Nextpower Announces Expansion of Solar Product Portfolio for International Market

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 17, 2026--

Nextpower™ (Nasdaq: NXT), a leading provider of solar and power technology solutions for utility-scale power plants, today announced the global launch of its reimagined NX Gemini™ two-in-portrait (2P) solar tracker system. The launch is part of a broader expansion of Nextpower’s solar solutions portfolio in Europe, which includes NX Anchor™, an integrated foundation system co-engineered for the company’s flagship NX Horizon ® 1P tracker.

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As Europe and other global markets accelerate toward ambitious renewable energy goals, developers and EPCs are navigating evolving permitting frameworks, land-use priorities, site suitability requirements, agrivoltaics (agriPV) applications, and long-term performance needs. Nextpower is expanding its platform to help support this next phase of solar development in Europe with high-density tracker systems, integrated foundations, and intelligent controls that address increasingly site-specific project needs.

“European solar projects are becoming more specialized, and customers need more flexibility in how projects are designed and built,” said Yves Figuerola, general manager, Nextpower Europe. “We are excited to bring our foundation solutions and a differentiated 2P tracker system to our customers in Europe where site and soil conditions can be challenging. These offerings are designed to provide a comprehensive solution set with more flexibility to help improve efficiency and reduce construction risk, while bringing Nextpower’s proven controls and software platform to more project configurations.”

With over 160 GW deployed globally and a growing European footprint, Nextpower continues to invest in integrated solutions and broaden its product portfolio to streamline project execution and expand sites where solar can be built and operated reliably at scale.

Building on five years of operational experience with 2P tracker technology, the reimagined NX Gemini system is designed to deliver improved performance, constructability, and cost effectiveness for customers. The system incorporates advancements in Nextpower’s proven tracker controls and software architecture, enabling row-level control, network communications, weather response, and centralized site intelligence.

Engineered for Europe’s variable geotechnical conditions, the NX Anchor™ foundation system offers multiple pile types for soft, expansive, frost-prone, medium, and mixed soils. All piles can be installed with readily available standard equipment. Co-engineered for installation with Nextpower’s NX Horizon 1P tracker, the integrated foundation supports higher tracker clearances, with up to 70 percent less embedment depth than standard H-piles, and enables up to 20 percent faster installation.

“NX Anchor reflects Nextpower’s approach to system-level innovation,” Figuerola added. “With NX Anchor, developers and EPCs can build NX Horizon trackers with greater confidence in variable soil conditions across Europe while accelerating installation and reducing rework.”

Nextpower will extend existing control and software-enabled capabilities to its NX Gemini 2P tracking system. These capabilities include TrueCapture ®advanced tracker control technology to maximize energy production and agriPV-specific operating modes available through the NX Navigator™ monitoring and control software. Nextpower’s advancements in agriPV tracker controls are part of a comprehensive agriPV solutions portfolio, recently showcased in Rimini, Italy.

Meet Nextpower at Intersolar Europe 2026

To learn more about Nextpower’s NX Gemini 2P tracker system, NX Anchor foundation solutions, and the rest of the Company’s integrated solar and energy storage technology platform, visit the Nextpower stand 580 (Hall A5) at The Smarter E Europe and Intersolar Europe tradeshow being held in Munich from June 23-25, or contact insidesales@nextpower.com.

About Nextpower

Nextpower™ (Nasdaq: NXT) designs, engineers, and delivers an advanced energy technology platform for solar power plants, innovating across structural, electrical, and digital domains. Its integrated solutions streamline project execution, increase energy yield and long-term reliability, and enhance customer ROI. Building on over a decade of technology and market leadership, Nextpower partners with leading energy companies worldwide to meet rapidly expanding global electricity demand. Learn more at www.nextpower.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statement regarding: the global launch of Nextpower’s NX Gemini two-in-portrait (2P) solar tracker system and NX Anchor; the Company’s broader expansion into Europe and potential benefits to be derived therefrom; the ability of the Company to support the next phase of solar development in Europe, including statement regarding the Company’s ability to improve efficiency and reduce construction risk; the Company’s ability to streamline project execution; and the data Nextpower’s systems can provide European developers to simplify operations and other requirements. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual results due to a variety of factors including, but not limited to: the market demand for products, solutions and services; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the launch of these products and broader expansion in Europe; potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement; projections regarding the global demand for electricity and solar power; macro-economic trends; and legislative, regulatory and economic developments, including changing business conditions in our industry or markets overall and the economy in general. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including risks and uncertainties that are also described under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Nextpower’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents that Nextpower has filed or will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There may be additional risks that Nextpower is not aware of or that Nextpower currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Nextpower assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Nextpower integrated solar tracking systems deployed at Greece’s landmark Ptolemaida Solar Park.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans believe civil liberties like the right to vote are under threat, according to a new AP-NORC poll, while also continuing to agree that the rights expressed in the nation’s founding documents are still core to American identity.

