract, but it’s a lot of money and people don’t understand that, but there’s reasons people do it and mine is for my wife’s health so that’s what the money is for.”
“But when we talk about the money, they’re giving you millions of reasons to think about this?” we asked.
“Yes. Yes, sir. Millions of reasons,” he replied.

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IPB University, together with the Korea Energy Agency (KEA) and ENVELOPS Co, Ltd, is preparing to implement an Agri-Photovoltaic-based electric motor charging system. The plan for this collaboration was discussed during a visit by KEA President Choi Jae-Gwan and his delegation to IPB University on Friday (6/12). 
The project, titled “Establishment of an Agri-Photovoltaic-based Electric Motorcycle Charging System in Indonesia,” is funded by the KEA and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Resources of South Korea. This collaboration marks a further step in the development of Agri-Photovoltaic technology at IPB University. 
In 2025, the Agri-Photovoltaic Research Station was inaugurated at IPB University’s Cikabayan Educational Farm, making it the first of its kind in Indonesia. This facility integrates agriculture and solar energy on a single plot of land to support food productivity while generating clean energy.
“This collaboration brings together two key pillars of the future: renewable energy and sustainable agriculture. This partnership serves as a concrete example of how innovation can address food and energy challenges simultaneously,” said Prof Iskandar Z Siregar, Vice Rector for Global Connectivity, Cooperation, and Alumni at IPB University.
KEA President Choi Jae-Gwan expressed his satisfaction with the results of the Agri-Photovoltaic project developed in collaboration with IPB University. According to him, the success of this first project demonstrates IPB University’s research and implementation capabilities in developing technology that bridges the agriculture and renewable energy sectors.
“Through this project, KEA has been able to witness firsthand IPB’s outstanding research capabilities and proactive commitment to collaboration. We believe this experience serves as a crucial foundation for planning new projects currently under development,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Agri-Photovoltaic project manager, who is also a lecturer in the Department of Soil Science and Land Resources at IPB University, Dr. Bambang Hendro Trisasongko, explained that this technology is highly beneficial as it integrates food, energy, water, and natural resources into a single sustainable system. 
“The current research has entered the third soybean planting cycle. In the first cycle, soybean productivity was approximately 1,6 times higher compared to open fields,” he said.
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Fraser Stewart wants every town and village to have its own renewable power source – such as wind turbines or solar farms – and it is his job to turn this idea into a reality.
Stewart is head of local energy strategy for GB Energy, the company set up by the UK government to develop green energy projects.
The publicly-owned company, which is headquartered in Aberdeen, has been criticised for confusion over what it will actually do and whether its role has been watered down since it was first announced.
But Stewart is clear that his personal task is to deliver 1,000 community-owned renewable projects across the UK by 2030.
He hopes these will both provide power and generate a steady income for the towns and villages involved.
Wind turbines and solar panels are not popular with everyone, especially when they are confronted with the visual impact or disturbance, but Stewart insists they are vital part of Scotland's transition to a clean energy future.
He told BBC Scotland's Scotcast podcast that he's been talking about community ownership of energy for the best part of 10 years, long before he got his current job.
"The idea is that rather than relying on big energy companies to come in and build the wind farms and the solar farms, communities can do it themselves," he says.
Stewart admits these will necessarily be on a smaller scale and that big energy firms will still be needed for large-scale projects – but he says any town or village can get involved, provided they have good support.
"It is tricky to do," he says.
"It takes an awful lot of will and collective enthusiasm to get it done but when those assets start generating and they sell their electricity, the profits then get reinvested back into that community."
In the podcast, Stewart cites Huntly in Aberdeenshire, which has a population of 4,600, as an example of a town that has already taken up the community-owned turbine idea.
It owns a wind turbine, which sits alongside others which are commercially-owned on a hill above the town.
Donald Boyd, joint general manager of the Huntly Development Trust, said it had been "a long and drawn-out process" – but that he feels "very fortunate" that the project went ahead.
The idea began in 2010 but took six years before the community trust received its final boost of funding.
The overall cost for installation, purchasing, planning/consultation fees and to gain connection to the electricity grid was £1.5m.
Boyd says issues such as getting energy back into the grid are "humongously difficult and expensive" in Scotland.
