January 14, 2009

Towards Meeting the Terawatt Challenge

Bob MacDonald, CEO

Skyline Solar, Inc.

February 11, 2009 

Utility Leadership and Solar

Chuck Hornbrook, PG&E

Senior Manager of PG&E

Solar and Customer Generation Group

March 11, 2009

Review of Photovoltaic Energy Production Using CdTe Thin Film Modules

Tim Gessert, NREL Principal Scientist,

Group Manager of Polycrystalline Thin Film PV Research

April 8, 2009

SolarTech – Streamlining the Solar Value Chain

Doug Payne, SolarTech

Interim Executive Director

May 13, 2009     

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

Slides – Eric Wesoff

Slides – Martin Fornage

Slides – Jeff Krisa

June 10, 2009  

Shade Matters

Peter Hoberg, Solmetric

VP of Sales and Marketing

July 8, 2009

Solar for All- Including Renters and Condo Owners

Bruce Karney, Solar Photovoltaic

Marketing and Finance Consultant

Linked In – Bruce Karney

(A proposal by Bruce Karney for Assembly Member Paul Fong)

August 12, 2009

Electric Energy Storage: An Essential Asset in the Smart Grid

Dan Raster, EPRI

Technical Leader, Energy Storage and Distributed Generation Programs

seminar blog by Eric Wesoff

September 9, 2009

Technology and Economics of High-Efficiency Silicon Photovoltaics

Doug Rose, SunPower Corp.

Senior Director, Technology Strategy

seminar blog by Eric Wesoff

October 14, 2009 

Ultra-Low-Cost Solar Electricity

Martin Roscheisen, Nanosolar, CEO

seminar blog by Eric Wesoff

November 4, 2009

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

Finlay Colville, Coherent Inc.

Director of Solar Marketing

December 16, 2009

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

James Hines, Gartner Inc.

Research Director