Solar Builder: You difinitive Intersolar 2025 recap and vibes check

How to sum up Intersolar and Energy Storage North America 2025 (IESNA). It was the best of vibes; it was the worst of vibes.

Let’s start by acknowledging the bad vibes. Hesitancy in the solar market is very real right now. Residential folks continue to feel the effects of high interest rates, tighter financing terms, and lack of consumer confidence. On top of that, the illegal freezing of committed Solar For All Funds left several installers in the lurch. The EPA has since unfrozen those grants, but all of the unnecessary chaos has put solar businesses on edge. Larger-scale solar project timelines actually haven’t moved much yet, but everyone continues to wait and see what changes will be made to the investment tax credit and IRA.

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