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 [...]
Solar Power 2008 Review (Part 2 of 3)
November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · 2008, anton milner, baseload, california, conference, cost of capital, grid parity, hudson valley, jeannine sargent, jeff wolfe, jerry ventre, jim rodgers, john carrese, joseph sarubbi, kerry dolan, lyndon rive, margin heming, matt cheney, mike ahearn, plug-in electric vehicles, power, rebecca eaton, san diego, santiago seage, solar, sunpower
SunRun gets financed for growth
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
CNet reported today that San Francisco-based SunRun has secured a $12 million venture round from Menlo Park venture capital firm Foundation Capital. In terms of energy finance deals, this is a drop in the bucket - but perhaps SunRun’s aspirations of becoming an economical energy provider for potentially millions of customers in California (and beyond) [...]
Tags: · california, foundation capital, grid parity, menlo park, pv, san francisco, solar, sunrun
A foreign perspective on American solar
June 7th, 2008 · No Comments
I just caught a great article from Reuters UK titled, “As energy costs soar, America looks to solar“. This article provides a ton of information about the market dynamics that may make solar technology - as well as other renewable and “alternative” forms of energy extremely viable in the coming years.
It’s exciting to watch this [...]
Tags: · ascent solar technologies, crystalline silicon, evergreen solar, grid parity, solar, solar capacity, sunpower, thin-film, tom werner