05 December 2008
Effective as of 14 November 2008, Ravi Khanna (pictured), the Chief Executive of Moser Baer Photovoltaic, left the company to join Norway-based Scatec Solar. He had been with Moser for the past 18 months looking after acquisitions of technology firms and setting up a technology centre for emerging and disruptive technologies. Before Moser Baer he was with the Delphi Corporation serving in various positions including Country Manager for India and Thailand.
04 December 2008
Premier Power Renewable Energy announced its appointment of Kevin Murray, former California State Senator who was a strong advocate for green energy initiatives and played key roles in the authoring and passing of solar legislation. One of Murray’s more noteworthy bills was SB1, “Million Solar Roofs”, which provided over $3 billion to expand the use of solar energy in California.
03 December 2008
On 29 November 2008, Professor Dr. Adolf Goetzberger, the founder of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, ISE turned 80 years old. In 1976, Goetzberger was well-known semiconductor expert and head of a research institute with 180 employees, but in 1981, he decided to head out on his own and start the Fraunhofer ISE with only 18 employees. Today the ISE has grown to employee more than 800 people for the advancement of solar energy.
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03 December 2007
Groundbreaking on the site of GT Solar’s planned 40,000 square foot
expansion project took place last week in New Hampshire. The expansion
begins in the same week as the company announced news of its signing of
a $56 million contract with Yingli Green Energy Holding, the
China-based photovoltaics manufacturer.
19 November 2007
The ECN (Energy Research Centre of The Netherlands)
has announced its plans to establish a Solar Academy in conjunction
with its partners to provide professional training to employees in the
solar manufacturing industry. ECN’s partners in the venture are
Solland Solar Energy, Limburg Development Co/LIOF and The Institute of
Semiconductor Electronics (RWTH Aachen University).
07 November 2007
Oerlikon Solar has said that as part of a major investment and
expansion drive it would start an aggressive recruitment drive for
“highly skilled individuals to join its rapidly growing solar team.”
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