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that most Americans across demographics believe the right to vote, the right to free speech and freedom of religion are integral to the country. But they were more divided on the importance of the right to bear arms, and few — about one-third or less — saw those rights as safe from threats.

The survey, which was conducted April 16-20 — before the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that winnowed a section of the Voting Rights Act — highlights an enduring consensus among Americans that personal freedoms are vital to the country's national identity. But it also reveals deep anxieties about the nation’s trajectory on the cusp of a summer filled with celebrations of the country's semi-quincentennial birthday.

“Our idea of rights has been very consistent in this country until the last few years,” said Louise Rochon, 85, of Connecticut. “Now, they’re all under threat. Every single last one of them.”

About 9 in 10 Americans say the right to vote is “extremely” or “very” important to the United States’ identity, the poll found. About the same proportion of Americans consider freedom of speech to be highly important to the country’s identity. Meanwhile, about 8 in 10 Americans consider freedom of religion to be core to the national identity, while about 6 in 10 Americans consider the right to keep or bear arms as highly important to the nation’s identity.

But many in the country see those same principles as imperiled today. About two-thirds of Americans view the right to vote as under some threat, with about one-third saying voting rights are under “major threat” while about 3 in 10 said they faced a “minor threat.” Only about one-third of Americans said voting rights faced “no threat at all.”

Additionally, nearly half of Americans say freedom of speech is under major threat, followed by about 3 in 10 who said the same about gun rights and religious freedom.

The country is going “down the drain,” said Tracy Gonzales, an independent from San Antonio, Texas. Americans of all stripes, she said, have “thrown religion to the side at the moment” and allowed for other civil liberties to be eroded amid fierce debates over immigration and the economy.

“Given everything going on with our president, you really don’t have time to think of anything else,” said Gonzales, 37, of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdowns. “There are so many other crimes that are being committed and people that actually need help, and you’re focused on the ones that are trying to get it together.”

The poll's results also surfaced complicated opinions about democracy and identity among Black Americans. Those are likely rooted, at least in part, in the country's history of denying voting rights and full citizenship to people of African descent for centuries.

Black Americans are less likely than white Americans to say the right to vote is “extremely” or “very important” to American identity, with about three-quarters agreeing with the sentiment compared to about 9 in 10 white Americans.

But about 4 in 10 Black Americans say that the right to vote is facing a “major” threat in the country today, higher than any other racial group.

“You cannot feel like you are a total and full part of the American experiment unless you have the right to vote,” said Antonio Williams, a school administrator in Dallas, Texas, who is Black. “And African Americans didn’t fully get to enjoy the right to vote until about 60 years ago, and I feel like it’s under threat right now."

Independents and younger adults are less likely than Americans overall to say voting and freedom of speech are central to American identity.

“My age group has grown up a lot more with social media as part of their existence in life and the microcosms that that creates in politics,” said Julian Goodwin-Ferris, 28, a professional dancer from New Jersey.

“I think we feel more like our voice doesn’t matter as much because it feels like we’ve grown up with our rights sort of being more ignored,” said Goodwin-Ferris.

Americans at times diverged along partisan lines in their view of the threats to rights, with Democrats seeing a greater threat to freedom of speech, while Republicans were more worried about the right to keep and bear arms.

While Democrats and Republicans are similarly likely to say freedom of speech is at least “very important" to the nation's identity, about 6 in 10 Democrats say freedom of speech is facing a “major threat” compared to about 4 in 10 independents and roughly one-third of Republicans.

Similarly, while most Americans believe the right to bear arms is at least “very” important to the nation's identity, about 8 in 10 Republicans agree with that sentiment, compared to only about 4 in 10 Democrats. About half of independents shared that view. And about 4 in 10 Republicans found that the right to bear firearms was under threat, an increase from October 2025 not reflected among either Democrats or independents.

"We have the Bill of Rights for a reason," said Nuri Simmons, a warehouse worker in New York and a registered Democrat. Simmons, 31, said that threats to different rights “bleed into each other” and that while he was most concerned about threats to voting rights today, he understood that others may feel differently.

“Like when people try to bring some gun control into it, I think some people look at that as an attack on their rights. I guess that all depends on your politics," he said.

The AP-NORC poll of 2,596 adults was conducted April 16-20 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

People cast their vote during D.C. primary election at Shepard Park Elementary, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The U.S. Capitol and National Mall are seen as the set up for the America 250 celebration, in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)