Solar has been and is expected to continue to make up the largest portion of new power capacity in the United States. On this episode of Atlas Live, Nick Nigro will be joined by Kiran Bhatraju of Arcadia and Zach Axelrod of Redball Energy to dive into the biggest challenges for commercial solar developers and their customers in 2026 and how they are adapting to policy and market changes. Join us as we discuss how commercial and community-scale solar can expand clean energy access, its impact on energy affordability, the state of project economics and financing, and much more.

On this episode, Stephen Naimoli sits down with Emily Walker from EnergySage and Robin Dutta from the Chesapeake Solar and Storage Association (CHESSA) to discuss the environment for residential solar financing and leasing in 2026. We discuss challenges and opportunities with various financing models to expand residential solar access as well as the impacts of recent federal policy changes.