The turbine generates a maximum of 500kW of electricity, which Boyd says is small compared to commercial projects.
It is paid for its electricity at a rate guaranteed by a pre-2019 feed-in tariff, which was put in place to encourage people to invest in green energy but has since been replaced.
Over the course of 10 years, it has brought £1.5m for investment into the local area after all operating expenses, loan repayments and maintenance.
As a result, Huntly town centre now boasts a refurbished cinema and co-working space as well as a banking hub from the generated income.
Fraser Stewart, who is originally from Forfar, says he wants to see projects like this across the UK.
He is building on the existing schemes such as the Scottish government's Cares programme, which has been backing community energy for a number of years.
"There is more money in the local and community energy sector now than there ever has been in Scottish or UK history," he says.
"I would say to anyone who thinks this is a good idea 'now is the time, there is a gold rush on this stuff'.
"The good news is that where there has been difficulty in funding it in the past – where communities have relied on individuals championing it and driving it through despite the funding landscape – actually now there is real political momentum behind it and real will."
Stewart says these projects will not necessarily be how the transition to renewable energy is powered, but that they can play a big part.
"It can be one turbine in Huntly or Orkney Council setting up really big wind farms that then power bits of the island and generate money for the community," he says.
It can also be small projects such as putting solar panels on school rooves, like he did when he worked as a community organiser in Glasgow.
"That was a fairly meagre amount of community benefit, the profits that get generated back, but all of it goes into the local community," he says.
"I think there has been a misnomer in the past that it is just for the leafy middle classes or you can only do it if you are out in a village somewhere and you have no other choice.
"Every type of community across the country is doing this stuff now."
GB Energy has not been without its share of criticism in the year since its inception.
Earlier this month, the firm was labelled "an ideological election promise" by Conservative Gordon and Buchan MP Harriet Cross.
Cross, who is also a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee, says GB Energy is one of the "largest white elephants we've seen in years".
Her comments came after it was revealed the publicly-owned company has just 30 permanent employees.
Cross said: "Labour promised GB Energy would create 1,000 direct jobs, but with just 30 permanent employees, it's little wonder that people across the north east feel like they've been sold a dud."
But Stewart told Scotcast: "The reality is GB Energy is a year old.
"So, it's a case of getting everything in place that you need to deliver investment in big energy projects.
"We're now at the point where we are ramping up that direct recruitment in Aberdeen."
He added: "In the next couple of years we will be employing 300 permanent staff, mostly based out of Aberdeen, which is part of the promise.
"But the bigger numbers around the jobs are attached to the investments we make in renewable projects."
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India’s solar demand projected to surge at 22% CAGR by FY35 on massive data center boom  ANI News
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JARRESTTSVILLE, Md. — As neighbors in Abingdon held a community meeting, people in Jarrettsville are voicing concerns over a proposed solar farm.

Jarrettsville residents push back on proposed solar farm off Rocks Road

On Wednesday, neighbors gathered to discuss the plans for a property off Rocks Road.
It calls for nearly nine thousand solar panels on 72 acres. It’s the second proposed solar farm in Jarrettsville.
RELATED: Another solar farm for Jarrettsville

While residents got a chance to speak out and ask questions, there may not be much they can do.
Last year, state lawmakers passed the Renewable Energy Certainty Act, bypassing local zoning for such projects.
It allows solar farms to go in on up to five percent of all of the agricultural land in any given county before local zoning would be considered.
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India is slated for a significant surge in solar energy demand, projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22% from FY26 to FY35, according to a report by Nuvama. This growth is largely driven by the burgeoning need for power among data centers, which are seeing expansion parallel to India’s economic growth and urbanization.
The report forecasts total power consumption in the country to rise from approximately 1,848 billion units currently to nearly 3,228BU by FY35. Solar power’s contribution to the national grid is expected to climb from 9% in FY26 to 33% by FY35 under base-case conditions, potentially increasing to 37% in a more optimistic scenario.
Furthermore, electricity costs make up 30-40% of data centers’ operating expenses, compelling operators to adopt renewable energy sources like solar to cut costs and emissions. As data centers expand in tandem with advancements in AI models and computing regulations, the demand for solar capacity is expected to grow, with green hydrogen and data center industries driving an incremental capacity of 416GW in the base case by FY35.
