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Tuesday 13 February was a record-breaking day for Texas solar, with ERCOT generating a peak of 16.7GW of electricity from solar sources.

US solar developer Vesper Energy has closed US$590 million in financing for its 600MW Hornet solar project in Swisher County, Texas.

Microgrids in the US still face several challenges - speed and standardisation chief among them - in order to help alleviate and decentralise the grid.

French oil giant TotalEnergies has reached commercial operations of a 380MWp solar-plus-storage project in Texas, US.

Legislators in Texas face a balancing act when considering grid reliability and the ratio of different methods to generate power.

North American solar power purchase agreement prices increased 4% in Q3, following a decline in prices in Q2.

As virtual power plants will be important in the future to help the grid, challenges around data sharing still persist.

US solar developer Recurrent Energy has closed financing for its upcoming 134MW Liberty solar project in the US state of Texas.

Solar power purchase agreement prices in Q2 2023 in North America have dropped for the first time since Q1 2020 thanks to the increase in incorporating benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act and a stabilised solar supply chain.

Despite projections that solar PV and wind generation capacity will more than double by 2035, the Texas transmission grid will need to be upgraded to avoid increased asset curtailment across the state.