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US utility Alliant Energy has opened a 200MW solar facility in Linn County, Iowa, called Pleasant Creek Solar.

US tracker manufacturer FTC Solar has announced a 57.6% quarter-on-quarter increase in revenue in the first quarter of this year.

Stonepeak has acquired a 46.3% stake in Repsol’s 777MW solar and storage portfolio currently in operation in New Mexico and Texas.

ES Foundry has signed a 150MW cell supply deal with what it calls a “leading national community solar developer” in the US.

Catalyze has secured US$85 million in tax equity investment to support the construction of 75MW of distributed solar projects in the US.

Chinese, Indian and American companies have strengthened their positions atop the solar industry’s EPC rankings, according to Wiki-Solar.

Summit Ridge Energy and Apollo have invested US$400 million to own and operate a portfolio of commercial solar assets in Illinois.

Bert Thin Films has used a copper paste on a tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) M10 solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 24%.

A round-up of news from the US community solar sector this week, including Altus Power, Castillo Energy, NSE and CCSA.

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure and Greening plan to build a 1GW solar-plus-storage portfolio in the US.