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Arizonan utility Salt River Project (SRP) has issued an all-source request for proposal (RFP) seeking at least 500MW of renewables by May 2027.

Solar PV generation in the US during 2022 has increased by 24.14% year-on-year according to the country’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) latest report.

Energy company AES Corporation expects to complete 3.4GW of new renewable energy projects globally in 2023.

US residential solar installer Sunnova lost US$20.9 million in Q4 2022, while its net loss attributable to shareholders in 2022 amounted to US$161.6 million last year, according to its latest financial results announcement.

A total of 4.7GW of utility-scale solar capacity was installed in Q4 2022 in the US, but the difficulties in sourcing modules caused a delay in installations, according to industry body the American Clean Power Association. 

Lightsource bp has closed a tax equity deal, worth US$267 million, with financial services company Wells Fargo for a 481MW solar portfolio.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member JA Solar is planning to build its first module manufacturing facility in the US.

PV solutions provider SPI Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, Solar 4 America (S4A), has begun manufacturing M10 (182mm) modules in the new production line at its facility in Sacramento, California.

US independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch has conducted a US$600 million equity raise, bringing its total funds raised in 2022 to over US$1 billion.

Solar energy accounted for over 5% of the total electricity generation in the US in the first 10 months of 2022 as solar output increased 26.23% year-to-date (YTD), according to data released by the US Energy Information Administration.