Executive Viewpoint

Greenpeace: "By 2050 97% of EU power to come from renewable energy"

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:05:57 +0100

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.

Jose Toña, GUASCOR: "the main goal is to achieve grid parity in the near future"

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:16:36 +0100

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?

Solar technologies benchmark: comparing apples with pears?

Rikki Stancich — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:47:49 +0100

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.

Borrego Solar: Raising industry standards

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:25:53 +0100

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.

Concentrix Solar CEO says "we must grow even faster over next two years"

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:33:23 +0100

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.

Skyline Solar CEO Bob MacDonald says CPV and other niche segments to drive solar consolidation plays

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:27:41 +0100

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.

SolFocus says CPV now prime for competitiveness

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:46:06 +0100

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.

Foresight Solar Fund reveals what's on their investment radar

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:31:42 +0000

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.

US renewables continue to be sidelined by utilities

Editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

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.