Americas

Total corporate funding in the solar PV industry reached US$22.2 billion in 2025, a 16% year-on-year decrease.

To say that it has been a busy time for the US solar industry lately would be an understatement, especially at the policy and tariff level.

Energy generation and storage developer Estuary Power has completed the final phase of construction at its Escape solar project in Lincoln County, Nevada. 

The USPTO has denied three challenges to patents held by US solar manufacturer First Solar pertaining to its production of TOPCon cells.

Radial Power has secured US$355 million from Goldman Sachs for 214MW of distributed solar across 106 projects nationwide.

The Colombian government has announced a grid expansion plan which it says will facilitate up to 6GW of new clean energy capacity in the country’s Caribbean region.

US solar firm SunPower has signed a letter of intent to acquire California-based residential and commercial installer Cobalt Power Systems in an all-equity transaction. 

Solar PV has met two-thirds (61%) of the US electricity demand growth in 2025, according to a report from think tank Ember.

Global tech giant Amazon has been approved as the buyer of the 1.2GW Sunstone solar project in Oregon, one of the largest solar PV projects in the US.

US C&I solar developer Altus Power has acquired four solar projects with a total capacity of 105MW from IPP Cordelio Power.