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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.
Lockheed Martin, ComEd Team Up For Chicago Microgrid With Solar, Battery Storage
Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement to supply a GridStar Lithium energy storage system to ComEd, Illinois’ largest electric utility and a unit of...
DOE Announces $72M For Next-Gen Concentrating Solar Power Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $72 million for new projects to advance high-temperature concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies.
The agency says the projects...
Solar Training Program Launches At Massachusetts High School
A new solar training program has been launched at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Ma. Unveiled on May 10 at a...
Enel Green Power Mexico Expands Solar, Wind Projects
Enel’s Mexican renewable subsidiary, Enel Green Power Mexico (EGPM), has signed an agreement with the country’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) for a 10% expansion of its...
E.ON’s New Renewables Operations Center Open For Business
E.ON has completed its new North American renewables operation center in Austin, Texas.
E.ON has developed and built and operates more than 3.6 GW of...
CT Legislature Passes Controversial Solar Bill To Dismantle Net Metering
Both the Connecticut House and Senate have voted yes on S.B.9, a bill that would roll back the state’s net energy metering (NEM) program,...
CT Legislature Passes Controversial Solar Bill To Dismantle Net Metering
Both the Connecticut House and Senate have voted yes on S.B.9, a bill that would roll back the state’s net energy metering (NEM) program,...
Five New England Colleges To Buy Solar From Maine Project
Five liberal arts colleges in New England recently formed a partnership that will allow them to offset 46,000 MWh per year of their collective electrical needs from...
Solar Installed Across Entire California School District
In a community celebration on Thursday, May 3, Soledad Unified School District in Monterey County, Calif., commemorated the official start of its district-wide solar...
Duke Energy Rebate Helps South Carolina Elementary School Go Solar
Students at Independence Elementary School in Rock Hill, S.C., recently celebrated a week of activities focused on science and technology by flipping the switch...
GE Appoints Leader Of Energy Storage
GE Power has tapped former AES and RES Americas executive Robert Morgan to lead its new energy storage unit.
One of Morgan’s principal roles as...
Sunnova Expands Into Florida Solar Market
Houston-based Sunnova Energy Corp., a privately held U.S. residential solar and energy storage provider, is now entering the Florida market.
Sunnova says it will work...
SEPA: Community Solar Is Growing Exponentially, But There Still Isn’t Enough Of It
Community solar capacity in the U.S. more than doubled between 2016 and 2017, according to a new report from the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA).
Community...
States Taking Grid Modernization Actions At ‘Astounding Rate’: Report
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC), part of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, has released its Q1 2018 edition of “The 50...
CleanCapital Acquires 14.23 MW Solar Portfolio From X-Elio
New York City-based financial technology company CleanCapital has announced its largest solar acquisition to date, a 14.23 MW portfolio from X-Elio, a Spanish developer with U.S....
New Ohio Plant To Triple First Solar’s U.S. Manufacturing Capacity
First Solar Inc. has announced plans to build a new solar module manufacturing facility near its existing Perrysburg, Ohio, plant.
The factory, totaling 1 million square feet, is...
Minneapolis City Council OKs 100% Clean Energy Goal
On Friday, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030, the Sierra Club has announced.
According...
CleanChoice Energy Community Solar Launches In Minnesota
CleanChoice Energy has launched CleanChoice Energy Community Solar in Minnesota with more than 42 MW of community solar capacity available.
The new capacity – available...
Port Authorities Issue RFQ For 20 MW Solar Projects
The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) and the Port Authority Transit Corp. (PATCO) have announced a solar initiative that, once completed, is expected to provide...
SEPA Names Top Solar, Storage Utilities Of 2017
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has announced its annual top 10 lists recognizing U.S. utilities that added the most new solar and storage...