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Solar energy advocates reacted strongly to proposed changes to California’s net metering program. Residential solar developer Sunrun in its initial response appeared to frame a potential federal-level challenge to the proposal, which was issued December 13 and is scheduled for a January 27 vote. “The proposal includes a raft of complex changes which, if approved, would put rooftop solar far…

The 2.6-gigawatt (GW) project is the largest offshore wind farm currently under development in the United States. Once finished in 2026, CVOW would generate enough energy to power 660,000 homes.

Solar and Storage companies Enphase Energy, Freedom Forever, Nautilus Solar and Array Technologies are among those becoming SEIA at-large board members.

TC Energy’s Saddlebrook Solar + Storage Project includes a solar generating facility expected to provide up to 102.5 megawatts (MW) and storage with an expected output capacity of 6.5 MW.

The pharmaceutical company is partnering with Future Biogas to power its UK sites with low-carbon energy as part of company decarbonization efforts.

The projects are slated to be developed in Rajasthan, which has some of the country's best solar insolation rates.

Ashtom Group and Kenlov Renewable Energy (KenLov) plan to purchase four U.S. solar projects from Texas developer OnPeak Power. The projects have a combined planned capacity of about 1.1 gigawatts (GW).

Massachusetts awarded bids to two offshore wind projects, which are expected to generate a combined 1600 megawatts (MW) of electricity.