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UTEP study: Dust-prone desert in New Mexico ideal for solar energy  Yahoo
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With less than a month left before the key, July 4th Federal Clean Energy tax-credit deadline, a federal judge has handed the solar industry an unexpected win, restoring the 5% safe harbor that Trump’s IRS tried to kill.
Last week, a US District Court for the District of Columbia vacated IRS Notice 2025-42, which had sought to eliminate the previous 5% “safe harbor” rule established in 2018, which defined the beginning of construction (BOC) date that could allow solar panel system projects with longer lead times to qualify for valuable Section 45Y and 48E tax credits.
If you missed it, here’s what the 2018 notice actually says:
SECTION 3. METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION
.01 In general. This notice provides two methods for a taxpayer to establish that
construction of energy property has begun for purposes of the ITC under § 48. A
taxpayer may establish the beginning of construction by starting physical work of a
significant nature as set forth in section 4 of this notice (Physical Work Test).
Alternatively, a taxpayer may establish the beginning of construction by meeting a safe
harbor based on having paid or incurred five percent or more of the total cost of the
energy property as set forth in section 5 of this notice (Five Percent Safe Harbor).
Both methods require that a taxpayer make continuous progress towards
completion once construction has begun (Continuity Requirement). Section 6 of this
notice discusses the Continuity Requirement and provides a safe harbor for satisfying
this requirement (Continuity Safe Harbor).
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The Trump administration had been moving to eliminate the safe harbor path for most solar and wind projects last year, forcing developers to rely on a far more demanding “Physical Work Test” standard to establish BOC instead, but Oregon Environmental Council v. Internal Revenue Service (Civil Action No. 25-4400 (CKK)) has effectively put that effort to bed.
“This is a significant victory for the industry as it provides an extra layer of certainty for those who want to claim the credit,” writes Bill Curtis, an attorney at Spencer Fane. “The IRS typically cannot unilaterally increase a taxpayer’s tax burden absent congressional action. Notice 2025-42 was clearly an attempt by the IRS to dissuade taxpayers from claiming a rightful deduction. Courts, not IRS notices, are the ultimate arbiters of tax deductions. The District Court’s opinion is well-reasoned and provides ample certainty to anyone who meets the 5% rule, even if the IRS appeals or attempts to limit the deduction in the future.”
In other words: if your installer told you that your project wouldn’t qualify for safe harbor, you might want to give them a call, because IRS N-2025-42 might no longer apply.
Tax law is a messy, complicated, and high-stakes field. Federal tax credits, state laws, utility programs, and the fine print in the contracts from company to company can overlap or even contradict each other, and navigating any part of it isn’t especially intuitive. That complexity is exactly why the smart people you know hire accountants and tax professionals to make incentives work for them, and you should do the same.
If you’re considering a lease or PPA, a conversation with a qualified professional installer can help you understand what’s being offered and how a given deal is being structured. Take that information to your accountant to understand what’s real, what’s marketing, and what actually saves you money.
Finally, if there’s money on the table, make sure you don’t leave it there! Remember that US tax law could be a single line codified into law. Instead, it’s more than 4,000+ pages of densely worded legalese. Get yourself an expert, and get what your democratically elected leaders decided you have coming to you.
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Fountain Hills Town Council to discuss solar panels, covered parking at Town Hall  Fountain Hills Times
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One of Georgia’s biggest solar farms is dividing one of its smallest counties  Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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In a major step toward building a more climate-resilient tourism model, the Bad Kleinkirchheim mountain lifts (Bad Kleinkirchheimer Bergbahnen) have officially secured a €60,000 state funding package to supercharge their transition to solar energy.
Carinthia’s Provincial Councillor for Energy and Economic Affairs, Sebastian Schuschnig, traveled to the resort to personally present the financial commitment to Hansjörg Pflauder, the managing director of the Bad Kleinkirchheim mountain lifts. The state-backed subsidy, pulled from Carinthia’s specialized energy department, will offset the capital expenditures of a newly completed, multi-site photovoltaic network engineered to run heavy ski resort infrastructure entirely on green energy.
Powering the Mountain from Roofs and Facades
The newly integrated green energy matrix spans four strategic buildings across the mountain and ski area. Rather than clearing forested land for ground-mounted solar arrays, engineers utilized existing real estate by plastering solar panels across highly exposed roof and vertical facade surfaces.

