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Connecticut administers strong solar-supportive state policies, a benefit to its residents who pay nearly 50% more than the national average for electricity.

The project ties another for the largest in capacity in the state and it is set to include a 165MW battery energy storage installation.

An untenable level of risk onset by the Department of Commerce’s anticircumvention investigation has essentially shut down US procurement of PV modules, and Commerce is expected to take its full allotment of 150 days to make a ruling, said an industry note from Philip Shen, managing director, ROTH Capital Partners.

The community solar portfolio includes a project with an historic church, another project with a non-profit foundation working to preserve a historic site, and an installation on a reclaimed former coal mine in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

6K has also announced a new 33,000-square-foot battery center of excellence pre-production facility in North Andover, which will be one of the largest battery material production facilities in the United States.

Also on the rise: Recurrent Energy sells Gaskell West solar-plus-storage projects to Matrix Renewables. Designs, control strategies for PV-integrated shading devices. EagleView high-resolution aircraft imagery-enabled platform may cut solar sales to install by two weeks. Fronius releases solar design tool. 250MW solar project planned for former West Virginia coal mine.

While New York has become a national solar leader, projects of this size are unprecedented in the Empire State.

pv magazine met with the company for a demo of its new solution that promises to bridge the gap between sales-ready and install-ready designs, potentially cutting several days off the solar customer experience.

Photovoltaic shades in buildings offer energy efficiency and electricity generation, but an international research group says their commercial viability will depend on the control strategies used to optimize performance.

The inverter provider released a free online platform for planning, design, and sales of solar PV systems.