The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced US$4.37 billion in clean energy investments for rural utilities through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) programme.

Supervisors in the northern Iowa county of Cerro Gordo have passed an ordinance prohibiting the installation of new utility-scale solar, wind and BESS facilities located on land zoned for agricultural use. 

Freyr has completed the acquisition of Chinese firm Trina Solar’s Texas solar manufacturing assets, completing its transition from a European battery company to a US solar one.

IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has announced financing for the 290MWdc/940MWh solar-plus-storage Roadrunner project near Tucson, Arizona.

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has committed US$584.5 million to Convergent Energy and Power to build solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Puerto Rico.

American Battery Factory (ABF) has partnered with KAN Battery to pilot a line of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells.

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