Today we are talking to Ram Akella, managing director for Centrosolar America. The news surrounding the Centrosolar Group in other parts of the world has presented challenges to the company’s American subsidiary. Akella is here to address the questions he’s received from installers and other industry insiders alike.

We spoke with Alan Lee, CEO of ecoSolargy. In light of the International Trade Commission’s vote to allow 24 to 36% tariffs imposed by the U.S. Department of Commerce last month to move forward, Alan offers the perspective of how a small business will be affected by the decision.

We sat down with Bob Gibson, vice president of education & outreach for the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA). He offered his thoughts on how utilities view solar and how they are planning to integrate it into their future strategies.

We spoke with Shaw Lynds, a research and development systems engineer at Maxwell Technologies. Shaw told us about how ultracapacitor storage technology can help solve issues with solar energy’s variability.

In this edition, we talk to Nicholas Fiduccia, vice president of solar at HB White Canada Corp., which has taken a key interest in solar north of the United States, building a a slew of multi-megawatt projects, particularly in Ontario.

We talked to Sara Greenstein, president of Underwriters Laboratories Environment and Information & Insights. They released the 2013 The Product Mindset Report, which examines consumer and manufacturer attitudes and perceptions across a broad range of product-related considerations.

In this episode, we spoke to John Perlin, an Author, Lecturer, Consultant on the subject of solar energy. His new book is called Let It Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy, which in bookstores now.

In this episode, we are talking with Rick Hsu, founder of Irwindale, Calif.-based SunGreen Systems (No. 145 on the Solar Power World Top 250 Contractors list).

In a wide-ranging conversation, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, discussed a recent White House/DOE study urging the country to stabilize its electrical grid and solar’s potential place in helping that happen.

We spoke with Rob Masinter, director of product management for solar at Advanced Energy, to talk about how solar inverters can support the grid.