The four interconnected systems generate a combined peak output of 306.38 kWp. Because of the high-altitude setting, the panels benefit from increased solar radiation and the natural cooling effect of mountain air, which prevents overheating and maximizes conversion efficiency compared to low-elevation urban arrays.
A Direct Pipeline to Snow Cannons and Lifts
Unlike traditional residential solar setups that feed electricity back into a public utility grid, Bad Kleinkirchheim’s network is designed for immediate, on-site consumption. The clean electricity flows directly into the daily operations of the mountain railways.
The generated power is wired to run the resort’s primary energy hogs: the high-voltage cable car systems, chairlifts, and the expansive automated snowmaking network. On freezing autumn and winter mornings, the solar array will directly feed electricity into the mountain’s high-pressure pumping stations, water storage reservoirs, and automated snow cannons, allowing the tourism company to offset a massive chunk of its seasonal carbon footprint.
Redefining the Energy Transition in Alpine Tourism
The initiative comes as ski areas across Europe face intense scrutiny over their energy consumption amid warming winters and volatile electricity markets. State officials are holding up Bad Kleinkirchheim as a prime blueprint for how the outdoor recreation sector can achieve self-sufficiency.
“The Bad Kleinkirchheim mountain lifts demonstrate how the energy transition can work in tourism,” Provincial Councillor Schuschnig emphasized during the presentation. “The electricity generated on their own roofs flows directly into operations. Every euro of funding also flows back into the local economy multiple times and largely remains in the region.”
By shielding itself from fluctuating commercial energy prices through clean, independent generation, the resort is laying a sustainable financial and environmental foundation to safeguard its winter operations for years to come.
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Waaree Energies in a regulatory filing said that a renowned customer placed an order for supply of 800 MW of solar modules.
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Waaree Energies shares rose as much as 1.6% to hit an intraday high of ₹3,080. | Image: Shutterstock
Waaree Energies shares rose as much as 1.6% to hit an intraday high of ₹3,080 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, June 15, after the company informed exchanges that it secured an order for supply of 800 megawatts of solar modules to renowned customer who is a leading energy solutions provider.
On the BSE, Waaree Energies shares rose as much as 1.47% to touch an intraday high of ₹3,076.
Waaree Energies in a regulatory filing said that a renowned customer who is a leading energy solutions provider placed an order for supply of 800 MW of solar modules in the current financial year.
Waaree Energies in April said that it recorded a 71.44% increase in its consolidated net profit attributable to the owners of the company at ₹1,061.1 crore for Q4 FY26. The company had posted a post-tax profit of ₹618.91 crore in the year-ago quarter.
Revenue from operations climbed 111.79% to ₹8,480.25 crore in Q4 FY26, compared to ₹4,003.93 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.
The company's operating EBITDA rose 70.91% to ₹1,576.76 crore in the quarter under review, compared to ₹922.57 crore a year back, according to an exchange filing. Operating EBITDA margin stood at 18.59% vs 23.04%.
Waaree Energies recommended a final dividend of ₹2 per share of ₹10 each at the rate of 20% for FY26, subject to approval of the members at the upcoming annual general meeting (AGM).
The company achieved module production of 4.2 GW in the reporting quarter and the highest ever annual production of 12.6 GW for FY26 backed by strong operational efficiency and scale advantages.
As of 1:22 pm, Waaree Energies shares traded 0.97% higher at ₹3,061, underperforming the NIFTY Midcap 50 index which was up 1.6%.
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Significant progress has been achieved on the construction of the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Plant in Murrayville Township, near Greenville City, with the successful installation of all 1,500 PV modules at the project site.
The completion of the solar panel installation marks an important milestone in the development of the renewable energy facility, which is expected to provide reliable and sustainable electricity to Greenville City and surrounding communities.
Project engineers have also completed the routing of PV cables connecting the solar arrays to the PV inverters in the field. In addition, the installation of alternating current (AC) cables linking the field equipment to the technical room has been finalized, paving the way for the next phase of system integration and testing.
The Solar PV Plant forms part of the European Union-funded Light Up Southeast Programme, implemented in partnership with the Government of Liberia through the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA). The project is designed to increase access to clean and affordable energy while supporting economic growth and improved public services in Sinoe County.
