Responding to pleas from solar developers, President Biden ordered a two-year tariff waiver on PV components from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced awards for 22 solar and energy storage projects totaling 2,078 MW, NY’s largest land-based renewable energy procurement to date.

Developers looking to build projects on public land may soon see the rent and fees they have to pay drop by more than half, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said.

Securing the energy transition and supporting the growing green economy were top themes at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.

Several Western states pursue initiatives that could support the Biden administration's goal of expanding community solar capacity to 20 GW by 2025.

New Jersey's proposal to award solar RECs through annual procurements with incentives for projects incorporating storage won initial support from stakeholders.

Solar installers in North Carolina agreed to a phased reduction in net metering rates under a compromise with Duke Energy that is now before state regulators.

Solar advocates celebrated the defeat of a Florida bill that would have phased out the state’s net metering program but warned the battle is far from over.

Rooftop solar is a good start, but it will take careful design of utility rates to ensure electrification comes with carbon reductions, industry officials say.

A new solar farm has been proposed for Benton County, Wash., while another massive renewable project in the county has passed one state hurdle.