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Danish utility giant Ørsted has started building its first large-scale solar-plus-storage project in the US, located in Andrews County, Texas, alongside existing oil and gas installations.

McDonald's has signed off on two long-term, large-scale virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) in which the company will purchase renewable energy generated by both a 160MW PV project in Texas and the Aviator Wind West project located in Coke County, Texas.

ENGIE North America took part in a groundbreaking ceremony with county officials and customers for the 225MW Long Draw Solar Project in Texas. By signing off on a PPA for the project’s full generation capacity, ENGIE will serve four Texas municipalities (New Braunfels, Denton, Garland, and Kerrville) and their respective electric utilities.

SB Energy Global Holdings, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group, has signed off on a deal with Intersect Power that will see SB Energy acquire a portfolio of five US PV projects with a combined capacity of more than 1.7GW from Intersect.

Cubico Sustainable Investments progresses on another project following acquisition of Cypress Creek portfolio.

PPA is part of 1.6GW clean energy spree announced by Google last month and will allow Chicago-based Hecate to deploy 500MW of solar in Lone Star state.

Virtual agreements include 482GWh-a-year supply from 200MW Texas solar plant and are set to power firm's operations in three US states from next fall.

SEIA and WoodMac predictions of 17% jump in US-wide roll-out by end of 2019 come as Ikea's parent firm unveils investment in 403MW duo in Texas, Utah.

Rambler scheme becomes Duke’s fourth solar project in Lone Star state and will feature Canadian Solar’s BiKu modules, with plans to take it live by mid-2020.

Credit Agricole and Korea Development Bank provide construction and term debt for the US$210m, 150MW first project phase, due to go live next spring.