Americas

Tariffs on US imports will increase the cost of US solar PV and energy storage technologies and slow the rate of project development, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

A total of 83% of module manufacturers have had at least one test failure in the Kiwa PVEL 2025 Module Reliability Scorecard, up from 66% a year ago.

US independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch has invested US$3 million in autonomous robotics company Swap Robotics.

US capital infrastructure investor NextEra Energy Resources has commissioned its first 100MW utility-scale Amite Solar facility in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.

The US Department of Energy budget proposal promises to remove funding for solar and wind energy and expand support for nuclear weapons.

Canadian solar manufacturer Heliene has opened a 500MW module assembly plant in Rogers, in the US state of Minnesota.

GameChange Solar has announced plans to double the capacity of its Saudi Arabia tracker component manufacturing facility to 6GW.

National Grid Renewables has rebranded to Geronimo Power following its acquisition by Canadian asset manager Brookfield.

The US Department of Energy has downsized a loan to US residential solar installer Sunnova from an initial US$3 billion to US$371.6 million.

The US added 7.4GW of new renewable energy capacity in the first three months of 2025, with deployments and planned projects concentrated in Republican-voting states.