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Amsterdam / Oslo – 15 June 2026 – MPC Energy Solutions NV (“MPCES”, “The Company”) today announced that its 66.1 MWp San Patricio solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Guatemala has secured its final permit and has entered the testing and commissioning phase. The testing will start in the coming days and is then expected to take approximately two weeks. Following successful completion of the testing phase, the plant is anticipated to receive its Commercial Operation Date (COD) certificate during the month of July. Consequently, MPCES revised its timeline for starting operations from the originally guided second quarter of 2026 into the third quarter of 2026.
MPCES will be able to sell the energy generated during the testing phase and period until official COD through the spot market. Reaching COD will mark a key milestone for the San Patricio project and also represents a critical step toward the closing of the planned sale of the asset.
As a result of the delay into the third quarter, additional debt service payments, on-site staff commitments and operational expenses will have to be met, and the Company made an additional capital contribution of USD 1.5 million to cover the final stage of the project until COD. MPCES expects that nearly the entire amount of this additional funding will be recovered through proceeds from the agreed sale of the plant from contractually agreed closing adjustments to the purchase price.
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A four-year field study conducted at China’s National Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Demonstration Platform in Daqing has found that N-type TOPCon solar modules consistently outperformed N-type Back Contact (BC) modules in power generation, with the performance gap widening over time.
Located in Heilongjiang Province, the Daqing testing base operates under challenging climatic conditions characterized by low temperatures and high solar irradiance. The site, which has an average annual temperature of 5.5°C and irradiance levels ranging from 900 W/m² to 1,000 W/m², is widely regarded as a representative environment for evaluating the long-term performance, reliability and environmental resilience of photovoltaic technologies.
The first phase of the demonstration project was commissioned in January 2022 and brought together 12 photovoltaic manufacturers and 29 module products with a combined installed capacity of 24.25 MW. The project has since generated four years of continuous operational data under real-world conditions.
According to the latest evaluation, N-type TOPCon modules delivered an average power generation gain of 2.27% per watt compared with N-type BC modules over the four-year monitoring period.
The study also found that the performance advantage of TOPCon technology increased over time. TOPCon modules recorded a power generation gain of 1.39% in 2022, which rose to 2.68% in 2023 and further increased to 3.49% in 2025.
The findings suggest that TOPCon modules not only maintain stable long-term operational performance but also demonstrate sustained improvements in energy yield over extended deployment periods, potentially translating into higher lifetime returns for project developers and asset owners.
The report further highlighted notable performance differences within the TOPCon segment itself. According to the analysis, the gap in power generation between leading TOPCon products and standard TOPCon modules can reach around 2%, underscoring the importance of manufacturing quality, process control and technological expertise in determining field performance.
Among the products evaluated, JinkoSolar’s Tiger Neo series was identified as one of the leading performers. The company attributed the results to its large-scale commercialization of N-type TOPCon technology, mature manufacturing processes and continuous product optimization efforts.
The findings come amid growing competition between TOPCon, BC and other next-generation photovoltaic technologies as manufacturers seek to improve module efficiency, energy yield and long-term project economics.
Industry observers say the Daqing results provide valuable real-world operating data at a time when developers and investors are increasingly focusing on lifetime energy production rather than laboratory efficiency records alone when evaluating solar technologies.
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Thermal instability under temperature fluctuations remains a critical challenge for the practical deployment of perovskite solar cells. Here we report a wide-temperature-range fluid-phase grain boundary (WTR-FGB) strategy enabled by incorporating a molecular complex that remains fluid between −40 °C and 85 °C. When introduced into polycrystalline perovskite films, this molecular complex is found to preferentially localize at grain boundaries, forming a dynamically adaptive and mechanically compliant intergranular network. This WTR-FGB configuration appears to accommodate thermally induced lattice mismatch, mitigate strain accumulation and suppress defect evolution during thermal cycling. Correspondingly, perovskite films exhibit enhanced structural integrity, improved photoluminescence stability and reduced morphological degradation under repeated temperature variations. These material-level changes are associated with improved device performance, enabling n–i–p perovskite solar cells with a certified power conversion efficiency of 26.52%. Thermal cycling durability is also improved, with p–i–n devices retaining over 92% of initial power conversion efficiencies after 200 cycles in accordance with the International Electrotechnical Commission 61215 standard. This work suggests that mechanically adaptive WTR-FGB engineering may offer an effective pathway towards improving the efficiency and thermal robustness of perovskite photovoltaic devices under operational temperature fluctuations.
