Avangrid Inc (<a href="https://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:AGR" target="_blank">NYSE:AGR</a>), a US-based unit of Spanish utility Iberdrola SA (<a href="https://www.bolsasymercados.es/bme-exchange/es/Mercados-y-Cotizaciones/Acciones/Mercado-Continuo/Ficha/Iberdrola-ES0144580Y14" target="_blank">BME:IBE</a>), announced on Tuesday the start of construction works on its first solar project in California, a 44-MW site located in Kern County.