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In perhaps one of the bleaker stories I’ve read on the solar industry in recent months, Hayward, CA-based OptiSolar has announced that it will layoff 290 workers, according to a report on SFGate. This comes even as the Obama administration has come in to the executive office with promises for new spending and investment in [...]

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This is part 3 of a 3 part series. If you’re joining a little late, I welcome you to read part 1 and part 2.
Conference Session: Finding Talent and Managing Growth
Brad Collins, Jay Paidpati, Barry Cinnamon, Jeff Melby, Dan Shugar
This session set several fast-growing company CEO’s together to discuss the challenges of building a company [...]

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This is the second in a 3-part series on the Solar Power 2008 Conference & Expo in San Diego, California in October. Read part 1 here!
Conference Session: CEO Panel
Kerry Dolan, Lyndon Rive, Jim Rodgers, Mike Ahearn, Santiago Seage
This session dealt with the overall industry and some of the challenges it faces in the future.
Each of [...]

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Here’s some of my thoughts and reactions from the Solar Power 2008 show. I’m trying to break down the sessions by day and topic, so please bear with me - some of these posts may get rearranged as time goes by…
Conference Session: Friction-Free Solar Market
Chuck Hornbrook, Daniela Schreiber, Joe Henri, JP Ross, Pam Newell, Nat [...]

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I’m going to provide a complete wrap up of the show all throughout this week, including some of the conversations I got to enjoy, some of the new technology I got to see, and some of the great sessions that I got to attend.
In summary however I can state that this was an absolutely terrific [...]

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I’m about three hours from walking out the door to head to the Solar Power Conference in San Diego this week. Of course, I’m going to have to take a bus, a train, a car, a plane, and another car to get there; but eventually I’ll be there!
I probably won’t be able to make too [...]

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“There’s over 30 billion square feet of large, flat commercial rooftop space (in the United States). If we covered that with our solar panels, that would generate 150 gigawatts, enough electricity to generate power for 15 percent of U.S. homes.”

That’s the words of Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet (formerly VP @ Applied Materials for those [...]

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Chinese solar producer Suntech Power announced this week that it will dramatically expand US operations, up to three-fold, and focus on building large-scale municipal grade solar plants throughout the country. To accomplish these goals, they’ve teamed up with US-based MMA Renewable Ventures, a subsidiary of MuniMae headquartered in Baltimore, MD.
The new joint venture, Gemini Solar [...]

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Last week I got the great opportunity to work with the American Solar Energy Society at the Intersolar conference and expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. This event was truly my first experience with the solar industry, and I learned a great deal about the industry and the people involved - as [...]

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Well, technically I got back yesterday evening, but after 3 days in SF I had more than my fair share of chores and errands to catch up on today. So - no update about the show yet. I’m going to be slammed all weekend, but hopefully I will be able to share some of my [...]

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