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A round-up of solar stories from the US this week, including President Joe Biden's decision to re-join the Paris Agreement, and Dominion Energy's purchase of a solar project backed by Facebook.

In clinching control of the Senate, the Biden administration can now unleash green policies unobstructed. Liam Stoker looks at what the solar industry has requested, what’s been delivered and what may still prove a stretch too far

The proliferation of renewables and other distributed energy resources is pushing existing grid infrastructure to the limit, prompting renewed efforts to modernise. But with new hardware coming at such a high price, it’s imperative these investments get the biggest bang for their buck. Here, the US Interstate Renewable Energy Council establishes its five key principles for grid modernisation.

US-based renewables components manufacturer Gibraltar Industries has clinched a US$220 million deal to acquire solar racking provider TerraSmart.

Module manufacturer Seraphim is to invest in a 750MW module assembly facility in Vietnam to expand its global production footprint and serve US market.

The Illinois Commerce Commission voted 4-1 on Wednesday (3 December) to overturn a utility company's decision to block new solar customers from accessing credit through net metering.

PV Tech’s live coverage of the 2020 US Election continues, as President-Elect Biden shapes his transition team and the US solar industry issues its wants from a Biden Administration.

Proposed project is contingent on Invenergy securing a deal with not-for-profit electricity cooperative Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association.

Without the ITC solar will generate 12% of US electricity in 2030 instead of 16%, according to the SEIA.

The partnership will allow the regional developer to deploy 100MW of distributed solar annually in the US and expand its reach beyond the south-eastern US.