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California’s transmission and distribution grid networks will need to expand fourfold and tenfold, respectively, to meet net zero targets.

Dimension has announced the closing of a US$237 million financing, which will support a 120MWdc distributed generation portfolio.

US utility Avangrid – a subsidiary of energy multinational Iberdrola – will build its first solar PV project in California, building on the back of an existing wind farm fleet of over 500MW in the state.

The California Energy Commission has revealed that solar generation in California has increased more than twentyfold between 2012 and 2022.

California is currently evaluating several community solar programmes, among them the NVBT which could boost solar-plus-storage projects.

Ohio House has introduced a solar bill that will accelerate the growth of community solar development under a state-wide pilot programme.

US utility AES Corporation has added the 2GW Bellefield solar-plus-storage project to its portfolio after acquiring it from the project developer, Avantus.

Spanish renewables platform Matrix Renewables has completed construction and financing of two 143MW/80MWh solar-plus-storage projects in California, with five power purchase agreements (PPA) in place with utilities and cities across the state.

US solar installer Sunrun has added 239.8MW of PV capacity in Q1 2023, exceeding its high-end guidance and is on track to reach 1GW in 2023.

UAE state-owned renewable energy developer Masdar has acquired a 50% stake in a 128MW/160MWh solar-plus-storage project from EDF Renewables North America.