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A round-up of the latest solar project news from around the world, including updates from R.Power, Grenergy Renovables and Duke Energy Florida.

As part of a strategy that includes retiring coal-fired power plants by 2040 and reaching net zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050, utility company Alliant Energy has published its ‘Clean Energy Blueprint for Iowa’.

Italian oil major Eni has bolstered its exposure to clean energy in the US after its Falck Renewables-led joint venture acquired project developer Building Energy US.

Fairfield, Iowa’s Maharishi University of Management has completed and powered up a new solar power plant in mid-December. The installation, designed and installed by Ideal Energy, is the first system of its kind developed within Iowa.

Alliant Energy Iowa announced that it has put Iowa’s largest PV installation into service — with the record-breaking project one of two new solar energy sites from Alliant Energy.

Wind and solar power produced more than 10% of the electricity generated in the US for the time in March, according to new analysis by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and a provider of PV mounting and tracking solutions, announced Tuesday that it has installed its G3 Fixed Tilt system on the largest utility-scale PV project in Iowa — a 2.3MW plant that stands as the largest in a series of five systems totaling 5.5MW.