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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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Just a short post on this, but it looks like San Jose has won a major new “green” business here in the valley with the announcement that Tesla Motors will be building a new factory and office park here in the Silicon Valley. Funny enough, professor Bruce Olszewski was mentioned in the Spartan Daily (the [...]

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I’m going to start doing a lot more company spotlights in the near future. These will be simple summaries of the companies and people that are currently involved in the alternative energy industries.
Company Name
SunPower Corporation
Headquarters
3939 N. 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95134
Snapshot
SunPower Corporation is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: SPWR) company that specializes in the “…design, [...]

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I picked up this week’s Wave magazine here in San Jose and found an interesting short article about a new SunPower solar installation that’s gone in to the Macy’s store at Oakridge Mall here in San Jose, CA. The article cites some interesting facts and figures, including:

The installation will produce more than 400,000 kWh annually
Eliminates [...]

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There is a lot of excitement in the Silicon Valley these days with alternative energy. I went to hear Mr. Ajit Nazre of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers speak at a San Jose State Entrepreneurial Society event, and had the opportunity to ask him where he sees major investment flowing in the next 5-15 [...]

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