Americas

The attachment rate of energy storage with a solar array has reached 69% in the first quarter of 2025 for US residential installer Sunrun, while the company expects the tariff outlook to be manageable.

The US National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has laid off 114 employees as proposed federal cuts affect the Department of Energy (DOE).

The Scarlet II Solar Energy Park currently features 200MW of solar capacity paired with a 40MW/160MWh BESS.

Israel-headquartered inverter producer SolarEdge has shipped 1.2GW of PV inverters in the first quarter of 2025.

The CEO of America’s main solar trade body, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), has predicted a difficult few years ahead for the US solar industry as it navigates tariff and policy disruption.

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo profiles Silicon Ranch, a US IPP whose ‘Regenerative Energy’ concept takes a holistic approach to PV development.

Independent power producer (IPP) Cypress Creek Renewables has secured US$150 million in financing to advance the construction of its 104MW Ostrea Solar project in northeast Yakima County, Washington. 

The global solar market will continue to slow in 2025 after 2024 saw the total capacity growth rate decrease by over 50%, according to a report from SolarPower Europe (SPE).

Tom Kenning investigates the scale of local opposition to solar projects and the measures developers are employing to win back support.

Sunraycer Renewables has signed two Environmental Attribute Purchase Agreements (EAPAs) with Meta for 310MW of solar PV in Texas, US.