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Enel Group announced it has agreed to acquire seven solar photovoltaic facilities across three states as the company expands its U.S. portfolio.

Finnish energy group Steady Energy has signed a letter of intent with Alva-yhtiöt, the city of Jyväskylä's water and energy group, to study the suitability of small-scale nuclear power as a source of district heating for the city.

Florida-headquartered Spearmint Energy said it has closed a financing package of $450 million to support a standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) installation in Texas. The company earlier in May said the funding supports Red Egret, a 300-MW/600-MWh BESS in Texas City, located southeast of Houston.

DigitalBridge Group said it has a definitive agreement to acquire ArcLight Capital Partners as part of a $1.05-billion deal. The transaction brings together two groups that the companies said would form “a leading alternative asset manager at the convergence of power, AI [artificial intelligence], and digital infrastructure, bringing together two specialist platforms with combined assets representing more than $150 billion.”

New Jersey-based Thea Energy , one of several U.S. companies working to commercialize fusion energy, said the company has raised $100 million in Series B funding.

POET, a South Dakota-headquartered company and the world's largest producer of biofuels, has joined with Antora Energy to commission a 5-GWh, multi-day thermal energy storage system at POET's bioprocessing facility in Big Stone City, South Dakota.

Global clean energy group ContourGlobal announced the start of commercial operation of another utility-scale solar-plus-storage project in Chile, one the company said features Latin America's longest-duration battery energy storage system (BESS).

Another U.S.-based energy company said its technology has achieved key performance metrics that advance its goal of commercial fusion by the mid 2030s.

Colorado-headquartered Xcimer Energy has announced the start of operations for Phoenix, what the company calls the largest privately owned laser system in the world. Phoenix, named after the legendary bird from Greek and Egyptian mythology, is the company’s prototype for commercializing laser fusion.