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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.
ForeFront Power Completes 27 MW Community Solar Portfolio In N.Y.
ForeFront Power has announced that the company’s first community solar projects in New York are now operational.
The nine projects are providing clean, renewable electricity...
Drones Fly Over 13 Million Solar Modules To Discover What Affects Production
Raptor Maps, a Boston-based provider of aerial thermography software, has released a report outlining factors affecting solar production. The company leveraged its data repository...
Shyam Mehta Takes The Helm Of NYSEIA
The New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) has appointed Shyam Mehta its new executive director.
Mehta previously served as policy director of the organization....
Rooftop Solar, Storage Project Installed In Grand Rapids’ West Side
Michigan energy provider Consumers Energy has dedicated a solar-plus-storage project located in Grand Rapids’ west side, a “vibrant and growing” area of the city,...
John Conley Joins Dynamic Energy From Tesla/SolarCity
Wayne, Pa.-based solar company Dynamic Energy Solutions LLC has appointed John Conley its chief commercial officer.
In this role, Conley will be responsible for all...
IREC Honors Four States For 2018 Clean Energy Progress
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has laid out some of its favorite 2018 success stories in its 2019 “Clean Energy States Honor Roll,” announced...
EIA: Solar, Wind To Be Fastest-Growing Electricity Sources Over Next Two Years
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects non-hydroelectric renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind, to be the fastest-growing source of U.S. electricity...
Court Ruling On Cornell Solar Tax A Win For N.Y. Renewable Development
The New York Supreme Court’s Fourth Department recently overturned a tax assessment on solar-generating equipment that had been installed on university land to provide...
Shell Tech Center Demos Microgrid With PV, Storage And Natural Gas
A Black & Veatch-designed microgrid at Shell’s Technology Center in Houston is actively powering part of the campus while serving as a research tool...
GRID Alternatives Gets Renewed Funding For SolarCorps Fellowship Program
Ahead of the annual MLK Day of Service, GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit that makes solar power and job training more accessible to underserved communities, has...
Solar Carport Installed At Vermont Science Center
A solar project built by a public-private partnership for a science museum in Burlington, Vt., has commenced operations.
The 156 kW solar carport, located at...
Florida Power & Light Plans 30 Million Solar Panels By 2030
Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has announced a new “30-by-30” plan to install more than 30 million solar panels by 2030.
According to FPL,...
Community Solar Project Completed In Town Of Boxborough
Green Street Power Partners LLC (GSPP) has completed the construction of a 5 MW ground-mounted community solar project in Boxborough, Mass.
One-hundred percent of the...
SolarRoofHook Becomes QuickBOLT
SolarRoofHook, a division of Quickscrews International Corp., has undergone a rebranding to QuickBOLT.
Quickscrews launched the solar division, providing solar mounts for residential roofs, in 2009....
Nautilus Scoops Up 3 MW Community Solar Portfolio In R.I.
New Jersey-based Nautilus Solar Energy LLC, a national solar project acquisition, development and asset management company, has acquired a 3 MW community solar portfolio...
Wholesale Cooperative Power Supplier To Off-Take 100 MW
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a cooperative for solar energy, is partnering with juwi Inc. on the 100 MW Spanish Peaks Solar Project. The...
Jeff Waters To Lead SunPower’s Technologies Business Unit
SunPower Corp. has appointed Jeff Waters the new CEO of the SunPower Technologies business unit, which includes global manufacturing, research and development (R&D), and...
Global Corporate Funding Into Solar Sector Falls 24%
Total global corporate funding into the solar sector – including venture capital and private equity, debt financing, and public market financing – came to...
DSM Welcomes Huge Solar Field In Belvidere, N.J.
DSM North America, a science-based company specializing in nutrition, health and sustainable living, has welcomed a newly expanded solar field in Belvidere, N.J., totaling...
Solar, Storage Plant Powers Up At Iowa’s Maharishi University of Management
Maharishi University of Management’s (MUM) new solar-plus-storage plant, designed and installed by Ideal Energy Inc., powered up in mid-December in Fairfield, Iowa.
A 1.1 MW...