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Time-dependent evolution of F5, F7, F9 and their mixtures (F57, F59, F79 and F579) in vessels during inversion, illustrating their flow behaviour at room temperature.
Time-resolved AIMD simulation of a bare perovskite surface without F579 adsorption at −40 °C over a 10-ps trajectory.
Time-resolved AIMD simulation of a perovskite surface with F579 adsorption at −40 °C over a 10-ps trajectory.
Time-resolved AIMD simulation of a bare perovskite surface without F579 adsorption at 85 °C over a 10-ps trajectory.
Time-resolved AIMD simulation of a perovskite surface with F579 adsorption at 85 °C over a 10-ps trajectory.
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China’s top coal-producing region plans to build the country’s largest base for turning coal into oil, gas and chemicals to help reduce reliance on imports, highlighting how the Iran war has sharpened China’s focus on energy security.
Inner Mongolia is also China’s top producer of renewable energy, making it a microcosm of the country's complicated energy transition, with a reliance on foreign oil sitting alongside a relative abundance of coal.
At the same time, the process of converting coal into petroleum products is a significant and growing source of carbon emissions, challenging China's climate goals.
"We are scaling up and strengthening the domestic production capacity of coal-to-oil, coal-to-gas and coal-to-chemical projects in order to increase the domestic self-sufficiency of oil and gas," Huang Zhiqiang, the number two official in the region, said at a press conference on Thursday without providing further details.
A growing industry found almost nowhere else, production is still small compared to the vast amount of oil and gas China imports. China’s production volume of gas, liquids and chemicals from coal in 2024 was enough to replace only about 6 percent of the gas and crude oil China imported that year.
However, production is growing and in May, China's environment ministry signed off on a 22.1 billion yuan (US$3.3 billion), 800,000 metric-tons-per-year coal-to-olefin demonstration project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. Olefin is a basic building block for plastics and chemicals.
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Following a May incident in Gütersloh, Germany, where a firefighter was injured by electric shock during a blaze at a site with photovoltaic roof tiles, another fire broke out at a home fitted with solar tiles on June 9 in Kleve.
The fire affected a single-family home and required about 65 firefighters, who worked for nearly five hours to extinguish the fire. Initial reports of a balcony fire escalated after crews arrived and found the roof structure involved.
According to Kleve fire department spokesperson Florian Pose, the roof included integrated photovoltaic tiles and a green roof system, which complicated firefighting by making hotspots harder to detect and prolonging operations.
The fire remained confined to the roof, and the interior was not affected. All occupants evacuated safely, and no injuries were reported. The cause is still under investigation.
During the operation, firefighters partially dismantled the roof to reach hidden hotspots and fully extinguish the fire. The intervention lasted until about 7:00 p.m., after which the fire was out and the road was reopened.
One key challenge with integrated photovoltaic roofs is that the modules continue generating voltage when exposed to sunlight. “When the sun is shining, these modules are always energized,” said fire department spokesperson Florian Pose.
Unlike standard rooftop systems where panels are mounted above the roof, solar tiles are built into the structure itself. This makes access more difficult and complicates ventilation and firefighting tactics.
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The Gütersloh case highlighted broader risks linked to building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), including persistent electrical generation during daylight, hard-to-access conductors, and the need to remove structural roof elements during firefighting.
While European fire services have developed protocols for photovoltaic systems, the growing use of integrated solar solutions is introducing new operational challenges.
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Agriculture requires large amounts of resources, especially water and energy. Almost a third of global greenhouse gases are linked to agriculture. As world population grows, the demand for food and agricultural production only increases. That’s where agrivoltaics come in, utilizing land for both solar installation and agricultural production, fostering a symbiotic bond between agriculture and energy.
