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The US renewables industry overcame headwinds in 2020 to post record deployment figures and continue a decade-long growth trend, a joint report from BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) has revealed.

Longroad Energy to acquire ~900MWdc of solar, with battery storage additions also to be considered.

NextEra Energy Resources has revealed plans to add as much as 30GW of renewables to its portfolio by the end of 2024, as it continues to build its extensive backlog of projects.

Having deemed yesterday “Climate Wednesday”, US President Joe Biden signed a raft of Executive Orders designed to ratchet up the US’ efforts to combat climate change and accelerate the growth of its domestic renewables sector.

EDF Renewables North America has acquired 100% of US distributed generation company EnterSolar, as it aims to capitalise on accelerating growth in the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar market.

Lightsource BP has closed a US$380 million financing package for two Texan solar projects with a combined capacity of 316MW.

A round-up of the latest news from the US solar market, including updates from NovaSource, SEIA, Borrego and Primergy.

Residential solar loan provider to list on New York Stock Exchange in deal valued at US$1.3 billion.

Spanish utility Naturgy has made its debut in the US' renewables sector through the US$57 million acquisition of solar and storage developer Hamel Renewables.

The US clean energy industry ended last year with the fewest number of workers since 2015, as impacts of the coronavirus pandemic mean 12% of the sector’s workforce is unemployed.