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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.
ACORE: Investors Confident In U.S. Renewables, Especially Utility-Scale Solar
One year into its campaign of reaching $1 trillion in U.S. private-sector investment in renewable energy and enabling grid technologies by 2030, the American...
NREL Selects Participants For 2019 Energy Execs Program
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 21 leaders to participate in its 2019 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy...
Enphase Renews Low-Income Solar Partnership With GRID
Solar micro-inverter company Enphase Energy Inc. has renewed its solar partnership with GRID Alternatives, which makes solar and job training accessible to underserved communities.
Through...
Indiana Michigan Power To Partner With Notre Dame On Solar Project
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an operating company of American Electric Power, has proposed a 20 MW solar project in partnership with the University of...
USDA Funds Rural Solar Projects Across The Country
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded 58 grants for projects, including solar, in 17 states and Puerto Rico to reduce energy costs...
GSES Improves Solar Training With Virtual Reality
Austin, Texas-based Interplay Learning, a provider of online training for skilled trades using virtual reality (VR) and 3D simulations, has announced a partnership with...
Trio Of Virginia Solar Projects To Power 25,000 Homes
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued permits for the construction and operation of three new solar projects in Halifax and Orange...
Master Limited Partnerships Bill Re-Emerges
Lawmakers have reintroduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would give clean energy projects access to a tax advantage currently available for fossil fuel projects.
U.S....
Target Announces Goal Of 100% Domestic Renewable Electricity
Target has announced a commitment to source 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
The goal applies to all of Target’s domestic...
ATUM Transitions To 100% Solar At California Bioproduction Facility
ATUM, a bioengineering and bioproduction company, has completed a $1.5 million solar project at its corporate headquarters and manufacturing site in Newark, Calif.
The...
St. Louis Park School District Passes Clean Energy Resolution
On Monday, the St. Louis Park Public School Board passed a Climate Leadership Resolution establishing a goal of transitioning the school district to net-zero...
Work Begins On Sugar Hill Solar Farm In N.Y.
Latham, N.Y.-based US Light Energy (USLE) has begun construction of its latest community solar project.
The 7 MW Sugar Hill Solar Farm, to...
Feds Announce Tariff Exemption For Bifacial Solar Panels
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced a major update in the Section 201 trade ruling: a new tariff exemption for bifacial solar...
Six Flags Completes Giant Solar Project In New Jersey
With the completion of a 23.5 MW solar project, Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey is almost completely powered by solar energy.
The project...
Feds Seek Public Input On Gemini Solar Project
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a draft analyzing the environmental impacts of the proposed Gemini Solar...
Renewables Finally Beat Coal For U.S. Electrical Generating Capacity
For the first time, U.S. electrical generating capacity by renewable energy sources - biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind - has surpassed that of...
Oklahoma Home Builder Adds Solar To 54-Unit Complex
Dallas-based Sunfinity Renewable Energy was recently tapped by Sunview Development Co. - a 15-year veteran of the Oklahoma home-building industry - to install solar...
Ameresco Transforming Closed Landfill Into Solar Project
Ameresco Inc. has partnered with the Town of Westport, Mass., to install a 622 kW ground-mounted solar system at a closed landfill.
Ameresco will...
Court Determines FERC Cannot Rule On PG&E PPAs
A court ruling has determined the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is not authorized to decide the fate of PG&E Corp. energy contracts.
On...
New Jersey Drafts Pathway To 100% Clean Energy
The State of New Jersey has released a draft energy master plan (EMP), which provides an initial blueprint for the total conversion of the...