The Era of Mainstream Clean Energy: Solar Rising by Arno Harris

Published on Jul 25, 2013

(January 7, 2013) Arno Harris of Recurrent Energy discusses how solar industries emerge from 2012 ready to play a significant part in mainstream energy markets. Seminar given at Standford University.

Sustainable Energy: Affordable Domestic Solar in Africa

Small solar home systems bring good quality light and phone-charging to off-grid households and save them money. Yet their upfront costs render them out of reach for the people who would benefit most from them. UK-based startup Azuri has developed a pay-as-you-go interface which allows households to pay for solar power as they use it with scratchcards, making them affordable to those who need them.The Indigo Box won Ashden Award that champions and promote practical, local energy solutions that cut carbon, protect the environment, reduce poverty and improve people’s lives.

Published on Jul 8, 2013

Advanced Energy by the AEE

ADVANCED ENERGY ECONOMY (AEE) is a national association of businesses and business leaders who are making the global energy system more secure, clean, and affordable. Advanced energy encompasses a broad range of products and services that constitute the best available commercial technologies for meeting energy needs today and tomorrow.

 

The Potential of Solar in Growing Markets by Paolo Frankl
An interview with Paolo Frankl, Head of Renewable Energy Unit, International Energy Agency, at the 8th European PV Industry Summit26th EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany, on 5 September 2011

Squeezing into our Ecological footprint by Paul Hawken

Environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken, CEO of OneSun Solar, an energy company focused on ultra low-cost solar based on green chemistry and biomimicry. His speech at the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship 2010 focuses on environmental problems around the world.

Join the global Wiser community, the Social Network for Sustainability at Wise.org. Their visions comes from it’s former Executive Director, Paul Hawken, who recognized its need when researching his latest book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being, and Why No One Saw It Coming.

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Bringing More Solar OnLine by Rhone Resch

How has the solar industry fared in the down economy? During today's OnPoint, Rhone Resch, president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, releases SEIA's new first-quarter data. Resch discusses the climate for bringing renewables online and the competition that exists between renewables and natural gas.

Source: http://www.eenews.net/tv/ (6/16/2011)

Solar World in Oregon
Oregon 25% of our energy use must be renewable by 2020. Interview at Solar World in Hillsboro Oregon reflects Oregon as the hub of solar manufacturing in the World. With more than 2,700 employees, the SolarWorld group is one of the world’s largest solar energy businesses.

Recruiting Solar Manufacturers to Oregon
Oregon is a great place to do business. In addition to keeping our Oregon companies in Oregon, and keeping them growing, The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department markets Oregon across the globe as an ideal business location. Solar cell manufacturing is one industry where Oregon has established some key competitive advantages, and OECDD's targeted recruitment strategy has brought many new companies to the state. Solaicx and SolarWorld are two of these companies that came to Oregon, bringing hundreds of new jobs along with them.