A federal judge from Massachusetts has halted five separate orders from the Trump administration that were impeding renewable energy project development with federal oversight. Chief Judge Denise Casper from Massachusetts’ U.S. District Court filed a preliminary injunction on Tuesday blocking these orders claiming that they violate an administrative procedure law and are damaging to renewable… The post Federal court halts Trump administration’s orders impeding solar, wind development appeared first on Solar Power World.

Clean energy marketplace Ever.green has completed the 5-MW Baron solar project in Anson County, North Carolina. The project was developed and will be owned and operated by Headwater Energy. A group of Microsoft suppliers, including Slalom Consulting, Centific Technologies, ImagiCorps, BDA, Eleven 11 Solutions, TASA Analytics and Visionet Systems signed long-term contracts for renewable energy certificates… The post 5-MW solar project largely financed by Microsoft suppliers seeking renewable energy certificates appeared first on Solar Power World.

New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Lithonia, Georgia, is celebrating becoming one of the first faith communities in the state to install both solar and battery storage on its campus, and is the first commercial pilot participant to pursue battery storage with Georgia BRIGHT and Capital Good Fund. The move comes as part… The post Georgia church adds solar, storage and EV chargers to campus to act as community’s resilience hub appeared first on Solar Power World.

Geronimo Power announced that the 270-MW Blevins Solar Project in Falls County, Texas, is now online. “The Blevins project reflects Geronimo’s commitment to building energy infrastructure that delivers real value to communities,” said Gemma Smith, Vice President of Operations at Geronimo. “Working alongside partners such as Fujifilm and Bristol Myers Squibb, we’re delivering dependable power… The post 270-MW Blevins Solar Project comes online in Texas appeared first on Solar Power World.

Environmental and waste management company Clean Earth has received state permission to begin solar panel recycling at its Lancaster, Texas, facility that processes electronic waste. “Grouping our electronics recycling operations in Lancaster is a direct response to what our customers and the broader renewable energy market needs — one trusted partner who can efficiently and… The post Clean Earth e-waste processing site in Texas can now recycle solar panels appeared first on Solar Power World.

Meta has signed on to reserve 100 GWh of energy storage capacity from long-duration energy storage (LDES) developer Noon Energy. The collaboration will begin with a 25-MW/2.5-GWh project, scheduled for completion by 2028. Following the success of that project, Noon will begin delivering systems under a 1-GW/100-GWh supply contract. The agreement aligns with Meta’s drive… The post Meta calls on Noon Energy for 100 GWh of ultra-long duration energy storage appeared first on Solar Power World.

SPI Energy, the company behind the Solar4America solar panel brand that had plans for increased silicon solar supply chain manufacturing in the United States, has taken steps to file Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States. The company has insolvency proceedings pending in the Cayman Islands, and its appointed liquidators have filed appropriate petitions in… The post SPI Energy, Solar4America brand start bankruptcy proceedings in US appeared first on Solar Power World.

Tesla Cybertrucks can now participate in PG&E’s residential vehicle-to-everything (V2X) program, a bidirectional electric vehicle integration effort in California. PG&E customers who own a Cybertruck can utilize PG&E’s V2X program to install Powershare Home Backup and activate Powershare Grid Support. With these, customers can use their vehicle to power their home in an outage and… The post PG&E adds Tesla Cybertrucks to bidirectional EV program appeared first on Solar Power World.

A U.S. solar panel manufacturer will soon be producing silicon panels with perovskite-coated glass, a first for the country. Solx, a panel assembler starting up in Puerto Rico, has signed a five-year, 3-GW partnership with Caelux, a California-based perovskite company. The collaboration will integrate Caelux’s perovskite glass into Solx’s Aurora solar module, creating a panel… The post Caelux-Solx relationship starts mass-production of perovskite-silicon solar panels in US appeared first on Solar Power World.

The new Fronius Essential Backup Load Unit (Fronius EBLU), a microgrid interconnect device, will be available to U.S. customers starting April 30, 2026. A companion to the Fronius GEN24 Plus inverter, the microgrid interconnect device automatically disconnects the grid connection from the Fronius GEN24 Plus and subpanel to safely power the backup circuits. This allows… The post Fronius releases microgrid interconnect device EBLU appeared first on Solar Power World.

PowerUQ, a solar generation uncertainty analysis software platform, announced a partnership with Terabase Energy, makers of the PlantPredict solar energy modeling platform. The agreement makes PowerUQ’s Monte Carlo-based uncertainty engine available as an extension within the PlantPredict ecosystem. Now, owner-IPPs, financiers, independent engineers and asset managers can quantify project-term generation risk at every stage of the… The post PowerUQ extension added to Terabase PlantPredict modeling platform appeared first on Solar Power World.

Perovskite-silicon solar technology company Tandem PV has begun demonstration manufacturing in Fremont, California. In a 65,000-ft2 facility, Tandem PV is producing tandem perovskite-silicon solar panels. The line can accommodate 40 MW of annual capacity. “This factory marks the shift from impressive R&D results to repeatable manufacturing at a commercially meaningful scale,” said Tandem PV CEO… The post Tandem PV begins perovskite-silicon solar panel demonstration manufacturing appeared first on Solar Power World.