MSEIA 2008 Officers
President -
Rick Brooke, Jersey Solar
Vice President, Del. -
Andy Meserve, GE Solar
Vice President, N.J. -
Lyle Rawlings, Advanced Solar Products
Vice President, Penn. -
Ron Celentano, Celentano Energy Services
Secretary -
Gaurav Naik, GeoGenix
Treasurer -
Pat Murray, Solar Home Energy Solutions
Director of Solar Thermal -
Dennis Wilson
MSEIA
Welcomes New Members:
Blue Skies, Solar & Wind Power, a division of Wanex Electrical
Services, LLC
Carbon Free Technology
GE Energy-Solar Technologies
KW Solar Solutions
Manko, Gold Katcher & Fox, LLP
PV Powered
PVOne LLC
Rushforth Solar LLC
Dates to Note:
Industry News
MSEIA Press Release -- April 4, 2008
NEW JERSEY SOLAR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
SUPPORTS BPU SOLAR --
Statement in Response to 101.5 FM Radio Criticisms of the NJ
Clean Energy Program. Read the full press release here.
USA Today: Forecast for
Solar Power: Sunny, August
27, 2007 (read
article...>)
MSEIA publishes Survey on Impact
of New Jersey's CORE Program on the Solar PV Industry (read
more...>)
MSEIA Members in the News:
Ferreira Construction and New Jersey Solar Solutions
(NJSS) announce the Formation of Vanguard Energy Partners,
LLC. (02-29-08) Nelson Ferreira, CEO of Ferreira
Construction and John Drexinger, President of NJSS, have
launched Vanguard Energy Partners. The synergy between the
two companies provides the highest quality of solar energy
systems implementation with maximal energy output to end
users, third party system owners, and administrators. Vanguard’s
unique focus on energy efficiency, system performance, and
monitoring will strengthen their solar systems offering.
(read
the full press release...>)
EPV SOLAR, Inc., Signs 306MW Contract
for Sale of Solar Modules - Hamilton, NJ – USA (12-17-07):
EPV SOLAR, Inc. (formerly
Energy Photovoltaics, Inc.), a thin-film solar module manufacturer
and technology developer headquartered in New Jersey, USA,
announced today that it has entered into a long-term solar
module supply agreement with unlimited energy GmbH, Berlin,
Germany. (read the full press release...>)
EPV NJ Clean Energy Manufacturer of the Year Award
10-25-07 (read
the press release...>)
10-07
— EPV SOLAR Receives Ernst Young Award 2007 (read
the press release...>)
August 3, 2007 — Going "Green" Pays
off for Homeowner
The South Plainfield Observer (read
article...>)
Thursday, July 12, 2007 — Mercer County town
looking to tap into solar power
BY DARRYL R. ISHERWOOD
TIMES OF TRENTON
Continuing his quest for a greener township, Hamilton Mayor Glen Gilmore will
be requesting proposals for installation of solar panels on all township buildings. (read
more...>)
Wednesday, June 21, 2007 — (News Release,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) SOLAR POWER INDUSTRY VOICES
SUPPORT FOR GOVERNOR RENDELL’S
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE STRATEGY — HOUSE CONSIDERING BILL TO STRENGTHEN
STATE’S RENEWABLE
ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; GOVERNOR URGES SUPPORT
HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell said today that
a growing number of solar energy companies have expressed an
interest in investing in Pennsylvania if the state commits
to putting the technology to greater use, creating the potential
for many new economic opportunities. (read more...>)
Wednesday, June 21, 2007 (News Release)—
EPV CLOSES ON $77.5 MILLION IN NEW FINANCING — Proceeds
to expand Thin-Film Solar Modules Manufacturing Capacity — Hamilton,
New Jersey — Energy Photovoltaics, Inc. (EPV), a leading
solar technology company that designs and manufactures thin-film
photovoltaic modules, announced today that it has closed
on $77.5 million of senior secured notes that are convertible
into common stock of EPV. (read
more...>)
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 — Poll shows renewable
energy support — By Tracie Mauriello,
Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau —
Voters want the state to invest in renewable energy, even
if it means they would have to pay a little more on their
electric bills. (read
more...>)
May 29, 2007 — "Transition Period in NJ
Solar Program" (Renewable Energy Access
.com) (read
article...>)
May 13, 2007 — Governments and Solar Power — "Set
Shining Example". (AC Press) (read
article...>)
April 20, 2007 — PSE&G
Seeks OK to Launch Solar Initiative. (BY TOM
JOHNSON, Star-Ledger Staff)
The state's biggest electric utility wants to help convert
your home or business into a solar-power producer. In a filing
with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Public Service
Electric & Gas yesterday proposed providing $100
million for loans to residents, businesses and public facilities
to install solar panels. The initiative is designed to help
New Jersey achieve its goal of supplying 20 percent of its
energy needs through renewable energy by 2020. (read
more...>)
April 19, 2007 — Solar Energy
Industry supports PSE&G Solar Initiative — MSEIA press
release (read
more...>)
February 26, 2007 — Times: "Exempt
Green Solutions" (read more...>)
February 16, 2007 — DEP Press Release: DEP Secretary
Dedicates Solar Power System at DEP Southeast Regional Office (read more...>)
February 1, 2007—Solar's the Way
to Go— Alternative-energy system gets major funding;
expects more (Home News Tribune Online—By
Chad Hemenway, Gannett, NJ.) SOUTH PLAINFIELD — Ted
Turner said Wednesday was the beginning of a new era of alternative
energy. Turner was speaking at a press conference Wednesday
at Hall's Warehouse Corp., where DT Solar,
the Branchburg company in which Turner is an investor, has
installed about 8,000 solar panels on top of the refrigerated
warehouse. (read
more...>)
February 1, 2007 - Robbinsville, NJ – USA: Energy
Photovoltaics, Inc. (EPV), a thin-film solar energy products
manufacturer and technology developer in New Jersey, today
announced that Scott T. Massie has been appointed to the position
of Chief Executive Officer effective immediately... (read
more...>)
October 4, 2006
Denville, NJ, USA: System Integrator, The Solar Center, Inc.
Acquires MAK Technologies... (read
more...>)
October 4, 2006 - Star Ledger, NJ
Tom Leyden, Vice President of PowerLight is quoted in the Star
Ledger concerning New Jersey's energy policy...(read
article...>)
September 11, 2006 - Lawrenceville, NJ – USA: Energy
Photovoltaics, Inc. (EPV), a solar energy products manufacturer
in New Jersey has supplied custom-made building-integrated
photovoltaic (BIPV) windows for Philadelphia’s “School
of the Future”, inaugurated on September 7th... (read
more...>)
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