House Bill could help solar & other renewables reach grid parity
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Peter Green, part 3. China is key
The last installment of an interview with Peter Green, CEO of Advent Solar, recorded on 15 April 2009 at a “Solar Summit” in Phoenix. In this segment, Green concludes remarks about states that missed out on the semiconductor revolution and then talks about China’s energy problems as that nation tries to grow its economy by… »
Peter Green, part 2. From semiconductors to solar
Imagine you were seriously into semiconductors long before the first PCs started rolling off the line. What an exciting time to be alive! To be in the thick of things! (Tracy Kidder’s 1981 classic account of this era, The Soul Of A New Machine, gives a taste of what it was like.)
Flash forward 30 years.
The… »
Next up: Crunch time for Arizona solar
Solar power may be the gift that lasts forever (in human scale, anyway), but states wanting to attract solar manufacturers have just five years.
That’s what Peter Green, CEO of Advent Solar, told a gathering of industry leaders today in Phoenix.
Not everyone agrees.
“I think it’s more like three years,” said SolarCity chief Lyndon Rive.
Talking with some… »