In 2025, large-scale U.S. utility solar costs range from $0.95 to $1.23 per watt (DC) for a new, single-axis tracking system, with the final cost depending heavily on project size, location, and ...

Puerto Rico has reached 1.3 GW of residential solar and 185,000 residential batteries, with Wood Mackenzie expecting three more GWh of residential storage by 2029. Utility-scale solar and storage ...

SEC Renewable Energy Park in Victoria, the first state-owned solar-plus-storage project in Australia, is one of a growing number of hybrid projects. Image: SEC Victoria. As Australia’s renewable ...

The pace of utility-scale solar additions is set to nearly double in H2 2025, with the EIA forecasting 21.3GW across the US. Chart: EIA. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has forecast ...

The latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Employment report found employment in the PV sector surpassed 5 million in 2024, with distributed solar accounting for ...

CHARLOTTE — A bill that would raise taxes on utility-scale solar facilities in North Carolina by 500% is moving through the Statehouse. House Bill 729, known as the Farmland Protection Act, passed the ...

As Texas becomes the country’s leader in generating solar power, the state’s propensity for severe hailstorms is a hazard that energy companies aim to manage. I’m writing about solar and hail this ...

According to American Clean Power, utility-scale solar is currently the third-largest renewable energy source in the world. And despite recent changes in law reducing future tax credits, solar power’s ...

Solar dominates new energy generation in the U.S., accounting for 69% of new capacity additions in Q1 of 2025. But although most of this added capacity comes from utility-scale projects, the ...

LAFAYETTE, IN — Rainbow Trout Solar unveiled a revised plan that shrinks its footprint for solar panels by about 22% in its industrial-scale solar farm proposed for northwestern Tippecanoe County. The ...

The Michigan DNR, in a decision it didn't announce to the general public, earlier this month announced a continued pause on leases of state-managed forest lands for utility-scale solar projects. DNR ...