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NRG announced Wednesday that is has closed on its acquisition of all projects within a 1.5GW portfolio of SunEdison installations.

After a backlash from Illinois governor Bruce Rauner and his administration, ComEd and Exelon verbally agreed on Tuesday to ditch some of the most controversial provision in their Future Jobs Energy bill, including the mandatory demand charge.

St. Petersburg, Florida has joined the likes of Los Angeles and San Diego in approving a commitment to transitioning to 100% renewable energy.

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed his intentions to cancel the Clean Power Plan, in a video message outlining his plans for when he takes office in January.

Leading ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has provided 140MW of PV Modules for the Minnesota North Star project.

Sweden announces effective abolition of its solar tax, Etrion and Hitatchi High-Technologies partner on a 13.2MW project in Japan, Wynnertech supplies 20MW of inverters to a project in Iran, and Enel North America and GE Energy enter a JV.

Mosaic, the leading provider of solar loan financing for homeowners, announced the closing of a US$250 million warehouse facility with Deutsche Bank as the arranger and administrative agent. Along with recent upsizes to Mosaic's existing warehouse facility and a forward flow whole loan sale arrangement, this deal with provide Mosaic with US$550 million of new loan funding capacity.

The global market for utility-scale PV and operations & maintenance (O&M) will reach 182GW by the end this year, GTM Research’s latest report finds.

Massachusetts has recently initiated a proposal under the Baker administration to double solar energy development in the state. In related news, NRG commissions the state's largest community solar facility.

The merger between Tesla and SolarCity has been approved by shareholders.