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The US distributed solar sector added 808,349 new operational systems in 2023, a record figure for a 12-month period.

The US added 142,000 jobs to its clean energy sector in 2023, accounting for more than half of all new jobs added to the US energy industry.

US renewable energy developer Arevon has begun construction on the 251MW Gibson solar PV project in Gibson County, Indiana.

Construction of the Rosamond South I project, in Kern County, has already started and is expected to reach commercial operations in 2025.

Arevon and Matrix have started construction on two projects in Indiana and Texas, while Ingeteam has supplied 1GW of inverters to US projects.

Meyer Burger will scrap its proposed 2GW solar cell manufacturing plant in Colorado, claiming that the project is not 'financially viable'.

Generate Capital and KeyState Renewables have closed their third joint fund, which has supported the development of 53.5MW of community solar.

Avantus and Toyota Tsusho America's 125MWac Norton Solar project is expected to begin commercial operations in late 2025.

Nestlé is the sole tax equity investor of the 326MW Stampede solar-plus-storage project and will also acquire the renewable energy attributes from the whole capacity of the solar PV plant.

As the solar industry continues to grow and evolve, module blending can offer practical solutions for reducing project cost, particularly as antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) tariffs could be applied to Chinese products and US domestic content is incentivized, writes Burns & McDonnell.