Solar Power World

We spoke with Alan Lee, CEO of ecoSolargy. In light of the International Trade Commission’s vote to allow 24 to 36% tariffs imposed by the U.S. Department of Commerce last month to move forward, Alan offers the perspective of how a small business will be affected by the decision.

We sat down with Bob Gibson, vice president of education & outreach for the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA). He offered his thoughts on how utilities view solar and how they are planning to integrate it into their future strategies.

We spoke with Shaw Lynds, a research and development systems engineer at Maxwell Technologies. Shaw told us about how ultracapacitor storage technology can help solve issues with solar energy’s variability.

In this edition, we talk to Nicholas Fiduccia, vice president of solar at HB White Canada Corp., which has taken a key interest in solar north of the United States, building a a slew of multi-megawatt projects, particularly in Ontario.

We talked to Sara Greenstein, president of Underwriters Laboratories Environment and Information & Insights. They released the 2013 The Product Mindset Report, which examines consumer and manufacturer attitudes and perceptions across a broad range of product-related considerations.

In this episode, we spoke to John Perlin, an Author, Lecturer, Consultant on the subject of solar energy. His new book is called Let It Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy, which in bookstores now.

In this episode, we are talking with Rick Hsu, founder of Irwindale, Calif.-based SunGreen Systems (No. 145 on the Solar Power World Top 250 Contractors list).

In a wide-ranging conversation, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, discussed a recent White House/DOE study urging the country to stabilize its electrical grid and solar’s potential place in helping that happen.

We spoke with Rob Masinter, director of product management for solar at Advanced Energy, to talk about how solar inverters can support the grid.

In this podcast, we talked to Gary Mull with Solar Exchange.

We spoke with Billy Parish, founder and president of Mosaic. We last spoke to Billy in May 2013. He gave us an update on the online marketplace that allows the public to invest in solar projects, and what has allowed the company to be named one of Fast Company’s most innovative energy companies.

We talk with Nathan Homan, co-founder of Wiser Capital, about the company’s new online tool that will help commercial solar developers decide whether projects are worth funding or not.

In this episode, we are speaking with Ben Fischer of Signal Energy based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

In this episode, we talked to Mark Cerasuolo, senior marketing manager at OutBack Power, about the company’s new whitepaper detailing how homeowners can add a battery back‐up power option to existing grid‐tied PV/solar systems.

In this episode, we are speaking with AJ Javan of GeoPeak Energy based in Somerset, New Jersey.

In this podcast, we talk to John Vernacchia, segment manager for renewable energy for Eaton. He discussed the company’s expanded solutions as a result of Eaton’s acquisition of Cooper Industries.

In this episode, we talked to Sunny Rai, regional vice president for renewable energy for Intertek, a global testing and certification company. We’re talking to Sunny from the show floor at Intersolar North America 2013.

We spoke with David Field, President & CEO of OneRoof Energy. David told us about his company and why solar leasing can be a good option for homeowners who want to go solar.

SPW sat down at Intersolar North America 2013 to discuss the mission of the recently formed HDPV Alliance, a consortium of companies trying to create standards that will allow all the important components of the solar array to work more closely together, now and into the future.

SPW attended an invitation-only breakfast with the truSolar Initiative at Intersolar North America 2013, an organization that came together earlier this year to develop a common language between the solar industry and the financiers so critical to the future strength of the industry. Here what four of the members — PanelClaw, Underwriters Laboratories, Assurant Insurance and Distributed Sun — have to say about the efforts and how you can get involved.