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Also on the rise: Rooftop solar at LaGuardia Airport advances Port Authority’s net zero commitment. Salient Energy develops Zinc-ion battery for residential applications. Solar plus storage microgrid spares remote Alaskan community on diesel expenses, boosts resilience. Department of Energy looks to integrate Vehicle-to-Everything bi-directional charging into US infrastructure. Dynamic Energy solar project to power manufacturing facility in Central Maine. Texas solar is booming, but batteries are not included.

In the next three years, Texas is expected to deploy 50% more solar capacity than California, but projects are attaching batteries at about 28%, while in California, nearly 99% of solar projects have batteries included.

Also on the rise: Broad Reach Power procures 900 MWh of battery systems from CATL for solar portfolio in Texas. Job moves at Maxeon Solar Technologies, PowerMarket, Ulteig and more. Sunrun says better policy is needed to add “vast” amounts of distributed solar and storage. Ohio regulators to review two massive renewable energy project proposals. California utility SDG&E sees utility scale solar growing greater than 10X by 2045. New JM Steel manufacturing plant will have a Nextracker tracker production line.

Six ERCOT projects will contribute over 900 MWh to the Texas grid and will reach commercial operation in 2023.

The facility will use state of the art low-carbon steel manufacturing to deliver multi-GW of solar tracker capacity annually.

Also on the rise: Pivot Energy closes financing on 90MW solar portfolio. iSun posts 115% revenue growth in full year 2021 financial results. Energy Dome wins BNEF Pioneers 2022 competition for long-duration energy storage with CO2 batteries. Burns & McDonnell completes 65MW Texas solar project. New Hampshire utilities announce electric vehicle demand charge holiday.

The project employed more than 250 construction professionals during peak work and will will generate enough clean energy to power more than 25,000 residences.

Also on the rise: EDPR and Meta sign PPA for 156MW of solar from Cattlemen Solar Park in central Texas. Castillo Engineering selected to provide electrical design for New York community solar portfolio. NYSERDA launches energy advisory website for low-to moderate income households. Bluetti launches 350W foldable solar module. Green hydrogen electrolyzer provider closes $45 million Series B. Gallaudet University to install 2.5MW microgrid.

Moving one step closer to meeting its net zero emissions goal for its entire value chain by 2030, Meta signs on for 156MW from solar park in Milam County.

Flower Valley I and II put Jupiter many steps closer to its goal of building and operating more than 650MWh of energy storage capacity in ERCOT territory.