News, Events and Business Intelligence for the CPV Industry
If renewable energy is to come into its own in Europe, fundamental changes need to be made to the existing energy infrastructure. CPV Today sister title, CSP Today, speaks to Greenpeace EU energy policy advisor, Frauke Thies, about the latest strategy for running Europe on renewable energy.
16 Aug 2010
In every sector there are “leaders” that charge ahead with technological advances and welcome changes in strategy when markets get tough. Katherine Steiner-Dicks speaks to Jose Toña, the commercial manager at Spanish HCPV solar developer, Guascor Solar Corporation, to learn how a domestic dive in Spanish solar investment is not stopping his team’s main objective to reach grid parity. Will an international strategy be the key to this company’s success and act as a platform for other HCPV players?
20 Jul 2010
CPV Today talks to Dr Andrew Skumanich, founder and CEO of SolarVision Co (SVC), a Silicon Valley based renewable energy consultancy, about the burgeoning demand for solar technologies consulting and SolarVision’s master plan to benchmark the solar sectors.
27 May 2010
Chris Anderson, Borrego Solar´s Chief Technology Officer, chats with CPV Today on mitigating risk when advising clients on taking on new solar technologies; the initiation of a design standard resources group; and why VCs will be going to the group to validate technologies and investment prospects.
24 May 2010
Concentrix Solar's CEO, Hansjörg Lerchenmüller, speaks to CPV Today on target markets, market drivers to building scale, lessons learned through a company integration process, and what his team hopes to achieve in the years ahead.
07 May 2010
Bob MacDonald, CEO of High Gain Solar (HGS) array manufacturer, Skyline Solar, takes a few moments to speak to CPV Today on what he hopes to help the company achieve over the next two years, target markets, the reasoning behind growing CPV popularity for large scale solar projects and his take on future consolidation plays.
26 Apr 2010
Nancy Hartsoch, VP Marketing and Sales at SolFocus in Mountain View, California speaks to CPV Today about the company’s industry breakthrough Victor Valley College 1 megawatt facility project; the US college sector as a target market; their projections for future projects; and how the sector is a potential job creator and reaching competitive advantage perhaps sooner than many had predicted.
13 Apr 2010
We chat with Jamie Richards, a partner at investment firm Foresight on the strategy of the firm’s solar fund and the types of management teams and technologies they are currently willing to back.
25 Mar 2010
Black & Veatch’s recent US electric utility industry survey results indicate that US utilities are digging in their heels when it comes to renewable energy uptake. Instead, they heavily back coal and nuclear as the answer to meeting future energy demand.
10 Mar 2010
November 18-19, 2010 - Seville, Spain
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November 30 - December 1 2010 - San Jose, United States
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June 28, 2011 - San Diego, CA
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