Agriovoltaics allows for more efficient land use while also protecting agricultural yields. Solar panels protect plants from intense weather conditions and prevent them from exceeding their light saturation point, while plants help keep solar panels cool. The protection of plants also protects economies that rely on agriculture. At the same time, solar energy can power essential agricultural needs like equipment. The excess energy produced in agrivoltaics is stored in battery banks or transmitted to the grid for other users.
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Chad Higgins, an environmental engineer at Oregon State University, told Reuters in 2023 that agrivoltaics nullifies the choice between energy and farm production. “The solar versus ag debate is a non-starter…They’re [solar panels] like any other electronic device, they become more efficient as they become cooler, so it can be a truly symbiotic relationship.”
Challenges still exist, especially cost. The high start-up expenses and the difficulty in having farmworkers adapt to new systems are obstacles that reinforce the importance of realism. Still, the many advantages of agrivoltaics are a reason for optimism. According to Colorado State University, utilizing agrivoltaics for land systems can potentially increase farm productivity from 35 to 73 percent. Through prioritizing sustainability and energy efficiency, agrivoltaics embody a win-win situation.
Agrivoltaics is only becoming more popular. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, solar energy could jump from providing 4 percent of the U.S. electrical supply to 40 percent by 2035. Moreover, policy across the United States from Colorado to New York is working to increase awareness, research, and usage of agrivoltaics systems, amplifying it as the future of sustainable agriculture.
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Since its passage, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has introduced new constraints for companies seeking clean energy tax credits, requiring projects to meet both domestic content thresholds and foreign entity of concern (FEOC) sourcing restrictions. Together, these provisions have compressed eligibility timelines, created new cost considerations related to higher-priced non-FEOC equipment and generated procurement, supply chain and system design issues.
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FEOC restrictions are primarily directed at modules and components sourced from Chinese manufacturers, which have historically supplied the majority of utility-scale PV equipment in the U.S. market.
With the July 4 beginning-of-construction and safe harbor deadline approaching, developers and EPCs are racing to find approaches that remain compliant with the new law while still capturing as much of the FEOC cost advantage as possible and meeting project timelines. One strategy gaining traction is blended module procurement, combining FEOC and non-FEOC modules within the same project.
Done correctly, this approach improves supply flexibility, reduces cost pressure and preserves a pathway to achieving FEOC-compliance, domestic content and full investment tax credit (ITC) eligibility. Done incorrectly, it can eliminate tens of millions of dollars in credit value.
The OBBBA introduced two distinct compliance considerations for projects looking to secure §48E ITC and §45Y PTC. Both are important and must be properly addressed to receive full credit value, but they carry different consequences when missed.
The FEOC material assistance restriction disqualifies a project from claiming tax credits entirely if prohibited foreign entity (PFE)-sourced manufactured product costs exceed a statutory threshold. The compliance calculation, known as the material assistance cost ratio (MACR), requires that non-PFE sourced costs represent at least 40% of total manufactured product costs in 2026, rising annually to 45% in 2027, and 50% in 2028. For energy storage, the threshold jumps from 55% in 2026 to 60% in 2027, and then 65% in 2028.
The domestic content bonus adds 10 percentage points to the base credit rate for projects sourcing enough manufactured products from U.S. suppliers. The current 2026 threshold is 50% U.S.-origin cost, which is set to rise to 55% in 2027. Failing to meet this threshold forfeits the adder but not the base credit.
Most developers have remained focused on project-level FEOC and domestic content calculations. However, the regulatory text points to something stricter.
The final IRS regulations under §45Y and §48E define a unit of qualified facility as all solar panels connected to a common inverter. The MACR statute cross-references the same definition. This means that in a utility-scale project with dozens or hundreds of central inverters, each inverter block is its own compliance unit, not the project as a whole.
The OBBBA’s material assistance provisions apply to each “qualified facility” as defined under §48E, which adopts this same unit definition. IRS Notice 2026-15, which is the primary FEOC compliance guidance issued under the OBBBA, confirms that a separate MACR calculation is required for each qualified facility, meaning per-inverter-block compliance is the operative standard. Per-inverter-block compliance should also mean project-level compliance, so designing for the former is key. Designing for project-level compliance and being inaccurate exposes every non-compliant inverter block to credit disqualification. This creates an asymmetry that strongly favors treating the inverter block as the compliance unit immediately.
