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Small-scale utility and community solar developer Renewable Properties has secured a US$25 million development capital investment to continue developing its 1GW US community solar project pipeline.

The New York state government has awarded permits to 6.4GW of new clean energy projects in the state, 1.5GW of which will be in solar plants.

Community solar developer Lightstar Renewables has started development of the first agrivoltaics project in New York, US.

Dimension has announced the closing of a US$237 million financing, which will support a 120MWdc distributed generation portfolio.

This week, Microsoft, Clearloop, Greenbacker and SolarBank have made notable investments into small-scale and community solar projects.

US community solar owner-operator Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) and Japanese energy firm Osaka Gas USA (OGUSA) have expanded their partnership to construct, own and operate more than 100MW of solar PV in Virginia, the US.

On Thursday 18 May, New York State reached a new record for solar generation with 3.3GW at noon, according to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO).

Community solar is poised to exponentially grow in the coming years through the IRA and other state-level legislations, as well as in agriPV.

Distributed energy platform Scale Microgrids has acquired over 100MW of community solar projects in New York from Netherlands-based developer Gutami.

The New York State Public Service Commission has approved US$4.4 billion for transmission upgrades that will boost the uptake of renewables.