A massive solar project spanning five square miles is being constructed in the desert near Palm Springs, Calif.

The CO Bar Solar project is a partnership between Tempe-based not-for-profit utility SRP and solar and storage developer Boise-based Clēnera, which will build and operate the plant.

Bipartisan bill extends renewables tax credits, but without prevailing wage provisions; energy and business groups support the legislation.

Renewables producers charge in U.S. lawsuit that agency decisions keep them from U.S. power grid, but sector still sees battery storage growth and more manufacturers in supply chain.

Alberta's 400-MW solar farm, just approved, will be competitive even with halt of 2015 clean-energy mandate, proponents say.