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Choosing Your Path in Sustainability
As a recent college graduate interested in sustainability, I havefound it a daunting task trying to determine my path down the road ofsustainability. Similar to many graduates, I have experienced feelingsof uncertainty and doubt when trying to choose a career or find a job in the clean tech industry. I identified key questions that helped [...]
Technology Roadmaps and Industry Standards: A Path Towards Grid Parity
Based upon the experiences of otherindustries, technology developments in cell efficiency and increases inmanufacturing economies of scale will not be enough to reach grid parity goals as fast as the world desires. The solar PV industry needs to look at meaningful cost reduction through a global, robust andwell-organized supply chain. The current learning curve for [...]
New eBook shows how solar manufacturers can shorten path to grid parity
Camstar Systems Inc. announced the release of its latest eBook “Takingthe Solar Industry Beyond Grid Parity.” Grid parity is the pointat which electricity generated from Solar power is equal to grid power.The eBook applies Camstar’s Advancing Product Quality (APQ) model to the Solar industry, and shows how the model enables the achievement of grid parity [...]
U.S.- China Cooperation Create Path to Copenhagen Success
The United States and China announced on Tuesday a package of cooperative agreementson clean energy and climate change that are remarkable in both breadthand ambition. The cluster of seven initiatives, partnerships, actionplans, and research centers covers a range of low-carbon energystrategies from electric cars to energy efficiency technologies. These agreements follow on the heels of [...]
Malaysia’s Path: Producing Solar Panels to Solar Power
Recently Applied Materials hosted a high-level solar delegation fromMalaysia at our Santa Clara, California headquarters. Malaysia, likemany other developing countries, is at a crossroad of deciding how tobalance fast-growing energy needs with environmental concerns, energysecurity and economic development. Until today, Malaysia has prioritized industry and economicdevelopment. Now it is set to expand its solar industry, [...]
The Path to Copenhagen 2009
In which Copenhagen’s climatic present meets its dramatic past, and anagrams come to the rescue. Editor’sNote: The following is somewhat unusual for us. It marks the first timewe’ve published poetry. The work, though, concerns one of the majorevents coming in the greentech world – the COP15 United Nations ClimateChange Conference – and the arts arguably [...]
eIQ Energy and Signet Solar to Offer simplified path to parallel thin-film solar
A new product bundling agreement between eIQ Energy Inc. and SignetSolar Inc. will provide customers with a simplified path to buildingsolar energy installations—employing Signet Solar’s large-areathin-film solar modules and eIQ Energy’s Parallel Solar technology. Theinitial product offering—jointly marketed by both companies—bundlesSignet Solar’s SI S4 thin-film quarter-panel solar modules with eIQEnergy’s vBoost 350 DC-to-DC converter modules; [...]