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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.
Meyer Burger To Cease Production At Swiss Plant Under Reorganization
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd., a Switzerland-based PV manufacturing equipment provider, says it has initiated a cost efficiency program to optimize manufacturing costs and further concentrate its...
Urban Grid Completes Solar Projects For Maryland County
Maryland-based Urban Grid Holdings LLC has announced the completion of two solar installations for Allegany County, Md., totaling 2.14 MW.
The company says it expects the two...
Mosaic Closes $307.5 Million Solar Loan Securitization
Mosaic, a provider of solar loan financing solutions for U.S. homeowners, has completed its second term securitization of residential solar loans. The Mosaic Solar...
Hawaiian Electric Preps Renewable Energy Solicitation
To continue progress toward achieving Hawaii’s clean energy goals, utility company Hawaiian Electric, whose subsidiaries include Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light, plans to...
Tabuchi America Launches UL 9540-Certified Solar+Storage System
Tabuchi America, a residential hybrid solar-plus-storage system manufacturer, has announced the launch of its Next Generation Eco-Intelligent Battery System (EIBS). According to the company,...
Global Infrastructure Partners Will Acquire Equis Energy In Record $5B Deal
Equis Pte. Ltd. and U.S.-based investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have announced the execution of binding documentation for the sale of 100% of Equis Energy for...
Recurrent Energy Commissions North Carolina Solar Project
Recurrent Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., has announced the commercial operation of the 71 MW-AC/92 MWp IS-42 solar photovoltaic project,...
Swiss Team Wins This Year’s Solar Decathlon In Denver
On Saturday, Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Daniel Simmons announced the winning team of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solar Decathlon...
Partners Kick Off Construction On Arizona Solar Project
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments LLC (DESRI), together with its development partner, Torch Clean Energy LLC, announced the closing of construction financing and start...
Luminant Shuttering Two Coal Plants In Central Texas
Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra Energy, is closing two coal-fueled power plants in central Texas: its two-unit Sandow Power Plant in Milam County and...
Dominion Energy Virginia Issues Renewables RFP
Dominion Energy Virginia is seeking bids for approximately 300 MW of solar and onshore wind generation.
The company, through its request for proposals (RFP), is...
Solar Sector Sees ‘Mixed Bag’ Of Financial Activity In Q3 Uptick
After hitting a three-year low last quarter, total corporate funding in the global solar sector slightly rebounded during the third quarter of this year (Q3’16), according...
Solar Decathlon 2017 Kicks Off In Denver
On Thursday, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette officially kicked off the Solar Decathlon 2017 event in Denver. According to the DOE, the...
SimpliPhi Storage Helps New Zealand Utility Customers Go Off-Grid
California-based SimpliPhi Power says it scalable energy storage solutions have been deployed in New Zealand by electricity distributor Powerco as part of an off-grid renewable energy...
EnSync Energy Inks Solar Deal For CAL FIRE Training Facility
EnSync Energy Systems, a developer of distributed energy resources (DER), says it has officially marked its entry into the California marketplace by signing a...
New York Updates Solar Guidebook For Local Governments
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has released a revised and updated version of the New York Solar Guidebook to...
DOE Funding Novel Solar Tech To Produce Freshwater
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced new funding to develop revolutionary solar desalination technologies that will help create freshwater from otherwise unusable waters. Desalination...
U.S. Senators Introduce The Advancing Grid Storage Act
U.S. Sens. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., members of the Senate Energy Committee, have introduced what they deem a job-creating measure that...
Papa John’s Franchisee Adds Solar Topping To Its Energy Order
Houston Pizza Venture, one of the largest Papa John’s franchisees in the country, will now add solar to its 100% renewable energy purchase as...
JLM Energy Nets $25 Million Financing For C&I Storage
JLM Energy, a California-based renewable energy technology company, has announced it secured $25 million to finance distributed energy storage projects for commercial and industrial...