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Nevada solar moved up in a big way earlier this week, with the state legislature passing several bills to ensure the industry will return to its former heights.

Following on from the successful year for solar that was 2016, the US market added 2,044MW of new capacity in Q1 2017 alone. As installations grow, prices continue to fall to new lows and utility-scale system prices dropped below US$1/Watt for the first time according to GTM Research.

News in Brief: CleanMax and Hitachi partner for rooftop solar in India for Japanese companies, Tyler Technologies installs a solar-plus-storage system at its Texas headquarters, Germany's Redavia expands into West Africa with solar for the country's Maritime University, more community solar is completed in Massachusetts and Surana wins a bid for 5MW of rooftop solar in Andhra Pradesh.

Princeton, New Jersey-based NRG has officially completed its first five community solar projects in Minnesota, ranging from 3-5MW each.

Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe signed 11 bills earlier this week that promote solar and other renewable energy resources such as pumped hydro.

After permitting delays, Xcel Energy says two community solar projects in Wisconsin will be online later this year.

Solar in Minnesota jumped 80% in the first three months of this year, with the state now harnessing almost half a gigawatt of installed capacity.

United Renewable has completed the construction of the first community solar project to be connected to New York’s national grid.

Solar FlexRack, a subsidiary of Northern States Metals and solar tracker, racking and services solution company, announced Tuesday that its G3P fixed-tilt racking has been selected for a 50MW pipeline of PV projects in Minnesota.

The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has approved a new community solar agreement in Tucson.