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On Friday, in Arlington, Arizona, the Department of Navy (DON), Department of Energy (DOE), and developer Sempra Energy were joined by the White House Office of Federal Sustainability for the inauguration of a 210MW solar facility that facility represents the federal government’s larges investment in clean energy history.

California-based PV energy provider Vasari Energy has signed a contract to buy 182 hectares of land in Maricopa County, Arizona, for the development of a 68MW solar installation.

Fair-weather solar advocate Arizona Public Service (APS), has become the first utility outside of California to surpass 1GW of solar energy capacity, reaching the milestone this summer.

Apple has unveiled a new 50MW solar plant in Florence, Arizona, in collaboration with local utility Salt River project.

The Arizona Corporation Commission has said that the rate structuring process for net metering in the state is subject to “undue influences”, and has hired out an attorney to investigate the issue, according to reports.

More than 2,100 solar supporters have written letters to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), urging it to reject UniSource Energy's (UNS) electric rate proposal, ahead of an official ruling next Tuesday.

Spain-based energy firm Isolux Corsán Group is to build its second solar project in the US, a 37.6MW PV plant in the state of Arizona.

Arizona Public Service (APS) has requested the Arizona Corporation Commission for the first rate review in five years, with proposals that include an unprecedented mandatory demand charge and the elimination of net-metering.

Tucson Electric Power (TEP), a utility in Southern Arizona with around 420,000 customers, has received approval to build two 10MW energy storage systems, including one co-located with solar, from the state’s regulator.

Solar Impulse 2, the ‘zero-fuel’ aircraft, landed in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday, completing the first leg across the US in its around the world flight.