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Solar industry launches platform for grassroots advocacy

2 days ago | pv-magazine-usa.com | Ryan Kennedy

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced the launch of Solar Powers America, a platform supporting solar policy advocacy. The new platform provides information on how to contact legislators and voice support for pro-solar policies. Solar Powers America is launching during a time when Congress is negotiating the federal budget resolution.
En EE. UU., el senado de Texas aprueba un proyecto de ley contra la energía solar y eólica

2 days ago | pv-magazine-mexico.com | Ryan Kennedy

El senado de Texas, en Estados Unidos, ha aprobado por 22 votos a favor y 9 en contra el proyecto de ley 819 del Senado. El proyecto de ley impone restricciones a los proyectos de energía solar y eólica, exigiendo nuevos permisos, imponiendo tasas, añadiendo nuevos requisitos reglamentarios y gravando los proyectos con nuevos impuestos.
OnePlanet closes seed funding for $90 million Florida solar panel recycling facility

2 days ago | pv-magazine-usa.com | Ryan Kennedy

OnePlanet Solar Recycling announced it secured a $7 million seed financing round to support the development of a solar panel recycling facility in Green Cove Springs, Florida. The $90 million facility is designed to process over 2 million end-of-life solar panels by 2027. By 2030, OnePlanet expects to process 6 million solar panels per year at the site. In parallel with the equity raise, the company was awarded a $14.5 million Investment Tax Credit from the Department of Energy.
New tool aims to cut costly hail losses in utility-scale solar

2 days ago | pv-magazine.com | Ryan Kennedy

From pv magazine USANorth America’s $14 billion large-scale solar industry is a “sitting duck” with glass panels sitting in fields with “little to no protection,” said VDE Americas, a technical due-diligence and risk-mitigation service provider. VDE said industry hail damage insurance claims represent only 2% of all claims filed but comprise over 50% of the total costs. The risk is large, but the industry has developed solutions to address and mitigate this increasingly relevant risk.
Addressing hail damage risks in utility-scale solar

3 days ago | pv-magazine-usa.com | Ryan Kennedy

North America’s $14 billion large-scale solar industry is a “sitting duck” with glass panels sitting in fields with “little to no protection,” said VDE Americas, a technical due-diligence and risk-mitigation service provider. VDE said industry hail damage insurance claims represent only 2% of all claims filed but comprise over 50% of the total costs. The risk is large, but the industry has developed solutions to address and mitigate this increasingly relevant risk.
Partnership forms to advance one of the largest U.S. solar projects

3 days ago | pv-magazine-usa.com | Ryan Kennedy

Philadelphia-based developer Doral Renewables announced it has selected NovaSource Power Services as the operations and maintenance provider and generator-operator for the Mammoth Solar project in Indiana. Mammoth Solar, living up to its name, is one of the largest solar projects in the United States. The four-phase project is set to add nearly 1.6 GWdc solar capacity.
California proposes break to rooftop solar contracts, raising average bills $63

6 days ago | pv-magazine-usa.com | Ryan Kennedy

A new proposal in the California legislature, AB 942, seeks to break nearly two million rooftop solar net metering contracts and shift existing customers onto a rate structure that would decrease credits on their electricity bills by roughly 80%. If passed, the proposal would increase a typical solar customer’s bill by $63 per month. Over two million rooftop solar projects are installed in California on homes, schools, small businesses, and other rate paying customer sites.
Nearly $8 billion in U.S. clean energy investment announcements cancelled in 2025

1 week ago | pv-magazine-usa.com | Ryan Kennedy

A report from E2, which tracks clean energy manufacturing and project investment related to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, said that nearly $7.9 billion in investments and 16 new large-scale factories have been cancelled, closed, or downsized in the first three months of 2025. The sharp decline in investment comes amid escalating market uncertainty around regulatory support for clean energy.
Global corporate solar funding falls 41% to $4.8 billion in Q1 2025

1 week ago | pv-magazine.com | Ryan Kennedy

A quarterly report from Mercom Capital said corporate funding in solar globally reached about $4.8 billion in Q1, 2025. This is a decline of 41% compared to Q1, 2024 totals of $8.2 billion in Q1, 2024. “The drop in funding this quarter reflects growing investor caution in response to policy reversals, tariff shocks, and regulatory uncertainties that have forced companies and investors to reassess their strategies,” said Raj Prabhu, chief executive officer at Mercom Capital Group.
Texas Senate passes anti-solar, wind bill

1 week ago | pv-magazine-usa.com | Ryan Kennedy

The Texas Senate voted 22-9 to pass Senate Bill 819. The bill places restrictions on solar and wind power projects, requiring new permits, assessing fees, adding new regulatory requirements and placing new taxes on the projects. The legislation “adds onerous requirements to new solar projects that would not apply to other energy sources except wind,” said the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA).