Solar

Everything we've reported on solar power, panels, storage, the grid, and the people building it out, in one place.

Solar panels being installed on a home roof
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30% To Zero: The Night America's Rooftop Solar Subsidy Died

For twenty years, a 30% tax credit made rooftop solar affordable. On January 1, 2026, it vanished overnight, and nothing that follows in the industry makes sense without that one fact.

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Rooftop solar panels on a residential home
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The Invisible Power Plant: A 16-Gigawatt Bet on AI's Energy Future

Sunrun, Tesla, and Renew Home turned thousands of ordinary home batteries and thermostats into a 16-gigawatt virtual power plant, aimed squarely at AI's exploding electricity demand.

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Aerial view of a large solar farm
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Bigger Than the County It's Built In

In an Arkansas farm county of fewer than 40,000 people, construction just began on the largest solar-plus-storage plant in US history. Its first customer is Google.

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Sprawling solar farm with rows of panels under a blue sky
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90%: The Number Washington Couldn't Touch

In 2026, Washington threw everything it had at renewables. Solar, storage, and wind still built 90 percent of America's new power in the first half of the year.

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