tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1717934 2009-12-18T16:48:37-08:00 A group of engineers dedicated to the advancement of cleantech. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553f0cdb1883301287668513d970c 2009-12-18T16:48:37-08:00 2009-12-18T16:57:06-08:00

For some quick entertainment, I thought I'd share a few scientific papers about PV from "back in the day". From well before the 1977 founding of the Solar Energy Research Institute (now NREL), and back when oil was less than...

Max Davis tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553f0cdb1883301287625bb04970c 2009-12-07T10:42:59-08:00 2009-12-07T10:42:59-08:00

This summer GreenMountain quietly released a beta version of some solar cell characterization software we’ve been developing for the past few years. Motivated by positive feedback and a recent update extending functionality to the newest Keithley Sourcemeter series, we’ve decided...

Nate Beckett tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553f0cdb188330120a638f868970c 2009-11-30T14:11:02-08:00 2009-12-02T21:54:28-08:00

There are a number of grant opportunities in the renewable energy sector. While we typically do not develop our own technologies and products (our core focus is engineering design services for clients in the cleantech sector), we do work on...

Max Davis tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553f0cdb188330128757b2e1b970c 2009-11-23T03:00:00-08:00 2009-12-02T14:41:43-08:00

Recently, in discussions of solar technology, I've been hearing more and more talk of scalability. Being a skeptical engineer, I chalked most of it up to marketing hype. It did get me thinking however, so recently I dug into it...

Tyler Williams tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553f0cdb188330120a5ddf077970b 2009-11-17T08:18:00-08:00 2009-12-07T16:54:10-08:00

I recently returned from a week spent as one of the US representatives on the IEC Technical Committee 82 (TC82), which develops standards for solar photovoltaics. My focus is on Working Group 7, where we are working on standards including...

Max Davis