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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.
ATI Supplies Trackers To 191 MW Springbok 2 Solar Farm
Array Technologies Inc. (ATI) has finalized shipments of its DuraTrack HZ v3 single-axis trackers to the 191 MW Springbok 2 solar farm, which is located...
Harvard Researchers Tackle Energy Storage Inspired By Vitamins
Harvard University researchers say they have identified a new class of high-performing organic molecules, inspired by vitamin B2, that can safely store electricity from...
Total Completes Acquisition Of Battery Developer Saft
Following a successful public tender offer, French oil giant Total has completed its friendly takeover of Saft Group, a France-based developer and manufacturer of...
SolarCity Raises $345 Million To Finance New Projects
U.S. solar provider SolarCity has announced it raised $345 million in tax equity from four separate partners in June and this month to finance new solar...
American Reading Co. Dedicates SunPower Solar System
American Reading Co., an educational services company, and TerraSol Energies, a SunPower commercial partner, have dedicated a 313 kW SunPower Helix Roof solar power system at...
Trina Solar Achieves New Average Efficiencies For PERC, DP Cells
Trina Solar Ltd., a provider of photovoltaic modules, solutions and services, says it has achieved an average efficiency of 20.16% for its industrially produced P-type multicrystalline...
TerraSmart Unveils New Ground-Mount Solar Racking System
TerraSmart, a provider of turnkey solar mounting, has introduced its new TF2 fixed-tilt ground-mount racking system, which the company says features a ground-screw foundation...
SolarCity Launches Residential Service, Expands Hiring In Utah
SolarCity Corp. says it has now launched residential solar service in Utah and is actively recruiting sales representatives, permitting and installation services roles in the...
Ideal Power, sonnen Announce Commercial Energy Storage Solution
Energy storage company sonnen Inc. says it has expanded into the commercial and industrial energy storage market with the launch of the sonnenBatterie pro...
DNV GL Acquires Solar Monitoring Firm GreenPowerMonitor
Energy consultancy DNV GL has acquiredGreenPowerMonitor, a provider of solar monitoring, control and asset management systems.
Established in 2008 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, GreenPowerMonitor employs...
sonnen Unveils eco compact Energy Storage Solution
Energy storage company sonnen has introduced its sonnenBatterie eco compact, which the company says is a streamlined, all-in-one solution designed to increase grid-tied solar...
IHS Scorecard Highlights Top Solar Inverter Suppliers
SMA, SolarEdge, Schneider Electric, Sungrow, Huawei and ABB were all identified as solar inverter industry leaders with above-average scores for both market presence and...
First Solar Discontinues TetraSun Panel To Focus On CdTe
Arizona-based First Solar Inc. has announced it is discontinuing its TetraSun crystalline silicon solar panel, whose technology the company acquired from start-up TetraSun in 2013.
First Solar has been...
Suniva Supplies Landfill Solar Project At Military Base
Suniva Inc., a Georgia-based solar panel manufacturer and member company of Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd., has announced that its Optimus solar panels are producing energy...
TMEIC Receives UL Certification For 1,500 V Solar Inverter
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corp. (TMEIC) has announced that its Solar Ware Samurai 1,500 V photovoltaic inverter has achieved a UL 1741 safety certification,...
SunEdison CFO Designee Steps Down
As it continues moving through the Chapter 11 process, SunEdison Inc. has announced another leadership shakeup, this time on the bankrupt renewable energy company’s...
D.C. Renewables Legislation Includes Solar Focus
Washington, D.C., has taken another major step toward climate action, as the District of Columbia City Council unanimously approved legislation to expand the city’s...
SolarCity Forms Special Committee To Review Tesla Proposal
A week after electric vehicle (EV) and battery company Tesla Motors announced a proposal to acquire SolarCity, the solar company’s board of directors has...
Can YOU Get The U.S. Presidential Candidates To Go Solar?
Sungevity Inc., which says its “Globama Campaign” helped get solar panels put on the White House in 2014, is at it again – this...
Calif. Regulator Calls New Interconnection Model A ‘Win-Win-Win’
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a new model and five-year pilot process meant to speed interconnection of renewable and distributed energy resources to...