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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

A brief look at what’s happening in the Solar Energy Industry for the week of July 4, 2008