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A $2.5 billion factory in Georgia now produces solar panels from raw wafer to finished product, a milestone for U.S. manufacturing in an industry China has dominated for over a decade.

The need for energy storage is increasing as electricity demand rises rapidly in the U.S., with one estimate from the Solar Energy Industries Association expecting the battery market to grow by 21% this year.

Bob Blake, owner of Solar Bear and tribal citizen of Red Lake Nation, said many solar projects are now “on pause.”

Concentrated solar power was one of several technologies that showed promise. Ivanpah's main buyer is pulling out to save customers money.

The Biden administration’s taxes target Asian countries where Chinese producers moved after an earlier round of tariffs.

Some U.S. solar panel makers are pro tariffs on Chinese-made materials. Others say the industry can’t meet demand without imported products.

We break down the role of uncapped tax credits in the IRA’s climate provisions with John Bistline of the Electric Power Research Institute.

Shipments of solar panels reached a record high last year, though most were imported. They’re also getting cheaper.

(They’ll have to be made here in America.)

One possibility: finding ways to use land under and around solar panels to grow crops.