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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.
NRG Signs Up Major Companies For Community Solar
NRG Energy’s renewables business has broken ground on five community solar projects totaling 29.1 MW in Minnesota and reached agreements to subscribe several national...
Pacific Ethanol Installing 5 MW Solar Project At Madera Plant
Pacific Ethanol Inc., a producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels, is installing a 5 MW solar PV system at its Madera, Calif., ethanol plant. Borrego...
NYC Expands Solar Goal, Sets Energy Storage Target
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a new solar capacity goal of 1 GW by 2030 and committed the city to its first-ever...
Ten K Solar Inks Exclusive Distribution Deal In China
U.S.-based PV manufacturer Ten K Solar and Asia Clean Capital (ACC) have announced an exclusive distribution agreement for the Mainland China market.
Under the terms...
GameChange Solar Wins 100 MW Order On East Coast
GameChange Solar, a manufacturer of fixed-tilt and tracker solar racking systems, has been awarded an order for 100 MW of its Max-Span post-driven racking...
Enphase Energy Cutting Global Workforce By 11%
Enphase Energy Inc., a California-based technology provider specializing in solar micro-inverters, has announced it is reducing its global workforce by about 11% in an effort to...
Calif. Dairy Farm Goes Greener With 2 MW Solar Project
Joseph Gallo Farms, a family-owned dairy, cheese-making and whey business in the small community of Atwater, Calif., has unveiled an on-site 2 MW solar...
Partners Kick Off Community Solar Work In Minnesota
Mortenson Construction and community solar developer SunShare have broken ground on the first of eight solar gardens the team plans to put online in...
SunPower Acquires Remaining Stake In Malaysian Cell Plant
U.S.-based SunPower Corp. is purchasing Taiwan-based AUO’s portion of the two companies’ joint venture, which they established in 2010 and manufactures solar cells at...
L’Oreal USA Turns To Solar To Exceed Environmental Goal
L’Oreal USA, a subsidiary of beauty products company L’Oreal Group, has announced it will surpass its carbon emission reduction goals by building two large-scale...
California Cements Climate Change Plans With New Legislation
Ten years after the state adopted the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., has now strengthened the legislation’s commitment...
S.C. Utility Announces 16 MW Community Solar Initiative
More South Carolinians will soon be able to harness the power of the sun, thanks to a new community solar initiative by South Carolina...
Start-Up Unveils Commercial Rooftop Solar Tracker
Although tracking systems are prevalent in the ground-mount solar market, a California-based start-up has unveiled a new dual-axis solar tracker designed and built specifically...
Meyer Burger Provided Glass-Glass Modules For Building’s Solar Facade
Global technology company Meyer Burger has supplied SWISS KRONO, a manufacturer of wood-based products, with glass-glass solar modules for the fully integrated facade of the manufacturer’s...
Energy Infrastructure Firms Enbridge And Spectra Enter $28B Merger
Enbridge Inc., a Canadian renewable energy producer and pipeline operator, says it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Spectra Energy Corp., a Houston-based...
NEXTracker Acquires Software Company BrightBox Technologies
NEXTracker, a solar tracker company and Flex subsidiary, has acquired BrightBox Technologies Inc., a provider of predictive modeling software and machine-learning technologies. NEXTracker says...
Hawaii Gas Dedicates Oahu’s Biggest Active Solar Farm
Hawaii Gas has dedicated the new Waihonu Solar Farm with a blessing of the project facilities on the grounds of Honbushin International Center in...
RES And ATI Partner On Texas Solar Project
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) has tapped Array Technologies Inc. (ATI) to supply solar trackers for the 102 MW AC Lamesa Solar...
IKEA To Install Washington’s Largest Rooftop Solar Array
Home furnishings retailer IKEA has announced plans to install solar panels atop its relocated Seattle-area store under construction in Renton, Wash. According to the...
Wash. Clean Energy Grants Will Help Utilities Test New Tech
Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., has announced $12.6 million in state Clean Energy Fund grants to five utilities in Washington.
“With these awards, our leading utilities will demonstrate...