Today we’re speaking with Damon Turley, Solar Business Development Manager, at Festo Corp. He has some interesting ideas on how to bring down the production costs of solar equipment.

As solar panel prices “dropped like a rock,” AllEarth Renewables CEO David Blittersdorf shifted his company’s focus from home wind turbines to the AllSun Tracker, a dual-axis solar tracker. “You need to be flexible and operate with speed,” the 30-year veteran of renewable energy says in this Solar Speaks podcast.

We spoke with Rick Gilbert, vice president of Solar Source (which is one of Solar Power World’s Top 100 Solar Contractors). As a Florida-based solar installer, Rick tells us why, at this moment, the “Sunshine State” is actually one of the least solar friendly. Florida actually lags behind many others on total installed capacity. In fact, Rick says the state actually has policies that block solar development on any kind of medium to large scale.

In this podcast, Richard Grant, principal at Russell Corrosion Consultants, discusses the role coatings play in protecting solar farms from corrosion and how the industry uses the company’s services.

We spoke with George Caraghiaur, Simon Property Group’s senior vice president of sustainability. Your average shopping mall has food and clothing but George tells why Clay Terrace Mall in Indiana has something more. He describes the mall’s recent electric vehicle charging installation, which combines solar power and battery storage technology to create a plug-in ecosystem.

SPW sat down with SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch and SEPA President and CEO Julia Hamm at the PV America event in Philadelphia in 2013.

SPW sat down with SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch and SEPA President and CEO Julia Hamm at the PV America event in Philadelphia in 2013.

Matt Denninger, senior marketing manager of Advanced Energy Solar Energy, presented a paper at a conference this year where he talked about his list of eight ways to lower PV costs, and he joined us to discuss it.

We spoke with Robert Forster, Vice President of Strategic Planning at Solarrus Corporation, and Jeanne Schwartz, Vice President of New Venture Commercialization at Assurant. The two discussed how their companies are working together to reduce project risk and improve the long-term financial viability of commercial solar installations.

We spoke with Robert Forster, Vice President of Strategic Planning at Solarrus Corporation, and Jeanne Schwartz, Vice President of New Venture Commercialization at Assurant. The two discussed how their companies are working together to reduce project risk and improve the long-term financial viability of commercial solar installations.