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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.
Montana Governor Releases Energy Blueprint With Solar Goals
Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Mont., has announced a new blueprint for Montana’s energy future. It calls for a “balanced and responsible energy future in Montana”...
Army Recruits SunPower To Provide Solar In Alabama
This month, SunPower Corp. expects to start construction on a 10 MW solar PV project for the Redstone Arsenal U.S. Army post in Alabama....
AET Provides Solar Racking For 5 MW Puerto Rican Project
Applied Energy Technologies (AET) has announced the completion of a 5 MW solar project with Rosendin Construction Puerto Rico LLC in Juncos, Puerto Rico. The installation,...
Imec Bifacial Solar Cells Demonstrate Near 100% Bifaciality
During this week’s Intersolar Europe event, nanoelectronics research center Imec has presented at an efficient bifacial n-PERT (BiPERT) solar cell featuring a bifaciality value close to...
Hanwha Sets Efficiency Record For Multicrystalline Solar Module
South Korea-based panel maker Hanwha Q CELLS Co. Ltd. has announced a world-record-breaking multicrystalline solar module efficiency. The company says the Fraunhofer ISE CalLab...
SolarMax Rolls Out All-In-One, Fully Integrated Energy Storage System
Riverside, Calif.-based SolarMax Technology is bringing to the U.S. market what the company calls an all-in-one, fully integrated energy storage system, the FLEX.
SolarMax says it will...
Report: Price Of PV-Generated Power Could Drop More Than Half By 2025
With the right regulatory frameworks in place, the average costs for electricity generated by solar and wind technologies could decrease 26% to 59% globally...
New UC Berkeley Building Gets Fitted With Sunpreme Bifacial Solar Panels
Sungevity has installed Sunpreme bifacial PV panels on the roof of Jacobs Hall, the brand-new home for the University of California, Berkeley’s Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation...
ABB Links Massive Solar Project To Indian Grid
Switzerland-based technology company ABB has commissioned five substations to integrate a 648 MW solar project at Kamuthi in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to...
LG Chem Batteries Power Large Storage System In Ohio
LG Chem has announced that it supplied its lithium-ion batteries for a recently completed 7 MW/3 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Village...
Colorado Solar Advocates Protest Utility Rate Proposal
Editor’s note: This item has been updated to include comments from Xcel Energy.
On Thursday, dozens of Colorado solar energy workers, customers and advocates gathered...
Environment America Plans Public-Education Campaign On 100% Renewables
Environment America Research & Policy Center says it will deploy hundreds of door-knockers this summer in a multimillion-dollar effort to educate Americans about the possibility of...
Groups Call On N.Y. Regulators To ‘Put Community Solar Back On Track’
A coalition of solar industry stakeholders says it has called on the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) to put the state’s stalled Community Distributed Generation...
Unirac Unveils Aesthetics Package For Solar Mount
PV mounting solutions company Unirac Inc. has announced what it calls a “superior aesthetics package” for its SOLARMOUNT product featuring new front trim and end caps.
According...
SolarWorld Launches Training Partnership With Solar Energy International
SolarWorld has launched a partnership with Solar Energy International (SEI), a nonprofit training organization with 45,000 alumni worldwide, that will include discounts on online...
MOM’s Organic Market Adds Solar To Its Renewables Portfolio
MOM’s Organic Market, a mid-Atlantic chain of family-owned and -operated organic grocery stores, has begun purchasing all of the power from a designated solar...
Solar Alliance Enters Marketing Deal With San Diego Padres
Solar Alliance Energy Inc. has announced it is a proud partner of the San Diego Padres Major League Baseball team for the 2016 season.
“Solar...
IREC CEO Jane Weissman Steps Down After Two Decades
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has announced that Jane Weissman will step down as its president and CEO on June 30, after leading the U.S....
Singulus Lines Up Orders For CIGS Module Manufacturing Machines
Singulus Technologies, a German PV manufacturing equipment provider, has signedtwo precontracts with a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned enterprise China National Building Materials for the...
NEXTracker Meets Local-Content Rules For Brazilian Market
NEXTracker, a Flex company, has achievedFINAME accreditation in Brazil for its solar trackers.
As the company explains, FINAME accreditation is granted by the Brazilian Development Bank...