Americas

Welcome to the PV Tech Best of the Week roundup, covering the week's biggest stories from the global solar industry.

Bright Saver co-founder Cora Stryker examines how fragmented state policies are shaping the US plug-in market’s growth.

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) will funnel US$5.25 billion into 31 “grid-improvement” projects across the US, which it claims will allow for 23GW of additional electricity capacity.

Henner Jahnke of Jurchen Technology examines whether high-density east-west systems can outperform trackers under today’s solar economics.

US Policy Focus: PV Tech looks at the Indian AD/CVD determinations, the ban on certain power equipment and other recent developments.

The US has published new limits on polysilicon imports to the US ahead of new tariffs coming into force on 4 December.

The US clean energy sector has gone from creating 100,000 new jobs a year to shedding nearly 40,000 in 2025, according to a report by E2.

Recycling solution firm Comstock Metals and its parent company, Comstock, have started operations at its solar panel recycling facility in Silver Springs, Nevada.

The median price for solar PV modules imported to the US has increased by more than 40% since the imposition of tariffs set under Section 232.

US renewable energy developer NorthStar Clean Energy has completed construction of a 120MW solar PV project in Oceana County, Michigan.