U.S. solar developers are on track to install 43.4 gigawatts of utility-scale solar capacity in 2026, a 60 percent increase ...

In 2025, large-scale U.S. utility solar costs range from $0.95 to $1.23 per watt (DC) for a new, single-axis tracking system, with the final cost depending heavily on project size, location, and ...

According to American Clean Power, utility-scale solar is currently the third-largest renewable energy source in the world. And despite recent changes in law reducing future tax credits, solar power’s ...

Solar dominates new energy generation in the U.S., accounting for 69% of new capacity additions in Q1 of 2025. But although most of this added capacity comes from utility-scale projects, the ...

A 30 MW annual rooftop quota and a compensation tariff that overshoots estimated grid impact costs by three to four times are ...

California utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced it has surpassed 1 million customers with solar systems ...

Australia's utility-scale solar PV and wind assets generated a combined 4.6TWh in May 2026, up 10% from 4.2TWh recorded in ...

LAFAYETTE, IN — Rainbow Trout Solar unveiled a revised plan that shrinks its footprint for solar panels by about 22% in its industrial-scale solar farm proposed for northwestern Tippecanoe County. The ...

As Texas becomes the country’s leader in generating solar power, the state’s propensity for severe hailstorms is a hazard that energy companies aim to manage. I’m writing about solar and hail this ...

CHARLOTTE — A bill that would raise taxes on utility-scale solar facilities in North Carolina by 500% is moving through the Statehouse. House Bill 729, known as the Farmland Protection Act, passed the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. On a recent flight from Los Angeles to Phoenix, I glanced out the ...