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Also on the rise: Canadian Solar announces 5 GW Texas module factory. $7 billion in EPA grants to advance low-income residential and community solar. And more.

Also on the rise: SolarEdge to integrate Vaillant, Samsung heat pumps with residential PV. Solar-plus-storage microgrids to replace diesel generators in Mojave water conservation project. And more.

Krasdale Foods, a grocery distributor to the CTown and Bravo supermarkets in New York City’s five boroughs, has made 1.62 MW of clean power of a 2.68 MW warehouse rooftop solar facility available to 300 low- and moderate-income residents.

Also on the rise: Goats perform O&M at Oregon community solar project. Solar recycling/remanufacturing plant in Tennessee. And more.

Developer and investor SolRiver Capital is helping an Oregon town offset its carbon emissions and save money on electricity through the Canyonville Solar project.

Also on the rise: BMW electric vehicle battery supplier breaks ground on 30 GWh factory. Solar development found to not impact biodiversity. And more.

At the ACORE Finance Forum, investors said a key challenge that statewide community solar programs do not yet address is how to unlock the opportunity of hundreds of thousands of building rooftops for solar development and bringing access to residents who rent their apartment.

Also on the rise: Solar power crosses the political aisle–$75 million for agrivoltaics research. Orsted to recycle all the solar modules in its U.S. portfolio. And more.

North America’s largest floating PV plant is now online, providing critical resource support while occupying no land area.

If passed, Ohio would become the 24th U.S. state with a statewide community solar program accessible to residents of all walks of life, including low- and moderate-income communities.