solar energy

Solar energy is increasingly viable without government subsidies, and it is an economical way to power data centers.

Utilities see more upside in relatively cheap solar cells than expensive new coal-burning plants. That’s despite the Trump administration’s efforts to boost coal as a source of electricity.

Incentives disappeared, but 2025 still belonged to the sun.

Residential solar installers have been busy since July putting panels on roofs before federal tax credits expire at the end of 2025. Local programs and tax breaks are already buoying sales into the new year.

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

Some states are helping them along, but projects in progress are all competing for the same scarce labor and resources.

As a two-decade-old federal incentive for rooftop solar sunsets, a Wyoming installation company braces for market change.

Solar’s big year helped push the proportion of power generated by renewables up to 24%.

But the future of climate investment is uncertain under the incoming Trump administration.

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