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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.
TerraForm Power To Divest U.K. Solar Portfolio
TerraForm Power Inc., an owner and operator of clean energy power plants, has announced it is selling a portfolio of 24 operating solar projects in the U.K. totaling...
Solar Energy Finance Association Merges With SEIA
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Energy Finance Association (SEFA) have announced they are joining forces and forming a new entity under SEIA...
JinkoSolar Donation Helps Nonprofit’s East Coast Projects
Module manufacturer JinkoSolar’s U.S. subsidiary has donated 14 kW to RE-volv, a solar nonprofit and member of the White House National Community Solar Partnership. The donation...
Partners Celebrate Large Community Solar Project In Mass.
Boston-based BlueWave Capital LLC has cut the ribbon on its 16.5 MW Barrett Street community solar project, which is made up of nine solar PV arrays...
Canadian Solar Opens Module Plant In Brazil
Canadian Solar has commenced solar module manufacturing at its new facility in Sorocaba, a municipality in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The company says the...
Environmental Groups Blast Trump’s Pick For EPA Leader
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Scott Pruitt, who has served as Oklahoma’s attorney general since 2010, to be the next administrator of the U.S....
Phillips 66 Announces ‘Breakthrough’ For Organic Solar Cells
Phillips 66, a Houston-based diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company, says it has set a new world record in power conversion efficiency for polymer-based single-junction organic...
Residential Installers Merge To Form ION Solar
Vision Solar and Zing Solar, two residential rooftop solar installers based in Utah, have announced a merger agreement. Once the deal is completed by...
Panasonic-Backed Coronal Seeks To Acquire More Solar Projects
Coronal Energy, powered by Panasonic, has announced plans to increase the number of solar PV projects it will acquire in 2017 and 2018. The California-based company...
Google To Reach 100% Renewables Goal In 2017
Internet giant Google has announced it is poised to power 100% of its global operations with renewable energy in 2017.
According to a company blog from Urs...
Sunrun Unveils New Logo Under Rebranding
U.S. residential solar provider Sunrun is launching a new logo as part of a revamped brand identity to better reflect its expanded services.
“Our new logo, which...
Large Solar Project Goes Online At N.C. Country Club
Cincinnati-based Melink Corp. has developed and commissioned a 5.25 MW solar farm for a North Carolina country club.
Located on land owned by Rock Barn...
SolarCity Enters Florida After Voters Rejected Amendment 1
California-based PV installer SolarCity is entering the Florida residential market and suggests the recent rejection of a state ballot measure helped solidify the decision.
The...
Iron Mountain Buys 2 MW Of Solar For N.J. Facility
Iron Mountain Inc., a data storage and information management services firm, has announced the activation of a solar energy array at its Freehold, N.J., facility.
The nearly...
Nonprofit’s 28 MW Solar Farm Is A ‘Win-Win For Everyone’
Boston-based nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp. has commissioned a 28 MW solar project on an old dairy farm in southeastern Georgia.
Located in Millen, the Old...
Energy Dept. Releases Residential PACE Financing Guidelines
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released updated guidelines for residential property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing, and industry stakeholders have welcomed the new...
California School District Goes Solar With SunPower
West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) and SunPower Corp. will begin construction of SunPower Helix solar systems at 34 school sites in the East Bay...
Amazon To Bring More Solar Online Via Dominion
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, and Dominion have extended their solar partnership and announced plans to add five new solar farms totaling...
Former First Solar CEO Heads Board Of Eos Energy Storage
Eos Energy Storage, a U.S.-based energy storage battery company, has announced that Jim Hughes, former CEO of vertically integrated solar company First Solar, joined...
Feds Finalize Rule For Renewables Development On Public Lands
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell has announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized its rule governing solar and wind energy...