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Deal Radar 2009: Skyline Solar
Skyline Solar Inc. manufactures High Gain Solar (HGS) arrays which use silicon cells, durable reflector materials and single axis tracking into a single system. Skyline HGS claims to deliver ten times more energy per gram of silicon than traditional flat panel systems in sunny locations. Systems are built primarily out of commodity materials, which improves financial payback and
Deal Radar 2009: Infinia
Today’s Deal Radar brings cleantech and solar energy back into the limelight with Infinia. The Kennewick, Washington-based company is an energy technology company whose Stirling Solar products convert solar energy into electricity. As a company, Infinia has been around since 1985 and has successfully commercialized the Stirling engine for a number of applications, including combined
From Greenpeace To Green Power: Sungevity CEO Danny Kennedy (Part 7)
SM: What is the financing strategy that was utilized to build this company? DK: We did a faint angel round with a couple of institutional investors. We raised $2.7 million in 2007, mostly from friends and family, including Cate Blanchett and her husband. My partner’s family is out of New York and is invested in different
From Greenpeace To Green Power: Sungevity CEO Danny Kennedy (Part 6)
SM: What do you think about small solar farms? Is that part of the industry’s future? DK: Right now I think it is problematic because it is credit-dependent. When I see the future beyond the reign of coal oil, nukes, and gas, we will replace it with a distributed energy utility solution. Every appropriate home
From Greenpeace To Green Power: Sungevity CEO Danny Kennedy (Part 5)
SM: We have discussed your interface with the customer. What is the process with your contractors once you have a qualified lead to provide to them? DK: We call them pre-wrapped customers because they are not only qualified customers, but from our backend design system we have already developed the kit. We provide the specified
From Greenpeace To Green Power: Sungevity CEO Danny Kennedy (Part 4)
SM: Do you offer rebate information for all the states and regions? DK: We are only doing business in California, but we do cover rebates for all the cities as well as all of the utilities. That is very complex, and some of the most difficult stuff we have had to do on the backend
From Greenpeace To Green Power: Sungevity CEO Danny Kennedy (Part 3)
SM: Are you an exchange hub matching contractors with consumers? DK: It is not as e-marketplace as that sounds. We need to have a more concrete relationship between us and the customer, us and the contractor, and match them appropriately.
From Greenpeace To Green Power: Sungevity CEO Danny Kennedy (Part 2)
SM: What is the genesis of the startup? DK: My heart’s concern is climate change and energy issues. Most of my campaign work for the past decade has been on climate concerns. I believe that in the last decade we have turned the corner from denial to awareness that it is happening.
