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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.
Amazon Targets 100% Renewables By 2030, Co-Founds New Climate Pledge
As part of its commitment to the newly formed Climate Pledge, Amazon is targeting 80% renewable energy by 2024 and 100% renewable energy by...
Former Pittsburgh Steel Mill Brings Solar To New Development
Regional Industrial Development Corp. of Southwestern Pennsylvania (RIDC) has contracted with Scalo Solar Solutions to install solar on the sloped roof of RIDC’s Mill...
SFA Continues Expanding Solar Portfolio
Solar Frontier Americas (SFA), the U.S. renewable energy business of Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan Co., has further expanded its power generation portfolio with...
DTE Seeks Michigan Solar And Wind
DTE Energy is issuing requests for proposals (RFP) for additional solar and wind projects in Michigan.
DTE will use these resources to help achieve...
Solar To Power Empire State Plaza In Albany
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Office of General Services (OGS) are partnering on the development of solar energy generation to power Empire...
Rhode Island’s First Community Solar Project Enters Operation
Nautilus Solar Energy LLC has cut the ribbon on what it says is Rhode Island's first operational community solar project.
Located in Burrillville, the 3.31...
Constellation Inks Three Commercial Solar Deals
Constellation, an Exelon Company, has announced an agreement with three major commercial customers - Johns Hopkins University, food flavoring company McCormick & Co., and...
Avangrid Selling Stakes In Arizona Facilities
Avangrid Renewables LLC has reached an agreement with Axium Infrastructure to sell stakes in Arizona wind and solar facilities.
Avangrid plans to transfer 50% ownership...
Duke Energy Targets Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050
Duke Energy has announced an updated climate strategy that includes a new goal of net-zero carbon emissions from electric generation by mid-century.
The company...
Nexamp Rolls Out Storage Projects In Northeast
Nexamp has deployed its first energy storage projects, representing more than 51 MWh of capacity.
These six projects are located across sites in New...
Virginia Lays Out Carbon-Free Power Plan With Solar, Wind Targets
Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., has signed an executive order focused on bringing Virginia to carbon-free energy by 2050.
Executive Order No. 43 lays out Virginia’s...
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Expands Houston Team
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners - a global investment manager focused exclusively on lower-carbon and renewable energy infrastructure investment and operational asset management in the U.S.,...
U.S. Utility Solar Pipeline Balloons To New High
The U.S.' utility-scale solar PV market saw 11.2 GW of new projects announced in the first half of 2019, bringing the utility PV pipeline...
Solar FlexRack Touts Successful 2019
Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and a provider of photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, expects to close more than half...
IKEA Partner Ingka Group Invests In U.S. Solar
Ingka Group, a strategic partner in the IKEA franchise system, has reached an agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to acquire a 49% stake...
First Project Completed Under CT’s Community Solar Pilot
The first project under Connecticut’s Shared Clean Energy Facility Pilot Program has been energized, Ameresco has announced.
Ameresco is the owner of the 2...
California Proposes Actions To Address Grid Reliability, Low-Carbon Future
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has proposed new actions designed to address reliable electric service while ensuring that California continues to make progress...
Lawmakers Propose Bill To Make Solar More Accessible For Low-Income Families
U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., leaders of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, have introduced legislation designed to make solar energy...
Habitat For Humanity Builds Solar-Powered Home In Chicago Area
Habitat for Humanity Lake County is building a new solar-powered home for a single mother of four in Waukegan, a suburb north of Chicago.
The...
RPI Researchers Work On Real-Time Analysis Of Grid Data
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is developing software to enable real-time analysis of power...