Traditional territories of the Massachusett and Pawtucket People / Boston, Massachusetts, March 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Lightstar Renewables announces their support of the American Farmland Trust’s (AFT) mission to save the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land. Through this partnership, AFT will use their Smart […]

From pv magazine USA Agrivoltaics solve at least two critical needs. Solar provides the renewable energy needed to mitigate climate change impacts while meeting global energy demand. And crops grown alongside solar help to feed the burgeoning global population, which is anticipated to grow to nearly 10 billion people by 2050, according to the United Nations. […]

BOSTON, March 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Lightstar Renewables and Empower Energies announce their partnership to develop new community solar projects. With a common goal of deploying clean energy to communities that need it most, Lightstar and Empower will develop cost effective community solar projects that deliver local benefits while contributing to energy and climate goals. The partnership […]

Montgomery, NY, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — More children and caregivers with disabilities in Orange County will soon be able to play on Benedict Park playground. This is due to the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan and the Town of Montgomery’s efforts to add an inclusive, fully accessible, and universally designed playground to the […]

This informative webinar features speakers from the Maryland Farm Bureau, Farmland Trust, Lightstar Renewables, and agrivoltaic farmers themselves. The featured farmers include Nick Armentrout, who is a small farm owner in Maine and is an American Solar Grazing Association board member, and Byron Kominek of Jack’s Solar Garden. As solar grows, Maryland is facing a […]

Lightstar’s Vice President of Strategy, Lucy Bullock-Sieger speaks to the vital role agrivoltaics can play in the clean energy transition, in a new article published by James Tyrrell in technology and business magazine, TechHQ.  Tyrrell writes that dual-use solar, also known as agrivoltaics (solar projects that allow for grazing and crop production on the same […]

Lightstar Renewables is celebrating the appointment of three of its leaders to prestigious roles in the broader solar energy community. Proud to represent Lightstar at these important tables are: Theodora Okiro Quarles, Lightstar’s Policy and Strategy Manager – West, elected Policy Chair for Black Owners of Solar Services and Vice-Chair for the Coalition for Community […]

Wednesday, October 6, 2022: Traditional territories of the Diné (Navajo People) and the Zuni Pueblo / Gallup, NM – Today Gallup Solar and Lightstar Renewables are announcing a new partnership to boost access to clean energy and refrigeration for the Diné / Navajo People. An annual commitment of $10,000 and additional resources from Lightstar will double the annual number […]

“We are strong believers that the future of energy must involve protecting and regenerating our land” June 20, 2022 – Boston, MA – Lightstar Renewables (Lightstar), Boston-based community solar and agrivoltaic developer with a national pipeline, is announcing its sponsorship of the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center (CALC), an initiative of Jack’s Solar Garden, that educates […]