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Origami Solar starts US steel frame production days after 25% metal tariff announced

February 13, 2025
The announcement comes just days after the Trump administration announced plans for a 25% tariff on steel and aluminium imports.
VDE's Hail Risk Atlas shows the severity of hail risk across the contintental US. Image: VDE Americas

US solar ‘dramatically underprepared’ for hail threat – VDE Americas

February 12, 2025
Damaging hailstorms can occur frequently across states like Texas and Illinois which have become major utility-scale solar markets.
A 3.3MW community solar project in Vermont built by Encore in a brownfield site. Image: Encore Renewable Energy.

The Nature Conservancy to develop 17 solar PV and storage projects on former Appalachian coal mines

February 12, 2025
The projects will be developed by Sun Tribe Development and ENGIE across the US states of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
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Universal Kraft secures grid access funds for 1.7GW Alberta PV capacity

February 12, 2025
Universal Kraft said it would aid in its Generator Unit Owner Contribution (GUOC) obligations mandated by the state of Alberta.
Verano Energy secures a power purchase agreement for its Domeyko solar-plus-storage project in Chile.

Verano Energy inks Chilean PPA for 83MW solar-plus-storage plant

February 11, 2025
Located in the solar hotbed region of Atacama in northern Chile, the Domeyko project will have an 83MW solar PV capacity and 660MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity.
EDPR North America's Misenheimer solar park in North Carolina.

Microsoft and EDPR sign VPPAs for 389MW of US solar capacity

February 11, 2025
US technology giant Microsoft has signed virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for 389MW of solar capacity with EDP Renewables.
Image: Nextracker.

Trump announces 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium

February 11, 2025
The US solar industry was previously sanguine about Trump's initial tariffs, though the impacts of these metal tariffs are unclear.
The solar industry is watching to see if the emerging generation of perovskite-based PV. Credit: Fraunhofer ISE.
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The hope and hype of commercial perovskites

February 10, 2025
Will Norman asks if mass-scale deployment of perovskite technology is now imminent and whether it could unseat crystalline silicon as the dominant solar technology.
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US energy companies call for tax credits support, solar ITC deals reach US$5.75 billion in 2024

February 10, 2025
A broad coalition of US energy companies and groups have called for clean energy tax credit support in the US, amidst Trump's recent executive orders.
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US solar module prices increase, efficiency improvements slow – CEA

February 10, 2025
Factors including import duties and changing tax rates in China have driven up US module prices, according to CEA's latest pricing report.

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