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<p>SMA and Create Energy announced they will work together to manufacture both the Sunny Highpower PEAK3 and the fully-integrated PowerSkid solution in the United States. The two companies signed an MOU to start manufacturing inverters at Create Energy’s facility in Portland, Tennessee, starting in Q1 2026. SMA’s PEAK3 line of string inverters offers high-performance, scalable&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/09/sma-to-manufacture-inverters-in-the-u-s-with-help-from-create-energy/">SMA to manufacture inverters in the U.S. with help from Create Energy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

<p>Kora has unveiled a home energy system that integrates a smart panel, batteries, inverter, app and virtual power plant platform. The company has funding from Moneta Ventures and Growth Factory Ventures and plans to begin customer shipments in Q1 2026. In addition to providing circuit-level control with the smart panel, the Kora system will allow homeowners to sell&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/09/new-home-battery-from-kora-comes-with-smart-panel-and-vpp-platform/">New home battery from Kora comes with smart panel and VPP platform</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com">Solar Power World</a>.</p>

<p>New controller for Origin single-axis trackers promises faster commissioning, fewer gateways, and under-3-minute battery swaps; built in OMCO’s U.S. factories with domestic content OMCO Solar is adding its own brain... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/solar-trackers/omco-launches-star-tracker-control-system-with-long-range-lora-networking/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>Addition of fourth advanced recycling technology expands U.S. processing to 2.5M panels annually as new state mandates take effect SPR (SolarPanelRecycling.com) is tripling its solar recycling capacity in North Carolina,... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/sustainability/spr-scales-up-solar-panel-recycling-with-new-plant-and-thermal-separation-tech/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>Sunnova founder John Berger launches Otovo USA in Texas, raising $4M to offer AI-driven solar, storage, and home energy services A new residential energy startup is entering the U.S. market... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/news/sunnova-founder-john-berger-launches-otovo-usa-an-ai-driven-home-energy-service/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>JIAXING, China, Amsterdam and AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 1, 2025 APsystems, a global leader in Module Level Power Electronics (MLPE) and the top supplier of multi-platform solar microinverter solutions, has achieved... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/advertorial1/apsystems-named-most-bankable-inverter-company-worldwide-by-sinovoltaics/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>SEIA and Wood Mackenzie: U.S. solar installs 18 GW in first half of 2025, but warn of potential for sharp declines ahead RE+ 2025 kicks off with the appropriate mix... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/news/federal-actions-could-cut-55-gw-of-solar-by-2030/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>German technology meets American manufacturing as Create Energy adds SMA string inverters and PowerSkids to its Tennessee hub For the first time in more than a decade, SMA Solar Technology... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/news/sma-to-manufacture-inverters-in-u-s-again-through-new-partnership-with-create-energy/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>Removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere is widely expected to play a key role...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-the-role-of-carbon-storage-has-been-hugely-overestimated/">Guest post: How the role of carbon storage has been hugely overestimated</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org">Carbon Brief</a>.</p>

<p>It&#8217;s RE+ week, and this edition of Projects Weekly is jam packed with news. Starting things off, ContourGlobal has begun operations at the new Black Hollow Sun I (BHS I)... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/projects/contourglobal-first-us-solar-site-projects-weekly/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

Two of the leading startups working on advanced geothermal energy just struck deals with established industrial giants — moves that will help the companies accelerate their efforts to harness the potentially abundant source of carbon-free energy from underground. Last week, Fervo Energy said it had picked oilfield…

Michael Gillogly, manager of the Pepperwood Preserve, understands the wildfire risk that power lines pose firsthand. The 3,200-acre nature reserve in Sonoma County, California, burned in 2017 when a privately owned electrical system sparked a fire . It burned again in 2019 during a conflagration started by power…

This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. If you didn’t think President Donald Trump’s attacks on offshore wind could get worse, think again. In just the last week, the administration targeted more already-permitted wind projects, slashed funding…

<p>Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.&#160;An essential guide to the week&#8217;s key developments relating to climate...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-5-september-2025-pakistan-floods-hit-1-8m-people-uk-eco-populism-how-warming-threatens-a-man-made-lake/">DeBriefed 5 September 2025: Pakistan floods hit 1.8m people; UK ‘eco-populism’; How warming threatens a man-made lake</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org">Carbon Brief</a>.</p>

<p>A claim that UK gas produced in the North Sea emits “four times” less carbon...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-north-sea-gas-is-not-four-times-cleaner-than-lng-imports/">Factcheck: North Sea gas is not ‘four times cleaner’ than LNG imports</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org">Carbon Brief</a>.</p>

See more from Canary Media’s &quot;Chart of the week” column . State legislatures saw a torrent of anti-clean energy bills introduced this year — and little more than a trickle of measures that would benefit renewables. Fortunately, most of the legislation was not signed into law. As of June, with most states’…

Three bills have advanced through the California Legislature that are meant to increase the use of virtual power plants as a way to rein in energy costs. While good news for utility customers, that welcomed progress comes with its own dose of bad news: The most ambitious proposals were stripped out of one of the…

<p>A new testing protocol measures solar panel resiliency against real-world hailstorm conditions to better defend critical power infrastructure against storm damage. VDE Americas and RETC, part of the VDE Group,... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/pv-modules/vde-americas-retc-introduce-solar-panel-hail-resiliency-curve-test/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

The Trump administration’s latest attack on an in-progress offshore wind project is now being challenged in court. Two lawsuits announced Thursday — one brought by the wind farm’s developers, the other by Rhode Island and Connecticut — seek immediate relief from a federal stop-work order that froze construction of…

<p>Nonprofit says Solar For All funding cuts strand families, stall projects, and strip away trusted savings models for low-income communities When the EPA once again canceled Solar For All via... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/featured/solar-for-none-solar-united-neighbors-shows-whats-at-stake-in-epas-7b-clawback/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>Mission Solar Energy will unveil a new generation of solar modules at this year’s RE+, Sept. 8-11, in Las Vegas. Built for high performance, long-term durability and full IRA incentive alignment,... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/pv-modules/mission-solar-unveils-high-efficiency-pv-modules-at-re-2025/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

<p>Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/china-briefing-4-september-2025-shanghai-cooperation-summit-ets-absolute-emissions-cap-chinas-heatwave-adaptation/">China Briefing 4 September 2025: Shanghai cooperation summit; ETS ‘absolute emissions cap’; China’s heatwave adaptation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org">Carbon Brief</a>.</p>

U.S. imports of biodiesel and renewable diesel significantly decreased in the first half of 2025 (1H25) compared with the same period in previous years. This decline is primarily due to the loss of tax credits for imported biofuels and generally lower domestic consumption of these fuels.

<p>China has seen a series of temperature records broken this summer, as heatwaves have struck...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-china-is-adapting-to-more-frequent-and-intense-heat-extremes/">Q&amp;A: How China is adapting to ‘more frequent and intense’ heat extremes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org">Carbon Brief</a>.</p>

Hundreds of business people, policy analysts, and conservative advocates filled a downtown Cleveland conference hall last week for the National Conservative Energy Summit. One major theme: the need for both the federal and local governments to remove increasingly high hurdles to building renewable energy. …