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Falck Renewables has closed on a sale that will see the company acquire a 99% stake of the partnership that owns the Class B membership interest of a 92 MW PV project in North Carolina.

Recurrent Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar, announced that its 71MW PV project in Cumberland County, North Carolina has reached commercial operation.

Australian PV company New Energy Solar is set to acquire 14 utility-scale PV projects, totaling 130MW, from US solar farm developer Cypress Creek (CCR). Cypress Creek will develop the 14 projects, which are expected to be commercially operational in 2018.

Italian renewable energy company Falck Renewables has officially entered the US solar sector, with the company announcing that it has acquired a 92MW PV project in North Carolina from Canadian Solar.

European developer and O&M firm PS Renewables has bought a 49% stake in North Carolina-based firm NCRE.

China-based integrated PV manufacturer ReneSola has signed an agreement to sell a 24MW portfolio of ground-mount PV projects under development in North Carolina, US, to a subsidiary of Panda Green Energy - formerly known as United Photovoltaics.

North American renewables investor Sammons Renewable Energy (SRE) has purchased a 194MW portfolio of utility-scale solar projects in North Carolina from developer Heelstone Energy Holdings.

Inverter supplier SMA America has signed off on a 10-year Master Service Agreement with Cypress Creek Renewables, under which SMA will take part in inverter preventative maintenance services for a portfolio of solar projects, primarily located in North Carolina.

News in Brief: Santa Barbara, California, is the 30th US city to vote in a 100% renewable energy mandate, North Carolina legislators instate a competitive bidding process and leasing programme for solar PV while South Carolina's SCE&G launches the state's largest community solar programme; there's also more community solar online in Texas, and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources releases its final guidelines for its solar incentive SMART programme.

Major US power firm and utility Dominion plans to acquire a 79MW solar PV project that is currently under construction in Anson County, North Carolina, from solar company Cypress Creek Renewables.