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Community or shared solar is on the rise in the United States. What does it entail?

Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar is planning 10 GWdc of  new solar module manufacturing capacity in Ohio and Alabama by 2025.

The POL Lux from Sweden is a catamaran boat design with dual electric motors and a solar canopy that can covert into a private sleeping area.

New headquarters will help onshore advanced silicon anode materials for U.S. battery supply chain.

The Empire State’s clean energy advocacy groups are within days of receiving the state’s Energy Storage Roadmap framework.

Requiring smart inverters will enable more customers to install rooftop solar and storage without paying for grid upgrades. New Mexico also enabled interconnection of more storage by following guidance in the Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s BATRIES report.

Located at the mouth of the Mississippi River, Louisiana has abundant crude oil and natural gas reserves and very little in the way of solar energy generation.

Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.

Also on the rise: “Dragon scale” solar panels chosen for new space station housing units. Solar carport tax incentives legislation proposed in California. And more.

The community solar project, owned and operated by Standard Solar, will generate 3.6 million kilowatt hours of clean energy each year and lower emissions across the Greater Portland area.