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First Solar announced that a partnership composed of EDP Renewables and ConnectGen has completed the acquisition of three projects with a total nameplate design of 278 MWAC in the United States. First Solar previously disclosed that the sale of these projects were subject to certain conditions precedent for closing that have since been satisfied.

The City of Danville announced the commencement of two 5-MWac solar power plants, its third and fourth solar power purchase agreements to bring clean, cost-effective solar power to its customers and community.

Scientists from Penn State University have developed a self-heating battery for electric vehicles which is said charge in only 10 minutes at 60 degrees Celsius.

Ameren Missouri and BJC Healthcare teamed up to build a solar energy generation facility atop the BJC parking garage located on Duncan Avenue, St. Louis.

Former Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown and other local elected officials joined local high school students, industry leaders and employees, renewable energy advocates, and community leaders marked reaching one million solar roofs around California during a party in Buchanan High School in Clovis.

NYSERDA has contracted with GlidePath’s unit for construction of a 20MW storage facility. The project will be deployed in Town of Ulster instead of the fossil-fuel plant proposed earlier.

PSE&G has put its biggest solar farm to-date in-service on a brownfield site in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The 15.2-MW Pennsauken Solar Farm is a part of PSE&G's Solar 4 All program.

North Carolina researchers have developed a brand new perovskite solar cell method.

Facebook's first solar project in the state of Georgia is currently functional in Early County. Facebook representatives joined Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and Silicon Ranch to "flip the switch" on the 102.5 MWac solar facility.

Bank OZK announced plans for a significant investment for the construction of a solar power plant which will provide enough renewable energy to power its new corporate headquarters and up to 40 other Arkansas locations, according to Tim Hicks, chief administrative officer and executive director of Investor Relations.

The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) voted to reject a request from the state’s investor-owned utilities to set two-year contract terms for renewable energy projects under the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). Instead, commissioners voted unanimously to set contract terms at 18 years, providing renewable energy developers the financial certainty they need to develop new clean energy projects in the state.

Global solar O&M provider Belectric has been awarded a 10-year service contract for more than 20 MW of projects across the United States.

Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), in partnership with 12 municipal electric utilities and Origis Energy, announced plans to expand the Florida Municipal Solar Project by adding 149 megawatts to what was already one of the largest municipal-backed solar projects in the nation.

Greenbacker Renewable Energy has reached an agreement with Prism Power Partners to obtain Electric City Solar, a 19-MW construction-ready solar project in Michigan using a 25-year municipal offtake agreement. The transaction marks yet another successful purchase of a contracted utility-scale solar endeavor for Greenbacker.