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Chart: Here's how much rooftop solar is surging in Puerto Rico

The amount of rooftop PV capacity has more than doubled since Hurricane Maria hit the island in 2017.

By Maria Gallucci, Maria Virginia Olano . 10 June 2022
Solar

In Biden solar tariff compromise, installers win

The president tried to please both sides, but U.S. solar manufacturers are fuming while U.S. solar developers are pretty darn pleased.

By Julian Spector . 8 June 2022
Podcast

The tension over Puerto Rico’s energy future

Nearly five years after Puerto Rico’s grid was destroyed, can solar and batteries prevail?

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By Stephen Lacey . 8 June 2022
Solar

Los puertorriqueños están impulsando el auge de energía solar en la isla

Los residentes y propietarios han instalado miles de sistemas de paneles solares y baterías después del huracán María. ¿Se unirá el gobierno al esfuerzo?

By Maria Gallucci . 8 June 2022
Solar

Puerto Ricans are powering their own rooftop solar boom

Residents and shop owners are installing solar-plus-battery systems in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Will the government get on board?

By Maria Gallucci . 8 June 2022
Solar

Biden to halt solar tariff threat for two years

The president will restart the U.S. solar industry by waiving new tariffs for 24 months, and he’ll spur more U.S. manufacturing of solar panels by invoking the Defense Production Act.

By Eric Wesoff . 6 June 2022
Solar

Chart: Most US solar jobs are in installation, not manufacturing

The Auxin trade probe aims to support U.S. solar manufacturing, but if it succeeds, it could kill jobs in the much larger installation and development sector.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 3 June 2022
Policy & regulation

Can Biden end the Auxin solar tariff investigation?

The president wants to prioritize climate action and solar power. That’s running up against the Commerce Department’s enforcement of a 1930 trade law. Now what?

By Julian Spector . 26 May 2022
Solar

Chart: Which 12 US cities outshine the rest in solar energy?

A new report ranks cities by total amount of solar power capacity and solar per capita — and most of the top contenders are not in California!

By Maria Virginia Olano . 20 May 2022
Solar

BNEF says Auxin misinterpreted its research in calling for solar tariffs

Researchers from BloombergNEF say Auxin Solar used data inaccurately in petitioning the Commerce Department to consider new tariffs on imported solar panels.

By Julian Spector . 18 May 2022