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2025 Rising Star: Tiffany Buck, Arevon
Solar Power World is proud to present the second-annual SPW Rising Stars. These solar industry workers are improving the industry and inspiring others to join the clean energy workforce. Read all of our Rising Star profiles here. In the push to make large-scale solar projects as environmentally friendly as possible, Tiffany Buck is making her… […]
2025 Rising Star: Lindsay Bourgoine, ReVision Energy
Solar Power World is proud to present the second-annual SPW Rising Stars. These solar industry workers are improving the industry and inspiring others to join the clean energy workforce. Read all of our Rising Star profiles here. With policy an inextricable part of solar progress in the United States, many larger solar contractors have invested… […]
Solar Power World’s 2025 Rising Stars
The solar + storage industry is at an inflection point, with federal pushback threatening to derail progress but unending energy demand requiring these solutions. Whether the industry weathers these challenges and comes out stronger comes down to the thousands of dedicated people working every day to improve systems. Solar Power World is honored to recognize… […]
2025 Rising Star: Dennis Weaver, VDE Americas
Solar Power World is proud to present the second-annual SPW Rising Stars. These solar industry workers are improving the industry and inspiring others to join the clean energy workforce. Read all of our Rising Star profiles here. As increasing extreme weather threatens utility solar projects, the industry is working to generate better risk predictions and… […]
2025 Rising Star: Connor Hogan, OnePlanet Recycling
Solar Power World is proud to present the second-annual SPW Rising Stars. These solar industry workers are improving the industry and inspiring others to join the clean energy workforce. Read all of our Rising Star profiles here. End-of-life planning for solar projects is an increasingly important topic to the industry, with early projects aging and… […]
2025 Rising Star: David Koper, Burns & McDonnell
Solar Power World is proud to present the second-annual SPW Rising Stars. These solar industry workers are improving the industry and inspiring others to join the clean energy workforce. Read all of our Rising Star profiles here. Cutting soft costs and streamlining workflows is top of mind for the country’s largest solar developers. David Koper,… […]
2025 Rising Star: Jacob Juan Carlos Yang, Amp Your Story
Solar Power World is proud to present the second-annual SPW Rising Stars. These solar industry workers are improving the industry and inspiring others to join the clean energy workforce. Read all of our Rising Star profiles here. Solar success stories wouldn’t reach the public without the many communications professionals who work tirelessly to spread the… […]
Could we run out of critical minerals for solar panel production?
The topic of critical minerals is common in the news lately, especially when parsing the latest escalations in the U.S.-China trade war. When the U.S. government imposed high tariffs earlier this year on Chinese goods, China responded by placing export restrictions on certain crucial metals. One of those metals is tellurium, a rare element needed… […]
If community solar programs are successful, why not try community storage?
Since the dawn of the solar industry, people have been trying to figure out how to make solar panels accessible to low-income and historically underserved communities. The obvious challenge is the cost barrier, which can be at least partially overcome through subsidies, net-metering programs, leasing arrangements and low-cost financing. But there are other obstacles that… […]
Burned by the federal government, solar advocates turn focus to state policy
The Trump Administration’s attack on renewables has rocked the solar industry this year. The full impact of anti-solar legislation and executive orders may not be understood until 2026, when the residential tax credit ends, material restrictions begin and start-construction deadlines arrive for the large-scale ITC. Instead of abandoning all hope, solar advocates are shifting focus… […]