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Joseph Bebon
Joseph Bebon was editor of Solar Industry magazine. In addition, he contributed to sister publications North American Windpower magazine and NGT News, an online news site covering alternative fuel vehicles, and was previously editor of the latter. Joseph is also the former editor of smart grid publication Renew Grid. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's degree in English and started his career at Zackin Publications, publisher of Solar Industry, as an editorial assistant in 2010.
1366 Announces New Milestones With Direct Wafer Tech
Massachusetts-based silicon wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies has achieved a new performance record for its Direct Wafer technology, reaching 19.9% cell efficiency through 1366’s ongoing technical partnership...
Utility Owner Gaz Metro To Acquire Standard Solar
Canada-based Gaz Metro, a diversified energy provider with more than $5.8 billion in assets, is acquiring Maryland-based commercial solar company Standard Solar Inc. Financial terms of the deal...
Solar Helps Boys & Girls Clubs Of San Dieguito ‘Lead By Example’
Baker Electric Solar, a full-service solar company, recently designed and installed a 164 kW solar system for the Boys & Girls Clubs of San...
Energy Stakeholders React To Perry’s Confirmation As DOE Secretary
In a vote of 62-37, the U.S. Senate has confirmed former Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the 14th secretary of the U.S. Department of...
DuPont Unveils New PV Metallization Pastes For Screen Printing
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions has introduced new innovations for its DuPont Solamet photovoltaic metallization paste to enable advanced screen printing.
Specially designed for double printing, Solamet PVD1x...
Solar Advocates And APS Reach Major Settlement Agreement In Arizona
Proving yet again that compromise does, in fact, work, Arizona’s largest electric utility and solar advocacy groups have reached a major settlement agreement that lays to...
New York Beefs Up Program To Help Schools Go Solar
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has announced the opportunity for school districts in the state to “go solar” will be expedited after selecting two additional...
Meyer Burger To Discontinue Diamond Wire Production In Colo.
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd., a Switzerland-based PV manufacturing equipment provider, has announced it is discontinuing its diamond wire production at Diamond Materials Tech Inc. (DMT) in...
Solar Monitoring Firm Locus Energy Surpasses 5 GW Milestone
Locus Energy, a performance monitoring and data analytics platform provider for the solar PV market in the residential, commercial, industrial and utility sectors, says its solar...
Duke Energy Indiana’s First Solar Project Goes Online
Duke Energy Indiana says its first large-scale solar power plant is now in commercial service and sending clean, renewable energy to customers throughout the...
Mass. Schools, Town To Benefit From Brownfield Solar
Renewable energy company Soltage LLC and independent power producer Tenaska have completed a 3.68 MW ground-mounted solar project in Billerica, Mass.
According to the companies,...
AES DE Completes Utility-Scale Solar Plant In Georgia
AES Distributed Energy (AES DE), a subsidiary of The AES Corp., has announced the commissioning of its largest solar project to date – the...
Yingli Signs 50.6 MW Agreement For Two Japan Solar Power Plants
Solar panel manufacturer Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. says that its wholly owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Spain S.L.U., has signed a 50.6 MW solar panel...
EPB Breaks Ground On City’s First Community Solar Project
EPB, a municipally owned utility in Chattanooga, Tenn., has started construction on the city’s first community solar installation.
Dubbed Solar Share, the community solar project is a...
Maryland Pushes Ahead With Community Solar Program
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved final rules to implement the state’s three-year community solar pilot program. The PSC order sets the...
NYSE Warns Yingli Green Energy About De-listing
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has sent China-based solar panel manufacturer Yingli Green Energy notification that the company is below the continued-listing standards...
It’s Official: U.S. Solar Market Shattered Records In 2016
It’s no surprise that the U.S. solar sector broke records in 2016 – analysts long expected it to be a boom year – but...
Beaumont Solar Completes 2.2 MW Rooftop Project In Mass.
Beaumont Solar, a full-service solar provider, has completed a 2.2 MW rooftop PV system at the headquarters of a New England wine and spirit distributor....
Calif. Public Energy Provider Signs Up For 200 MW Of Solar
Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE), a public, locally controlled community choice energy program that provides electricity to San Mateo County, Calif., has inked a 20-year power purchase agreement...
National Lab Researchers Work To Battle Solar Panel Corrosion
People think of corrosion as rust on cars or oxidation that blackens silver, but it also harms critical electronics and connections in solar panels,...