Spotlight On RE+

Solar PV manufacturer Bila Solar will debut a US-made steel frame module at RE+ 2025, built with Origami Solar’s frame and using domestic solar cells. The company claims the new 550 W dual-glass design increases local content, improves tax credit eligibility, and adds supply chain security to help developers manage tariffs and price swings. Visitors can view the module at Booth V14131, Venetian Level 2. (Photo Credit: Bila Solar) 

SMA Bets on US Manufacturing
German inverter major SMA Solar is making a comeback to US production after nearly a decade. The company has teamed up with Create Energy, with plans to kick off US-made string inverter manufacturing at Create’s Tennessee flagship plant starting in Q1 2026. With RE+ 2025 buzzing in Las Vegas, this may just be the first of many big announcements to watch out for. (Photo Credit: SMA Solar) 

Navigate the policy headwinds under the OBBBA with industry experts, analysts, and associations leading discussions on critical growth topics for the US solar industry: solar and storage, local supply chains, sourcing, reliability, system value, FEOC, and tax credit challenges, during latter half of the Solar—Made in the USA Summit.  

Catch this power-packed session with the very executives practically shaping US solar manufacturing – Talon PV CEO Adam Tesanovich, ES Foundry CEO Alex Zhu, SEG Solar CEO Jim Wood, Suniva President and COO Matt Card, Heliene President Martin Pochtaruk, RCT Solutions CEO Prof. Dr. Peter Fath, and Hemlock Semiconductor Senior VP Commercial Phil Rausch – in conversation with TaiyangNews MD Michael Schmela and CEA Senior Policy Analyst Christian Roselund at the Solar – Made in the USA Summit.

US solar manufacturing is expanding in modules, but moving upstream still depends on access to key equipment and materials. As US policies seek to counter the influence of China, the world’s largest solar market, how can the country push further? Experts from RCT Solutions, ISC Konstanz, LAPLACE, Solamet Electronic Material, and Mondragon Assembly will weigh in on strategies to navigate these challenges during Session 2 at the Solar – Made in the USA Summit. 

SEIA’s Stacy J. Ettinger and Wood Mackenzie’s Elissa Pierce will join John Smirnow of Smirnow Law and ACP’s MJ Shiao at the Solar – Made in the USA Summit. Catch the session as they explore ways to support the US solar manufacturing comeback despite tough policy challenges, in a panel discussion with TaiyangNews’ Michael Schmela and CEA’s Christian Roselund. 

The TaiyangNews summit, with its focus on the US solar and storage market and manufacturing, follows a turbulent time for these industries with the gradual dismantling of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Operating under a shadow of uncertainty, the country saw its H1 2025 solar installations dropping by over 15% YoY, according to the SEIA and Wood Mackenzie's latest report titled US Solar Market Insight Q3 2025 Report. Even as the country added 4.3 GW of new module capacity in Q2, there were no upstream additions (see US Installed 18 GW New Solar PV Capacity In H1 2025).