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Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is now law. Here’s how it impacts solar in the U.S.

President Trump’s newly signed “Big Beautiful Bill” terminates the 30% federal residential solar tax credit after 2025, threatening affordability, jobs, and the broader ...

July 5, 2025

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Canada, FCM and Saint John partner to launch 15M program to help homeowners go solar

A new $15 million retrofit program in Saint John will help homeowners install rooftop solar panels and other upgrades, cutting energy costs and ...

June 25, 2025

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sonnen launches Canada’s first home battery-based VPP

In collaboration with multiple partners first of its kind Virtual Power Plant is based in Edmonton

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EnergySage and Scanifly Partner to integrate solar designs in quotes using AI

Adds array layouts and production estimates to quotes homeowners receive.

June 25, 2025

Insight

First Nation, European partner to build largest solar project in New Brunswick

A 10-megawatt project will power 1,200 homes, deepen Indigenous clean energy leadership, and advance Saint John’s net-zero ambitions

June 24, 2025

Canadians Strongly Back Clean Energy Transition

Insight

Canadians signal overwhelming support for clean energy transition, says new poll

New polling suggests public sentiment is well ahead of policy as Canada weighs energy future

June 23, 2025

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Canada funds a massive off-grid solar project in British Columbia

The Canadian government is investing nearly $17 million in a major off-grid solar project with the Ulkatcho First Nation, aiming to cut diesel ...

June 18, 2025

Studies and Modelling

Most neighbours support more large-scale solar nearby

'Yes, in my back yard'—most people who live near large-scale solar projects are happy to have more built nearby

June 18, 2025

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Insight

Ontario just quietly legalized virtual net metering—here’s what that means for solar

Ontario has quietly approved a regulatory framework enabling corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs), effectively opening the door to virtual net metering and offsite ...

June 17, 2025

Research and Development

New imaging method reveals how lithium-metal batteries lose capacity over time

New eCryoEM imaging reveals electrolyte reactivity, not electron diffusion, drives early lithium battery corrosion.

June 16, 2025

Insight

Ontario’s Energy Plan mixes nuclear and rooftop solar — my full analysis

The plan, a first for the province, is a 25-year roadmap that combines nuclear, gas, and distributed energy like solar and storage to ...

June 13, 2025

Alberta's new reclamation rules make too expensive to build solar or wind

Perspective

Alberta’s new reclamation rules make it too expensive to build solar or wind — let me explain

The Alberta government’s updated Code of Practice imposes the highest reclamation security costs in North America for renewable energy projects — a move ...

June 11, 2025