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Sonia Dunlop and Alyssa Pek of the Global Solar Council reflect on how solar's inclusion in the COP28 agreement can spur the industry to new growth.

The US arm of French renewables developer EDF Renewables has commenced operations at the first phase of the Fox Squirrel solar PV plant in Ohio along with its Canadian energy company partner, Enbridge.

New York State has announced plans to speed up the permitting process for distributed renewable energy and transmission projects, alongside an initiative to boost access to community solar.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects the contribution of solar power to the US’ energy mix to exceed that of hydropower.

Auxin Solar has filed a lawsuit against US government bodies for failing to collect payments relating to the AD/CVD tariffs on solar imports.

Xcel Energy has retired one of three coal generation units in Minnesota, which it plans to replace with 710MW worth of solar PV capacity.

US climate investment firm HASI has invested an undisclosed sum into a 605MW solar and solar-plus-storage portfolio owned by US utility AES Corporation.

BrightNight has closed a US$375 million corporate credit facility, which it plans to use to build out a 31 GW pipeline of projects.

Solar PV projects’ operations and maintenance (O&M) are often overlooked during the development stage, according to Chris Stacy, director of business development at BayWa r.e. in the US.

Leading US solar companies have made several senior appointments to their teams, including REC Solar, CubicPV and Nextracker.