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Also on the rise: Virginia General Assembly passes pro-solar legislation. Briggs & Stratton releases 6.6 kWh stackable home battery. And more.

The 3.33 kW / 6.65 kWh lithium-ferro-phosphate battery offers home backup and storage of rooftop solar generation.

The tech giant signed on for 10.5 GW of renewable energy with Brookfield Renewable Partners, which may cost more than $11.5 billion to build, according to Bloomberg NEF.

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

Going into effect July 1, passage of House Bill 1062 and Senate Bill 271 will further incentivize solar and energy storage at the residential and commercial levels. 

Scientists led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a new PV-powered desalination system based on the time-variant electrodialysis reversal (EDR) technology. The proposed system reportedly achieves lower levelized cost of water than conventional solar-powered desalination techs.

Staubli plans to increase manufacturing of American-made connectors and wire harnesses in its California and North Carolina facilities.

Sinovoltaics analyzed publicly traded inverter producers using a balance sheet-based model and publicly available financial information to track financial strength over the past three years. The top-five in the latest ranking are Hoymiles Power Electronics, Enphase, Kstar, Eaton, and Goodwe.

Also on the rise: U.S. solar manufacturing and the SEMA Coalition expansion. CATL presents EV battery with 1,000 km range. And more.

Birch Creek, which has a portfolio of over 14.2 GW of utility-scale solar and storage projects in various stages of development, says it plans to deploy the First Solar modules in projects across its development pipeline in the United States.