Practically, this creates a problem for blended procurement strategies. Without a solution that enables FEOC and non-FEOC modules to be mixed on the same inverter block, the only two viable architectures are:
Mixing FEOC and non-FEOC modules from different manufacturers on the same inverter is not straightforward in a conventional central inverter system. Two technical problems arise:
First, string mismatch occurs because modules from different manufacturers have different electrical characteristics, including current output, temperature coefficients and degradation profiles. In a central inverter system, mismatched strings in parallel force the inverter’s single MPPT to find a compromise operating point, reducing energy yield across all strings.
Second, reverse current damage can occur when a higher-current string drives current backward through a lower-current string in a parallel-connected configuration, potentially damaging bypass diodes and cells. This risk grows as the two module populations age at different rates over the asset life. It may also put module warranties at risk.
Addressing these issues is necessary to preserve system performance, reliability and long-term project economics while navigating FEOC and domestic content requirements.
Ampt string optimizers are DC/DC converters deployed between the module strings and the combiner box. Each optimizer performs independent maximum power point tracking (MPPT) on its input strings, conditioning each string’s output before it combines with others on the DC bus. This eliminates the direct parallel electrical connection between dissimilar strings, removing mismatch losses and reverse current risk.
The result is that FEOC and non-FEOC modules can be placed on the same central inverter block without electrical performance penalty, regardless of differences in manufacturer specifications or long-term degradation profiles. Every inverter block can be designed to satisfy both the per-inverter MACR threshold and the domestic content bonus threshold simultaneously.
Optimizers can be deployed across all strings to enable blending of FEOC and non-FEOC modules on each inverter block, achieving per-inverter FEOC compliance and full eligibility for ITC and the domestic content bonus. Full deployment also captures additional system-level benefits, including reduced electrical balance-of-system cost, inverter and transformer capex savings, improved lifetime energy yield and O&M savings from granular string-level monitoring data that also supports compliance documentation efforts. A partial deployment, for example only on the strings carrying non-FEOC modules, can also achieve the blending capability needed for per-inverter compliance.
Ampt has modeled the economic impact of these design decisions across four scenarios for a representative 130-MW_DC utility-scale project. The scenarios progress from a 0% FEOC baseline through full optimizer deployment with 70% FEOC module procurement.
Based on a 130-MW_DC/100-MW_AC project, 2026 construction start, $1.10/W installed cost, 30% base ITC, 93.5¢ transfer price, $0.08/W FEOC module price advantage. Scenario B result reflects ITC on non-FEOC blocks only with domestic content bonus lost due to per-inverter test failure on FEOC-dedicated blocks.
The four scenarios together frame a range of economic outcomes. Scenario A — all non-FEOC modules, no optimizer — achieves full ITC and domestic content bonus eligibility but forfeits the procurement cost advantage that FEOC modules offer. At scale, that forgone savings represents millions of dollars in higher module costs relative to a blended procurement strategy. Scenario B captures the FEOC module cost advantage by having FEOC and non-FEOC modules on separate inverter blocks but ends up with only ITC qualification on the non-FEOC inverter blocks and loses the domestic content bonus altogether, producing the worst outcome of the four. Scenarios C and D use string optimizers to blend modules on each inverter block enabling full ITC and domestic content bonus eligibility while also capturing FEOC module procurement savings. In the case of the full deployment of optimizers in scenario D, there are additional system-level cost savings and energy production benefits. Both optimizer scenarios generate materially higher total value than the others.
A full technical paper detailing the compliance framework, the engineering basis for the blending solution and the complete four-scenario value analysis is available by contacting Ampt or downloading online. Developers with specific project configurations are welcome to reach out to Ampt for a project-specific compliance and value analysis.
As the July 2026 safe harbor and construction deadline approaches, utility-scale developers can no longer treat FEOC compliance, domestic content strategy and system design as separate workstreams. The regulatory framework links all three, and the financial consequences of misalignment can be worth tens of millions of dollars. Yet, proactive design strategies that enable cost-effective blending of FEOC and non-FEOC modules, without compromising performance, reliability or compliance, are the practical path to preserving full tax credit eligibility and maximizing project value.
Aaron Gomolak is CEO of Ampt, a manufacturer of DC power management products for utility-scale solar and energy storage systems. Ampt has direct experience with deploying blended module PV system designs at scale.
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