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 ...

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 ...

Managing multiple suppliers across trackers, eBOS, transformers, and O&M adds cost and risk to every utility-scale project. A ...

Released ahead of the U.S. Senate’s consideration of the 2026 farm bill, data shows that land used for utility-scale solar ...

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 ...

As Colorado River States Struggle to Reach Agreement, New Mexico Brings on a Fresh Voice Trump Administration Abandons Fight Against Wind Energy as Clean Energy Output Surges How a Tiny Texas River ...

U.S. solar developers are on track to install 43.4 gigawatts of utility-scale solar capacity in 2026, a 60 percent increase over 2025 levels and the third consecutive year of record-breaking additions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. In 2024, rooftop solar was the fastest-growing source of ...

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 ...

Canadian Solar's storage division has been chosen to supply a battery system to Apex Clean Energy in Michigan, and will distribute collected energy during peak demand times.

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 ...

The Michigan DNR, in a decision it didn't announce to the general public, earlier this month announced a continued pause on leases of state-managed forest lands for utility-scale solar projects. DNR ...