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By Martin McConnell June 18, 2026 The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a new interactive map detailing the location of solar energy (or lack thereof) on major U.S. agricultural lands. The new mapping program comes at a crucial time, as Farm Bill negotiations in the U.S. Congress have led to more research than ever on agricultural solar energy projects. According to SEIA, the map shows that solar energy takes up a “remarkably small” percentage of U.S. farmland, about 0.07% of the country’s farmland. SEIA president and CEO Tim Pawlenty, who took over from interim president Darren Van’t Hof…
A Welsh energy organisation, Egni Cydweithredol Cyfyngedig (Egni Co-op), has secured a £1.4m investment to deliver 2MW of new rooftop solar.The investment will support the construction and commissioning of rooftop solar PV installations, including on schools and public buildings. It comes from the Welsh Government-backed Local Energy Fund, managed by the Development Bank of Wales, which provides development and capital finance to community-led, low-carbon and renewable energy projects.Approximately 65% of the energy generated by the installations will be consumed directly on site. This will reduce the energy costs of the public buildings in which the solar panels are installed.The contractors…
After years of fighting in court, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Vote Solar, overturning the Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC) approval of discriminatory charges for Arizona Public Service (APS) customers who have rooftop solar panels. In its decision, the Arizona Court of Appeals struck down the solar energy charges, finding that they were imposed unfairly and violated the requirements of due process. APS, a regulated utility that powers 1.4 million homes and businesses in Arizona, has created solar rates in the 2022 tariff for the first time, and they currently amount to about $2 to $3 in…
By Martin McConnell June 16, 2026 Energy transition company Alluvial force has announced the completion and commercial operation of Boot Hill Solar, a 150 MWac solar project located in Ford County, just west of central Kansas. With an installed solar capacity of 471 MW in the first quarter of 2026, Kansas currently ranks 41st in the rankings. Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Solar state by state rankings. Now online, Boot Hill Solar will be one of the largest projects in the Sunflower State, behind the 189 MW Pixley Solar Energy Center. As part of a long-term power purchase agreement, the…
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has launched a consultation on the 1994 Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations (PSSR) to enable more UK homes to use plug-in solar panels.The consultation runs until June 30 and was announced alongside news that a number of leading UK retailers – including Amazon, B&Q, Currys and Lidl – had expressed their support for the government’s plans to amend the law to facilitate the deployment of plug-in solar panels.“This is a fantastic opportunity to make renewable energy more accessible to people across Britain,” said John Boumphrey, country manager for Amazon UK…
UK-based Frontier Power has acquired two long-term energy storage projects (LDES) currently under development in Scotland from Apatura Energy.The projects are the 200 MW/1,600 MWh Ayr battery energy storage system (BESS) and the 150 MW/1,200 MWh Busby BESS, located in Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire respectively. The projects will use the Z3 technology platform developed by New Jersey-based Eos Energy Enterprises, which develops hybrid zinc cathode batteries.While the company reported back-to-back quarters of losses in its most recent financial results, CEO Joe Mastrangelo described the 2025 financial results as a “structural turning point” ahead of his work going forward. Eos signed…
India immediately needs about 10 GWh of battery storage to stop renewable energy curtailment when its coal fleet cannot fall below the technical minimum, according to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember. With solar power flooding the grid around noon, several coal-fired power plants are having to operate at or even below their minimum technical load (MTL) – the lowest level at which they can safely operate. As a result, grid operators are limiting clean electricity to keep coal-fired power plants online for the overnight surge in demand and to provide necessary reserves. Ember’s analysis found that in…
By Jessica Fishman June 16, 2026 “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times,” read Jason Grumet, CEO of American Clean Power (ACP) as he kicked off the CLEANPOWER conference in Houston, the energy capital of the world, acknowledging the contrast of the positive market dynamics versus the challenging federal policies. The audience let out a defiant chuckle, capturing the persistent atmosphere of the show of: “We’ve figured this out before and we’ll figure it out again.” While it was a bit too sweltering for an outside opening reception, it was not by accident that…
The European Commission’s recent decision to limit EU funding for projects using inverters and other energy technologies from “risky” suppliers marks an important moment for the solar industry. Few in the sector expected Brussels to take action so quickly. The financing restrictions are expected to impact an estimated 10-20% of financing flowing into the European solar market and have already been announced as a policy direction that will extend to wind and battery energy storage systems (BESS). The European Commission has only just started As dramatic as the funding cut may be, the real story is still ahead of us.…
Investor interest in battery energy storage projects is high and growing. To attract that capital, developers must be able to de-risk, build and operate reliably, says Trevor Willis, CEO of Pulse Clean Energy, the developer of battery energy storage systems (BESS).Willis will speak at the Clean Energy Summit 2030which includes the UK Solar Summit 2026 in London at the end of this month. In a chat by the fireside, ‘Storage integration and unlocking value in a constrained system’, the discussion will explore the strategic and operational choices developers must make to maximize value.Solar energy portal spoke Willis prior to the…