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Lightsource bp, Xcel Energy and McCarthy Building Companies have brought the 293-MWDC Sun Mountain solar project in Pueblo, Colorado, into commercial operation. The project is part of Xcel Energy’s 2018 resource plan and supports its Colorado Energy Plan to provide electricity from renewable sources and reduce carbon emissions.

Nevados Engineering and Ampliform join forces to supply All-Terrain Trackers (ATT) for 700MW solar project pipeline built 2023-2025 and 2GW long-term project pipeline, preserving the land and enhancing profitability.

Avantus (formerly 8minute) has broken ground on the 147 MWDC/110 MWAC Galloway 2 Solar Project in Concho County, Texas. The project will generate enough clean electricity to power 60,000 Texans and create over 250 peak construction jobs.

Ameren Corp. (NYSE:AEE) has acquired a 200-MW photovoltaic (PV) project in Missouri, making it the largest solar scheme in the company's portfolio. The project is expected to generate enough energy to power around 40,000 homes.

Cleantech integrator Ameresco is installing a 5-MWAC solar project on a shut municipal landfill in Alton, Illinois.

The Cape Canaveral Community Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, finished building and construction of a new center with a rooftop solar array. The 72-panel, 48-kW array set up by service provider ESA is the city's first rooftop solar initiative, and will certainly give clean power to the community center.

A new North Carolina State University study, executed in collaboration with battery testing scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, reveals that exceptionally short pulses from a high-powered laser can cause small flaws in lithium-ion battery products-- problems that can enhance battery performance.

Galloway 2 project in Concho region is anticipated to come online by the end of 2023

Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) revealed it will produce solar silicon production equipment in the United States and intends to break ground on a united state manufacturing facility in Q2 2023. The Rochester, New York-based firm makes silicon-growing and crystal-processing equipment as well as has formerly dealt with Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd. in China to make its equipment.

SMA America is introducing the Sunny Tripower X to the Americas market for usage in commercial PV systems. The remedy has actually previously been available in markets outside the Americas.

US-based renewables developer Longroad Energy has reached financial close for its 150-MW/202-MWp solar project in Texas and started construction. The plant will produce electricity for power distribution firm Entergy Texas Inc and is expected to reach commercial operations by the end of 2023.

Kontrolmatik Technologies, via its subsidiary Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, has broken ground on a 3-GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in South Carolina. This is an important step in the development of sustainable energy solutions, as the factory will produce lithium-iron phosphate cells for North American grid-scale energy storage applications.

B2U Storage Solutions has started operations of a 25-MWh system at its SEPV Sierra hybrid solar + storage facility in Lancaster, California, utilizing 1,300 reused EV battery packs sourced from Honda and Nissan. This project is the largest operational UL 9540-certified energy storage system utilizing second-life EV batteries in the world.

With millions of acres of flat farmland, Ohio and Indiana are becoming leading US states for solar power development. 15GW of photovoltaic panels are expected to be installed in the two states between now and 2027, enough to power about 12 million households.

A 100-MW solar farm in the United States state of Arizona that will serve community-based not-for-profit power and also water utility Salt River Project (SRP) as well as tech group Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) was inaugurated recently, SRP said on Monday.