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The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved a plan put forward by US energy company DTE Energy to install solar and wind in the state.

SunPower has released its preliminary financial results for the second quarter of this year, which include a net loss of US$30 million.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) – a US utility headquartered in Knoxville – has ordered 279MW of First Solar’s cadmium telluride thin-film solar PV modules to outfit its Lawrence County Solar Project in Alabama, due to come online in 2027.

Florida-headquartered NextEra Energy has recorded a net income of US$2,795 million in Q2 2023 as both its renewables development and utility generation arms posted strong results.  

Edison Energy has revealed that the average price of power purchase agreements across Europe and the US has fallen from Q1 to Q2 2023.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to release US$20 million in funding for solar waste reduction and lifecycle technologies, including US$8 million of funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

A new steel mill in Temple, Texas will supply steel tubing to solar tracker supplier Array Technologies for use in its deployments at utility-scale PV projects in the US.

Invenergy has started commercial operations at its 200MW Calhoun Solar Energy Center, its first operational project in Michigan.

West Penn Power has started work to connect two solar farms, with a combined capacity of 220MW, to the Pennsylvanian electric grid.

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council has revealed a 3.5% growth in the number of jobs in the US solar sector between 2021 and 2022.