North America

ARRAY and Shoals Agree All-Stock Merger, Shoals Holders to Own 65%
ARRAY and Shoals will merge in an all-stock deal; Shoals holders get 1.6931 ARRAY shares each and about 65% of a group eyeing $2.2-2.4 billion 2027 revenue.
Nov 4, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, mergers and acquisitions, North America, Array Technologies, solar trackers, shoals technologies
SolarEdge Q3 Revenue Slips 4% as It Guides Q4 to $245–275 Million
SolarEdge's third-quarter revenue slipped 4.1% from a year earlier to $326.1 million, and it guided Q4 revenue to $245–275 million as demand softens.
Nov 4, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, USA, Inverters, SolarEdge, North America, tariffs
Panamint Closes First $769M of $1.8B Loan for Texas Coal-Site Solar
Panamint Capital closed the $769 million first phase of a $1.8 billion green loan for Big Rooter, a 1.2-GWdc solar project on reclaimed coal mine land in Texas.
Nov 4, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, utility-scale, North America, Panamint Capital
Sunrun Doubles Puerto Rico Battery Power Plant to 60,000 Customers
Sunrun's Puerto Rico distributed power plant doubled to more than 60,000 customers and regularly delivers 45 MW for four hours during island grid shortfalls.
Nov 3, 2026 // Residential, Storage, Software, USA, Sunrun, North America, Puerto Rico, VPP
Energix Brings 152-MWdc Ohio Solar Plant Online on Stem PowerTrack
Energix US has brought its 152-MWdc Border Basin solar plant in Ohio online, with Stem's PowerTrack running plant controls, SCADA and monitoring.
Nov 3, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Software, USA, utility-scale, North America, Stem, Energix
T1 Energy Signs Over 1.58 GW of Solar Module Offtake Deals
T1 Energy signed module offtake deals for more than 1.58 GW, to be delivered from its Dallas plant in 2027 and 2028, with Avantus units among the buyers.
Nov 2, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, topcon, Avantus, T1 Energy
DartSolar to Ship 500-W Roof-Rack Solar Modules for Cars in December
DartSolar will deliver its first roof-rack solar arrays in December, with two 500-W modules giving a sedan 1,000 W and four or more covering a van.
Nov 2, 2026 // Solar, Transport, USA, North America, EV, off-grid, DartSolar
First Solar Opens First Phase of $330 Million South Carolina Plant
First Solar opened the first phase of its $330 million plant in Gaffney, South Carolina, which is set to reach 3.4 GW of module capacity by mid-2027.
Oct 29, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Solar, USA, First Solar, thin-film, North America, South Carolina
Nextpower Posts Record $1.1 Billion Quarter, Backlog Tops $6 Billion
Nextpower revenue rose 22.5% to a record $1.109 billion in the quarter to Oct. 2, as backlog topped $6 billion and the company raised its FY27 outlook.
Oct 29, 2026 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, USA, utility-scale, North America, Nextracker, NextPower
Enphase Q3 Revenue Falls 29% as US Sell-Through Drops 35%
Enphase's Q3 revenue fell 29% to $293.3 million as US sell-through dropped 35% from a year earlier; it guided Q4 revenue to $225–255 million.
Oct 28, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, USA, residential solar, North America, Enphase, microinverter
Arevon Closes $120 Million Wells Fargo Tax Equity for Illinois Solar
Arevon closed $120 million of Wells Fargo tax equity for its 124-MWdc Big Muddy Solar project in Illinois, due to start operating by the end of 2026.
Oct 27, 2026 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Illinois, Wells Fargo, tax equity, Arevon
Google Expands Voltus Deal to 1-GW Virtual Power Plant in PJM
Google expanded its Voltus deal to a 1-GW virtual power plant in PJM, adding 1,070 MW of flexible home and business capacity to 100 MW signed in June.
Oct 23, 2026 // Commercial, Grids, Software, USA, PJM, North America, Google, VPP, Voltus
Optivolt Raises $32 Million for Power Electronics Built Into Panels
Optivolt raised $32 million led by VXI Capital to expand manufacturing of its Power Balancer, which puts module-level power electronics inside the solar panel.
Oct 22, 2026 // Technology, Inverters, USA, North America, funding, startup, mlpe, Optivolt
Tesla Deploys 13.7 GWh of Storage in Q3 as Energy Revenue Falls 16%
Tesla deployed 13.7 GWh of storage in Q3 2026, up 10%, while energy revenue fell 16% to $2.88 billion, partly on tariff-related customer refunds.
Oct 22, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, TESLA, Megapack, BESS, North America, lfp
Peak Energy Raises $108 Million as GM Ventures Leads Sodium-Ion Round
Peak Energy closed a $108 million Series B led by GM Ventures; its 4-GWh sodium-ion battery factory in Sacramento is due to start production in early 2027.
Oct 22, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Storage, USA, North America, sodium-ion, General Motors