Ben Santarris
West Virginia solar leader keeps beat to rhythms of industry reinvention
pv magazine USA spoke with the owner of a 30-year old solar installation firm, who shared tactics for navigating the threat of major policy change.
Minnesota solar industry mourns loss of its five-star general
The late Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, a primary backer of the state’s community-solar law and zero-carbon requirement, took clean energy to pioneering new heights.
Focus on domestic content boosts solar executive’s confidence
OMCO Solar’s Eric Goodwin shared insight with pv magazine USA on a solar industry that eagerly awaits further federal recognition of the value of domestically manufactured solar mounting systems.
Enphase Energy co-founder focuses on bigger picture amidst solar-industry turmoil
Raghu Belur who helped direct microinverter leader Enphase Energy for nearly two decades, sees today’s volatile U.S. solar policy and industry conditions as mere speed bumps in the irrepressible spread of solar.
SunPower will beat solar policy threats, says CEO
Regardless of legislative outcomes, T.J. Rodgers vowed that SunPower would survive any solar-industry policy turbulence.
Solar and chip titan back in groove overhauling SunPower
T.J. Rogers, founder of former Cypress Semiconductor is forging global strategic alliances and hunting acquisition targets to restore the SunPower brand to solar-business greatness.
Solar strategist helps solar make sense of its policy ‘mess’
REC Americas strategy and policy director Brian Lynch, veteran of companies and roles that became roadkill of prior industry gyrations, plays rising role explaining its current policy morass.
U.S. trade body places final stamp on solar duties
The U.S. International Trade Commission has activated steep duties to offset what it deems improper trade practices supporting U.S. solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Proposed rule changes for Foreign Entities of Concern could alter solar supply chains
By disqualifying projects or companies that do not meet the new criteria, the rules in the House Ways and Means Committee’s proposed budget potentially could sideline clean energy initiatives already in development from receiving credits.
Survey: Texas GOP support growing for clean energy
Before expected June 2 end of the Texas legislative session, a Republican group friendly to clean energy issued results of a poll to dissuade GOP lawmakers from unduly curbing renewables.
