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US utility Alliant Energy has obtained regulative approval on a 414MW portfolio of solar projects which will certainly begin building and construction this summer.

2 projects in the South Load Zone of the ERCOT market will certainly each have 200MWh of capacity

Both solar projects have an overall capacity of 465 MW, with the Arica solar project accounting for 265 MW and also the Victory Pass solar project accounting for 200 MW. In addition to that, these projects will have a 400MW storage space capacity.

The European Union (EU) Parliament has passed a new resolution condemning civils rights misuses in China's Xinjiang area and also has actually gotten in touch with its exec, the European Commission (EC), to pass tougher profession sanctions on the nation.

US solar designer 8minute Solar Energy is intending to enhance its technological knowledge with the visit of its initial chief technology officer (CTO).

Researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have found that a tin-lead perovskite cell can get rid of issues with stability and also boost efficiency, with their most current experiment generating a 25.5% conversion performance.

US-based renewable resource software service provider Power Factors is acquiring solar and battery storage space surveillance firm Inaccess, taking its asset management portfolio to virtually 200GW.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has actually released a whitepaper detailing the reforms it thinks are needed to the US interconnection system, in which it outlines a collection of proposals for both regional transmission organisations (RTO) as well as the US-wide Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

US programmer, proprietor and asset supervisor Longroad Energy has actually made an equity financial investment in dispersed generation (DG) programmer Valta Energy.

NextEra Energy has actually revealed its new decarbonisation strategy, called Zero Carbon Blueprint, which includes eliminating all scope 1 and also 2 emissions from its operations by 2045 without the use of carbon offsets and also a massive rise in solar PV to 90GW by 2045.

Mammoth North project in Indiana is due to go into commercial operation in 2023

Utility-scale solar in the US remains plagued by underperformance issues as capex expenses have actually increased for the "first time in decades".

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the United States has authorized the building and construction of the Arica and also Victory Pass solar projects in California, which will certainly with each other provide 465 MW of solar capacity and 400 MW of battery storage.

Briggs & Stratton released the SimpliPHI energy storage system with lithium-ferro-phosphate chemistry.

The United States Army has launched the biggest floating solar farm in the Southeast. It's also the initial project of its kind for the US Department of Defense.