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Betsy Lillian
Betsy Lillian serves as the editor of Solar Industry, as well as sister publications North American Windpower, NGT News and Unmanned Aerial Online. She has been with Zackin Publications since 2012.
Legislation Promotes Solar, Wind Development On Public Lands
U.S. Reps. Mike Levin, D-Calif., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., recently introduced the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act (PLREDA) of 2019, a bill to...
Apple, Target Win Top Spots In SEIA’s Newest Corporate Solar Report
In a new report, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) puts corporate commitments to clean energy on display, with tech and retail brands such...
House Leaders Plot 100% Clean Energy Economy: ‘Ambitious But Necessary’
Democratic House committee leaders have announced a bold new plan to achieve a 100% clean economy by 2050.
The plan was introduced on Tuesday by...
Solar FlexRack Signs Supply Deal With Swinerton For CT Project
Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and a provider of PV mounting and solar tracker solutions, has completed a contract to supply...
Entergy New Orleans Inks Solar Deal With Transit Agency
Entergy New Orleans and the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) have reached an agreement to install solar panels on the roof of the...
RECOM, BQ Energy Complete 4 MW Brownfield Installation
RECOM, a France-headquartered independent power producer and manufacturer of solar modules, has announced the completion of a 4.07 MW solar project in Olean, N.Y.
The...
Duke Energy Acquiring Its Biggest Solar Project To Date
Duke Energy Renewables is expanding its solar energy portfolio by acquiring the 200 MW Holstein project in west-central Texas from 8minute Solar Energy.
Once...
TerraForm To Acquire Solar Assets From AltaGas
TerraForm Power Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a distributed generation portfolio totaling up to approximately 320 MW from Alberta-based AltaGas...
Continuing Shift To Renewables, AEP Commits To Coal Reductions
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has approved a modified agreement that will accelerate emission reductions from American Electric Power’s...
EDF Teams With Electric Co-op For Mid-Atlantic Solar Portfolio
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) and EDF Renewables North America have entered a partnership to develop and build a 30 MW AC portfolio of...
Q CELLS Launching Latest Q.PEAK DUO Module In U.S. Market
Solar cell and module manufacturer Q CELLS plans to launch its new solar module, the Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G6+, in the U.S. market in September....
CleanCapital Acquires Huge New Jersey Solar Portfolio
Renewable energy investment platform CleanCapital has announced its largest acquisition to date, a 75.2 MW solar portfolio made up of 15 operating projects in...
Cuomo Signs Historic Renewable Energy Bill Into Law
A new law in New York will require the state to procure 6 GW of distributed solar by 2025, as well as require utilities...
Sunpin Solar Taps Guzman As Power Marketing Director
Irvine, Calif.-based Sunpin Solar, a utility-scale solar developer and long-term asset owner, has named Mark Guzman its director of power marketing.
Guzman comes to Sunpin...
D.C.’s Metro Seeks Solar For Parking Facilities
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking solar projects at four Metro-owned facilities.
Metro, which operates transit...
Highview Power Contracts With Tenaska For U.S. Cryogenic Energy Storage Projects
Highview Power, a provider of long-duration energy storage solutions, has contracted Tenaska Power Services Co., a provider of energy management services to generation and...
GE, BlackRock Form New Distributed Solar Business
GE Solar and BlackRock have come together to form a new business called Distributed Solar Development (DSD).
DSD, a GE Renewable Energy Venture, will be...
SEIA Leads Industry-Wide Effort To Expand Solar ITC
Nearly 1,000 companies across the U.S. solar industry supply chain have sent a letter to Congress to call for the extension of the Section...
Wisconsin Utility Cancels Controversial Solar Tax Plan
Solar groups are applauding a decision by Milwaukee-based utility We Energies, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, to cancel plans to tax customers who...
Rhode Island Getting Pair Of Community Solar Projects
TurningPoint Energy and Nautilus Solar have announced two Rhode Island community solar plants that are planned for construction, representing 19.1 MW AC of capacity....