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Past SVPVS Events

We, August 13, 2008
Eric Wesoff
Solar Power: Venture Capital and
Growing Solar to Utility Scale
Eric Wesoff, Greentech Media
Analyst at Large, Author of the Venture Power Report
wesoff@greentechmedia.com
greentech
We, September 10, 2008
CRicker
"Is Solar Thermal the Answer ?"
Charles H. Ricker, BrightSource Energy, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development
cricker@brightsourceenergy.com
brightsource

We, October 8, 2008
rnoufi
High-Efficiency CIGS Thin-Film Solar Cells:
Highlights and Challenges
Rommel Noufi, PhD, SoloPower, Inc.
Vice President of Research
rnoufi@solopower.com
solopower
We, November 12, 2008
btarbell
Small Solar Growing Big
Ben Tarbell, SolarCity
Director of Products
btarbell@solarcity.com
solarcity
We, December 10, 2008
John Benner
Bringing PV to Market –
Want to Make a Federal Case of it?
John Benner, NREL (National Center of Photovoltaics) 
Manger, PV Industry Partnerships
John_Benner@nrel.gov
nrel
We, January 14, 2009
Bob MacDonald
'Towards Meeting the Terawatt Challenge'
Bob MacDonald, Skyline Solar, Inc.
skyline

We, February 11, 2009
CH
Utility Leadership and Solar
Chuck Hornbrook, PG&E 
Senior Manager of
PG&E's Solar and Customer Generation Group

clhs@pge.com

www.pge.com/CSI
(California Solar Initiative)

pge
We, March 11, 2009
Tim Gessert
Review of Photovoltaic Energy Production Using
CdTe Thin Film Modules
Tim Gessert, NREL
Principal Scientist,
Group Manager of Polycrystalline Thin Film PV Research

tim_gessert@nrel.gov
nrel
We, April 8, 2009
dugPayne
SolarTech - Streamlining the Solar Value Chain
Doug Payne, SolarTech
Interim Executive Director
info@solartech.org
solartech
We, May 13, 2009
E_M_J
Transforming Solar Installation with
New Inverters and New Electronics

Eric Wesoff, Analyst at Large, GreentechMedia

Martin Fornage, Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, Enphase Energy

Jeff Krisa, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Tigo Energy

greentech

enphase tigo

We, June 10, 2009
P_Hoberg
"Shade Matters"
Peter Hoberg, Solmetric

VP of Sales and Marketing
peter@solmetric.com

solmetric
We, July 8, 2009
Bruce_K
"Solar for All- Including Renters and Condo Owners"
Bruce Karney
Solar Photovoltaic Marketing and Finance Consultant
bkarney@comcast.net
 
We, August 12, 2009
Dan Rastler

Electric Energy Storage:
An Essential Asset in the Smart Grid

Dan Raster, EPRI
Technical Leader, Energy Storage and Distributed Generation Programs
EPRI
We, September 9, 2009
D_Rose

"Technology and Economics of High-Efficiency Silicon Photovoltaics"

Doug Rose, SunPower Corp.
Senior Director, Technology Strategy
sunpower
We, October 14, 2009
MR

"Ultra-Low-Cost Solar Electricity"

Martin Roscheisen, Nanosolar
CEO
nanosolar
We, November 4, 2009
Finlay_Colville

"Lasing on a sunny afternoon: from Enstein to Bell Labs to next-gen solar cells !"

Finlay Colville, Coherent Inc.

Director of Solar Marketing

snake
(this event was even attended by a snake)

 
coherent
We, December 16, 2009
J_Hines

"The PV Solar Market –
Sustainable Recovery or Short-Term Blip?"

James Hines, Gartner Inc.

Research Director

 

gartner
We, January 13, 2010
Peter_Peumans

"Approaches to lowering the cost of solar energy conversion"

Prof. Peter Peumans, Stanford University
Deputy Director, Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics

slides
We, February 10, 2010
Bettina_W

"Increasing Power of PV through Standards, Roadmaps, EHS, and Partnerships"

Bettina Weiss, SEMI/PV Group
Sr. Director, Photovoltaics
PVgroup
We, March 10, 2010
 
"Innovative Entrepreneurs in Downstream Photovoltaics"

Eric Wesoff, Analyst at Large, GreentechMedia - moderator

Cliff Staton, VP Marketing (Renewable Funding)

Gary Kremen, Chairman and Founder (Clean Power Finance)

Mark Goldman, CEO (Armageddon Energy)

greentech

armageddon

renewable

cpf

We, April 14, 2010
ted_ko

"Comprehensive Feed-In Tariffs: Delivering Environmental Sustainability and Economic Leadership"

Ted Ko, FIT Coalition (Associate Executive Director)
& Craig Lewis, RightCycle & FIT Coalition (Founding Principal)

fitcoalition

rightcycle

We, May 26, 2010
AB_EW

"Why the New Solar World is Flat"

Eric Wesoff, Greentech Media (Senior Analyst)
& Andrew Beebe, Suntech Power (VP Global Product Strategy)

 

greentech

suntech

We, June 16, 2010
Storage_Evnt

"Energy Storage and Solar Power -The Crucial Role of Storage in Enabling Renewable Energy"

Eric Wesoff, Greentech Media (Senior Analyst)
& Craig Horne, EnerVault (CEO), Haresh Kamath, EPRI (Strategic Program Manager), David MacMillan,Megawatt Storage Farms (President and Founder)
 

greentech

Megawatt

Enervault

EPRI

We, July 21, 2010
phil_metz

"SolFocus Concentrator Photovoltaics -
An Introduction"

Phil Metz, SolFocus, Inc.
Director of Business Development
solfocus