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US solar developer Recurrent Energy has closed financing for its upcoming 134MW Liberty solar project in the US state of Texas.

Scout Clean Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with household product manufacturer Colgate-Palmolive.

Iberdrola's US subsidiary, Avangrid, has begun construction on its 240MW True North solar PV plant in Falls County, Texas. The project has a power purchase agreement in place with social media and data giant Meta.

Despite projections that solar PV and wind generation capacity will more than double by 2035, the Texas transmission grid will need to be upgraded to avoid increased asset curtailment across the state.

Tom Kenning looks at the rise of solar power in Texas, a US state better known for its role in the oil and gas industry, where a beneficial tax regime and an abundance of project land work in favour of building out solar power generation.

Matrix Renewables has acquired the 284MW Stillhouse solar project in the US state of Texas from solar farm developer OCI Solar Power.

Canadian Solar will build its first production facility in the US, with the capacity to produce 5GW of solar modules a year.

Parliament Solar has selected Ideematec to supply a tracking system for its upcoming solar farm in the US state of Texas.

Utility-scale renewables developer Intersect Power has reached commercial operation of its 415MWp solar PV project in Texas.

The development-stage 490MW Duffy solar PV project near Houston, Texas has changed hands; nascent US independent power producer (IPP) Linea Energy has bought the project from London-based Horus Energy.