Solar companies compete to advance tandem cell technology

Companies like Qcells, Trinasolar and LONGi are betting on perovskite and silicon tandem technology and achieving recent breakthroughs in stability and efficiency.

By Diana DiGangi • May 15, 2025

Repealing energy tax credits would raise electricity costs, study says

The Clean Energy Buyers Association, which represents big tech companies and other large off-takers, said the Republican budget proposal could hurt their members.

By Meris Lutz • May 15, 2025

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Sustainability

Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.

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‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters

The devices could give adversaries a way to disable power grids, damage energy infrastructure and trigger blackouts, specialists say. 

By Robert Freedman • May 15, 2025

Resetting net zero: What next?

Governments, businesses and investors should seek to maintain long-term investment in competitive technologies while taking a proactive approach to sectors most vulnerable to the current slowdown.

By Adrian Del Maestro • May 15, 2025

Summer demand is soaring and inverter-based resources are a ‘key risk’: NERC

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. plans to issue an alert within the next month regarding inverter-based resources and the risks they present, officials said.

By Robert Walton • May 15, 2025

Lawmakers spar over IRA credits in budget hearings

Members of the House are debating the Inflation Reduction Act’s costs and benefits after Republicans proposed major cuts.

By Diana DiGangi • May 14, 2025

Electricity consumption is rising, driving solar, storage expansion: EIA

Battery storage capacity additions through 2026 are expected to outpace wind, small-scale solar and natural gas, according to the Energy Information Administration.

By Diana DiGangi • May 13, 2025

House GOP proposes early phaseout of IRA clean energy tax credits

The House Ways and Means Committee’s draft budget scales back the technology-neutral clean energy investment and production tax credits while leaving carbon capture credits largely intact.

By Brian Martucci • May 13, 2025

Trump DOE’s latest move would roll some energy standards back decades

Legal challenges are likely to the U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts to repeal or alter 47 energy efficiency, climate reporting and other regulations, experts said.

By Meris Lutz • May 13, 2025

Empire Wind 1 stop work order may force project’s termination soon: Equinor

The company says it will be forced to terminate the 810-MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project entirely if the situation isn’t resolved “within days.”

By Diana DiGangi • May 12, 2025

America’s moment to secure its critical mineral future

As Congress works through reconciliation, we have a historic opportunity to reassert American industrial strength, safeguard national security and power a cleaner, technologically competitive future.

By Heather Reams • May 12, 2025

Sunrun reports solid Q1 earnings amid tax, tariff uncertainty

The distributed energy provider’s new Flex product helped lift its U.S. market share to 19% of new solar installations and 45% of new storage installations, Sunrun said Wednesday.

By Brian Martucci • May 9, 2025

Why surging demand and grid transformation will define the utility sector in 2025

The utilities that succeed will be the ones that can manage today’s operational stress while preparing for tomorrow’s energy ecosystem.

By Kyle Jones • May 9, 2025

IRA’s fate unclear as Republicans look to finance megabill

The Inflation Reduction Act is a likely target in a plan to cut $2 trillion in spending, but certain provisions have benefited red districts.

By Diana DiGangi • May 8, 2025

ISO New England prepares for 11% rise in annual electricity consumption

The increase over the next decade will primarily come from heating electrification and growing adoption of electric vehicles, the grid operator said.

By Robert Walton • May 7, 2025

States sue Trump administration over halt on wind energy development

Attorneys general from 17 Democratic-led states and D.C. have asked a district court to block Trump’s ban on wind energy approvals and declare it illegal.

By Diana DiGangi • May 6, 2025

Texas renewables restrictions could increase power prices by 14% in 2035: Aurora

Reliability would also suffer — and load-shedding events become more likely — in a renewables-restricted future amid a years-long gas turbine backlog, Aurora said.

By Brian Martucci • May 6, 2025

Exowatt’s ‘next-generation renewable energy’ tech could power data centers faster

The Miami-based company raised $70 million to commercialize its solar-powered energy system, which can provide round-the-clock power without a grid connection.

By Brian Martucci • May 6, 2025

US solar, battery manufacturing to expand through 2027 despite uncertainty: Anza Renewables

This year, Anza sees tighter supplies and higher prices for U.S.-made solar cells and battery components as tariffs push buyers toward domestic options.

By Brian Martucci • May 5, 2025

At-risk IRA tax credits drive industrial-scale infrastructure in red and blue states

The Inflation Reduction Act is a bipartisan success story, but if these tax credits disappear, so will plans for future factories, jobs and the chance to reclaim our industrial leadership.

By Joby Bernstein and Claire Petersen • May 5, 2025

Trump proposes slashing DOE budget by $19.3B

The president proposed making deep cuts to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

By Diana DiGangi • May 5, 2025

Tariffs could add $500M to offshore wind project cost, says Dominion CEO

Dominion Energy estimates that by the end of Q2, the cost of its 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project will increase by at least $120 million due to new tariffs.

By Diana DiGangi • May 2, 2025

Southern California Edison likely faces ‘material losses’ from Eaton Fire, CEO says

The utility plans to tap California's wildfire insurance fund to pay off most of the potential damages, company leaders said.

By Emma Penrod • May 2, 2025

Corning increased solar Michigan facility investment to $1.5B

The additional $600 million aims to accelerate advanced manufacturing operations of its solar wafers.

By Sara Samora • May 1, 2025

Equinor considers legal action over stop work order for Empire Wind project

“What is happening now around the project is dramatic. It is extraordinary and unprecedented,” said Equinor CEO Anders Opedal.

By Diana DiGangi • May 1, 2025