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A 500kV, 125-mile transmission line between California and Arizona broke ground last week, promising to bring over 3GW of renewable energy capacity to the US Desert Southwest region.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member JA Solar is planning to build its first module manufacturing facility in the US.

US Secretary of The Interior Deb Haaland has announced plans to expand solar deployment on public lands across the west of the country, including three major solar projects in Arizona representing just under 1GW of capacity.

Residential solar installer SunPower has made minor investments in solar dealers Renova Energy and EmPower Solar.

Having successfully completed its transition from a solar equipment provider to a heterojunction cell and module manufacturer, Meyer Burger is looking to build on a major supply deal last month as it works to ramp up production capacity in the US.

Canadian renewables company Revolve Renewable Power has received approval to build a 250MW solar-and-storage project on land managed by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Arizona.

A power purchase agreement has been signed for the output of a large-scale solar-plus-storage power plant in Arizona by municipal utilities and local authorities.

A round-up of the latest news from the US solar market, including developments from Pivot Energy, Duke Energy and Engie NA.

US solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker has expanded its output with the addition of a new line in Arizona.

Arizona Public Service (APS) has issued an all-source request for proposals (RFP) for 1-1.5GW of resources to be added before 2027.