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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.

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

Neoen has signed a 25-year PPA to sell electricity generated at its 157MW Mino Giizis project in Canada to SaskPower.

US distributed generation platform Aspen Power has raised US$200 million in capital to support 'growth initiatives' across the US.

ENGIE and Ampion added new solar capacity, Reactivate plans to build on landfill sites and Pivot has completed the first phase of a portfolio.

SunPower and the REC Group have unveiled a new 470W solar panel, dubbed 'Monolith', which is designed for use in the US residential sector.

Investor HASI and residential solar and storage developer Sunrun have announced a joint venture to finance 300MW of renewable energy capacity.

US utility Consumers Energy has started operations at its 250MW Muskegon solar PV project, its largest in the US state of Michigan.

Canadian Solar has appointed Colin Parkin to its presidency to replace Dr Shawn Qu, who will remain as the company’s chairman and CEO.

PV Tech spoke to Vihann Kong of Ampion about its work in 2025 and positive state-level legislation the sector can expect to see in 2026.