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Thin-film solar products from Ascent Solar show resilience in simulated low-Earth orbit tests
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (271+ words) Ascent Solar Technologies, a U. S. manufacturer of copper indium gallium-selenide (CIGS) thin-film PV products, has announced the successful completion of product testing designed to simulate exposure to atomic oxygen (AO), a highly-reactive single atom form of oxygen created when solar radiation…...
How a Colorado tribe beat the federal solar permit freeze
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (331+ words) A 170 MW solar and 80 MW battery storage project has broken ground on tribal lands in northwest New Mexico, squeaking through a rapidly tightening federal regulatory environment that has halted other renewable developments across the United States." While the U. S. domestic solar…...
Agrivoltaics as a permitting and market-access strategy - why now
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (278+ words) Agrivoltaics can, in this context, function as a market-access and permitting strategy. Agrivoltaics is the process of using land for solar power generation and agriculture at the same time. By strategically planning out and placing tilted solar panels above crops…...
Competition grows for solar industry workforce
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (315+ words) While the solar industry looks to fill this gap with skilled workers, other sectors are recruiting from the solar workers have the technical skills needed in other power sectors. According to the United States Energy & Employment Report (USEER), the electric…...
Tesla announces 13. 5 GWh energy storage deployments in Q2, sets July earnings date
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (240+ words) Tesla has announced it deployed 13. 5 GWh of energy storage capacity across the globe in Q2 2026, up 53% from the 8. 8 GWh the company deployed in Q1 and up 40% compared to the 9. 6 GWh deployed in Q2 2025." The Q2 deployments represent Tesla's second-largest quarterly total to date, falling…...
EVelution begins construction on 28 MW solar plant to power Arizona cobalt processing plant
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (194+ words) EVelution'Energy has officially broken ground on the 28 MW solar facility designed to power its upcoming critical minerals processing hub in Yuma County, Arizona.' The installation of the first permanent steel mounting piles across the 150-acre solar site marks the physical…...
Why clean energy procurement is no longer just about price
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (524+ words) Project development procurement used to be about finding the right equipment at the right price. Today, it's more like solving a Rubik's Cube. Every move affects financing, project viability, tariff costs, domestic content compliance, project schedules, and long-term risk. To…...
Opsun introduces commercial flat-roof inverter racking system
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (515+ words) pv magazine USA Opsun introduces commercial flat-roof inverter racking system North Carolina-based racking supplier Opsun Systems announced the immediate availability and shipping of its new Sun Rail Inverter Rack. Designed to eliminate the unstandardized field improvisation often associated with mounting…...
Sam Altman-backed Exowatt targets 'Frontier Land' data centers with modular solar thermal storage
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (288+ words) A 2026 Gallup survey found that 71% of Americans oppose constructing local data centers for artificial intelligence due to concerns over regional power, water, and grid capacity. As'hyperscalers'explore alternative infrastructure locations, clean energy startup Exowatt argues that the near-term solution'sits on'underutilized acreage…...
Martha's Vineyard Hospital launches community-funded housing solar model
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (417+ words) Ryan joined pv magazine in 2021, bringing experience from a top residential solar installer and a U. S. -based inverter manufacturer. He holds a Master of Energy and Environmental Management degree at the University of Connecticut and a degree in Management with a…...