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Also on the rise: JinkoSolar says demand softened as polysilicon prices rose in Q1, battery EVs are forecast to rule the roads by 2050, and New York State issues site permits for two solar projects.

Also on the rise: iSun books EPC services contract for multi-site solar projects, Honeywell announces a battery energy storage platform, United Natural Foods buys into a 108 MW solar farm, and Secure Futures gains $25 million in equity finance to secure its future.

Also on the rise: NextEnergy Capital adds investors for project acquisition fund, partners plan 50 MW of solar in Minnesota, and Hydro-Québec brings its first solar capacity online to test the water, so to speak.

Developers can make decisions up-front to reduce risks, increase profitability, and save time with SIFT’s ability to model hundreds of layouts, conditions, performance goals, and financial scenarios in seconds.

With the market for solar modules ever-evolving, Array Technologies and PVEL released a study looking at the different module characteristics that affect site-wide tracker costs.

Also on the rise: New clean energy coalition will push for U.S. tax code reform, FPL topples the stack of its last coal-fired power plant, NERC and Dragos launch a cybersecurity initiative, and the Western Energy Imbalance Market moves into Montana.

Renewable project finance has to become more dynamic and greater risks will have to be taken in order to meet clean economy mandates, a panel of experts said during an ACORE event.

As part of ACORE’s Finance Forums, experts on federal energy policy outlined what policies are needed to help drive the Biden Administration’s clean energy and climate change policies.

Also on the rise: Stem and CleanCapital extend their business ties and eye C&I energy storage, Heliogen raises $108 million from industrial heavyweights for its CSP refinery, and Ameresco will deploy a solar array at Cannon AFB.

Also on the rise: AES floats a utility-scale solar project in New York, Greenbacker adds to its solar portfolio, Sunnova prices its latest securitization, and China will end its solar subsidies.