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

The state of Maryland has passed a law to streamline the approval process for solar PV and energy storage projects.

The US$309 million back-leveraged term loan will support 80 community solar projects owned by Summit Ridge Capital Holdings, a joint venture (JV) between Summit Ridge Energy and HASI

Summit Ridge Energy and HASI have agreed to build, own and operate a 250MW community solar portfolio in the states of Illinois and Maryland.

US telecoms and entertainment giant AT&T has inked two new virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) with energy trader Vitol for 155MW of solar.

A round-up of the latest news from the US solar sector, including distributed solar specialist SunPower's return to large-scale power systems, panel maker Maxeon's share offering, and developer National Grid Renewables' PPA with Hershey, Home Depot and NRG.

A new bill passed by the Maryland General Assembly is set to become a law on Friday, with the measure ensuring that half of the state’s energy will be derived from renewable sources by 2030.

Maryland state lawmakers have passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act, which will put the state on track to achieve a 50% renewable-energy goal by 2030. The Clean Energy Jobs Act was passed with a 95-40 vote in the House and 31-15 in the Senate, and will now move on to the desk of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan for approval.

Building Energy and Building Energy Holding US, through its renewable energy subsidiary Annapolis Solar Park, have inaugurated the largest PV project built on a landfill in the US.

Lightsource BP has acquired six solar power assets totalling 135MW of capacity in Pennsylvania and Maryland from Orion Renewable Energy Group.