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US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film solar module manufacturer First Solar has acquired a new facility in Ohio to support its distribution operations.

Danish renewables developer Ørsted has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply 80MW of solar PV power in the US to media company Bloomberg.

US utility AES Corporation built 3.5GW of renewable energy generation projects in 2023, led by solar PV installations.

Distributed energy platform Scale Microgrids has acquired over 500MW of community solar and energy storage projects across several states in the US from Netherlands-based developer Gutami.

Corporate financing in the solar sector rose 42% in 2023 compared with 2022, according to Mercom Capital.

US distributed generation platform Aspen Power has secured US$241 million in three financing tranches to support construction of its future solar PV assets.

PV manufacturer Meyer Burger has decided to close its module assembly plant in Germany and focus on its footprint in the US.

Governments and solar developers looking to widen the spread of residential solar PV in the US should look to deploy non-residential solar projects.

Tuscon Electric Power and UniSource Energy have launched a proposals for new power generation and energy storage projects in Arizona.

Dutch-German solar testing firm Sinovoltaics will expand its operations in the US market as a result of the solar and battery energy storage manufacturing “boom” stimulated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).