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Morgan Solar is Hiring
Friday, June 26th, 2009

We just updated the Careers section of website with three new positions, and will be posting more very soon. We are currently looking for:

Electrical Engineer - Entry level position - Some experience required - Download Job Description.
Optical Designer - Experience required - Download Job Description.
Senior Manufacturing Manager - Executive/Director level position - Download Job [...]

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More FIT Rate Info
Friday, March 20th, 2009

Jon Worren just posted this summary about the Ontario FIT Rates over on the MaRS DD blogs. Jon’s a smart guy and his analysis is usually spot on. Short, to the point and worth the read. Also, Green Jobs talk went ok, and I’ll be at Green Drinks tonight, so see you [...]

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New Ontario Feed-In Tariff Rates for Solar Energy
Friday, March 13th, 2009

The OPA and Ontario Government have released their new Feed-in Tariff (FIT) rate proposals! If these go through and get finalized (which seems likely), this is excellent news for two reasons - there was quite a bit of uncertainty and several businesses were holding their breath until the new rules were released, and the [...]

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Solar Energy Conference in Toronto
Friday, November 21st, 2008

I just wanted to make sure people knew, we’re going to be exhibiting at the CanSIA Solar Conference 2008 in Toronto, at the Westin Harbour Castle, on December 8th and 9th. I’ll be in the booth for most of both days, and I’d love it if people came by and said hello.
More info on [...]

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Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credit Passes
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

The Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC for short) has passed, and better, it’s been renewed until 2016, and they increased the caps on how much you can claim for the credit. This is great news, but especially for solar energy as dozens of very large products were waiting to see if that went [...]

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Morgan Solar in Greentech Media
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We just got writen up in Greentech Media, check it out! All in all a great article.  The article covers the initial ideas that led to the founding of Morgan Solar, what pushed the innovation and the early process.  We’re going to be releasing more information on the Sun Simba HCPV (very soon) and [...]

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Intersolar North America 2008 Summary - Part 2
Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Here’s part two of my wrap up of Intersolar North America 2008. Obviously, this doesn’t even scratch the surface of what was covered at the conference, but these were some of the things that stuck out in my mind. Also, I haven’t added anything about the exhibition - I spend quite a bit [...]

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The Importance of the ITC
Monday, July 21st, 2008

The Investment Tax Credit is the major US Federal incentive for Solar Energy in the US.  The most basic description of it would be that it’s a 30% tax credit on the installation of a Solar Power system.  The credit is worth up to $2000 for individuals, and with no cap for businesses provided [...]

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Intersolar 2008 Update
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Short update here - I’m going to document what I’ve been picking up here, and some of it will be posted on the blog.  I’m amazed at the quality of the presenters and presentations.  A few highlights:

The ITC is a huge concern, it’s looking like it might not pass which will impact the US solar [...]

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Short Hiatus
Friday, July 11th, 2008

While we’re sorting out the last few issues of the blog back end, I’ll be on my way to Intersolar North America 2008 in San Francisco. I’ll be grabbing lots of pictures, taking lots of notes and posting from there. See you Monday.

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