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Community Engagement Wins Board Approval for SolUnesco’s Orange County Solar Project

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Community Engagement Wins Board Approval for SolUnesco’s Orange County Solar Project

By Francis Hodsoll|2025-06-18T15:04:08-04:00December 20th, 2017|Company Update, Virginia Solar|

Why Community Building? As solar developers, we believe in our mission and the positive impacts of our work. Even so, we should never assume that a community will embrace a new solar energy generating plant. Local permitting can be the most precarious stage of utility-scale solar development. It’s the only stage where the people who decide your project’s fate don’t follow a uniform rubric. A county official may be able to deny your project for any reason. As a result,

HODSOLL: Solar Power Southeast: Does Passion + Wisdom = Resilience?

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HODSOLL: Solar Power Southeast: Does Passion + Wisdom = Resilience?

By Francis Hodsoll|2025-06-18T14:48:13-04:00May 31st, 2017|Company Update, Industry, Southeast, Virginia Solar|

Despite scary challenges: strength and optimism While the Suniva trade case—potentially a devastating price increase especially for utility-scale loomed largely, attendees eagerly packed presentations. The audience’s questions provided an interesting barometer to the psyche in the room. Participants focused on where we are going and how to get there. Further, the evolving business models continue to pry open market segments. We are tenacious! Even in markets dominated by utilities such as Florida Power & Light, some competitors have created interesting

U.S. Solar Jobs Outnumber U.S. Coal Jobs…By A Lot!

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U.S. Solar Jobs Outnumber U.S. Coal Jobs…By A Lot!

By Francis Hodsoll|2025-06-18T14:35:24-04:00January 18th, 2017|Virginia Solar|

This month, the Department of Energy released the “U.S. Energy and Employment Report”, an annual report that highlights employment data and trends for each of the energy sectors. While the report concedes that the solar industry employment data is difficult to measure, it suggests that the solar industry may have added 73,000 jobs in the past year, bringing total solar jobs to 373,000. To put this into perspective; the same DOE report puts U.S. coal jobs at roughly 86,000, total.

SolUnesco discusses future of renewable energy at Resilient Virginia and Environment Virginia Symposium

By Francis Hodsoll|2025-06-18T11:29:42-04:00April 22nd, 2016|Virginia Solar|

What the 2014 Clean Power Plan and 2015 Paris Climate 21 Agreement Mean for Renewables The opportunity for growth in the renewable energy industry is more promising than ever with the combination of the 2014 Clean Power Plan and the 2015 Paris Climate COP 21 agreement. SolUnesco looks to be at the forefront of decarbonizing the current energy system in Virginia by developing large-scale renewable energy projects. Over the last few weeks Francis Hodsoll, SolUnesco President, presented at the Resilient

HODSOLL: Cut carbon to boost Virginia’s economy

By SolUMarketing|2025-06-23T11:49:24-04:00April 15th, 2015|Policy, Virginia Solar|

This summer, we expect a final Clean Power Plan rule, the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s requirement that states reduce carbon pollution from electricity generation. The big question for Virginia: Is the regulation an anchor or an opportunity? A growing chorus of businesses sees economic opportunity for the commonwealth: a chance to foster long-term growth and drive prudent energy diversification. Yesterday, in advance of Governor McAuliffe’s meeting with the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the Virginian-Pilot published an op-ed by VAEIC board president, Francis Hodsoll.