All Entries Tagged With: "Jobs"
Green Jobs: Simple Energy Gets Comverge Vet, MEMC’s CFO Swap, New CEOs at Oree, Pythagoras
Amazon.com Widgets With the hardware side of the smart grid in a bit of a doldrums, the action is moving to the “soft grid” — all the software that will enable the smart meters, grid sensors and other gear being put out into the field. The latest move on that front comes from Simple Energy, [...]
Green Jobs: New First Solar CCO, SolarBridge VP, SunRun CFO, CFO at SunPower, Fisker CEO
First Solar, in its quest to focus on unsubsidized emerging PV markets, has created a new role at the company — Chief Commercial Officer — and appointed James Hughes, a former Enron executive, to the role. SunRun, a solar home financier, appointed a new CFO, Barak Ben-Gal, formerly VP of Finance at Support.com (Nasdaq: SPRT). [...]
Report: Solar Trade Barriers Threaten Over 60,000 American Jobs
The Brattle Group has issued an economic analysis on the impact of a 100 percent tariff on PV cells imported from China. Keep in mind that the study was commissioned by CASE, the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy — the group that opposes the tariffs sought by SolarWorld and its anti-dumping claims with the Department [...]
Green Jobs: Where Do Solyndra PR Pros End Up?
David Miller, the former Director of Corporate Communications at bankrupt solar firm Solyndra, has resurfaced as Sr. Director of Corporate Communications at LSI Corporation. LSI builds storage and networking components. Here's an example of Miller's work at Solyndra, as cited in Politico. Rubenius, a firm that aims to build massive amounts of utility-scale electrochemical energy [...]
Green Jobs: Good and Bad News for Solar Sector
Here's the last installment of greentech job movement in 2011, with this chapter devoted entirely to the solar industry: Hoku Corporation's CFO, Darryl Nakamoto, resigned. Hoku (Nasdaq:HOKU), in a case of questionable timing, is opening up a long-threatened polysilicon plant in Pocatello, Idaho. Hoku is a subsidiary of Tianwei New Energy Holdings, which is an [...]
Green Jobs: COO Leaves Silver Spring Networks
Warren Jenson, Chief Operating Officer at smart grid player and IPO aspirant, Silver Spring Networks, has left the company, according to VentureWire. Why would a COO leave one of the more successful and potentially lucrative greentech companies? Since the firm will not comment, a smart grid expert colleague offers these potential reasons: He's being forced [...]
Green Jobs: CEO Moves at EcoFactor, MiaSolé, ECD, Cobalt, Next Autoworks
We've learned from sources inside and outside the company, that home energy efficiency and thermostat company, EcoFactor, is experiencing a bit of a management shakeup. It looks like John Steinberg, the founder and CEO, will be stepping aside to allow another CEO to take the helm of the firm. We'll know more in a few [...]
Top 10 green jobs
With the economy tanking and unemployment skyrocketing, where are the green jobs? What is a green job? According to the United Nations Environment Program a green job would be “work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development, administrative, and service activities that contribute(s) substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality.” Can green jobs help our ailing [...]
Green Jobs: People on the Move in Solar, Energy Storage, Smart Grid, New Nuclear
Abound Solar, a manufacturer of CdTe photovoltaic modules and beneficiary of $ 400 million in DOE loans, has appointed Craig Witsoe President & CEO, replacing Tom Tiller, who will become Board Chairman. Tiller leaves because of "unexpected issues in our family." Witsoe comes to Abound after three years as CEO of Lineage Power, now GE [...]
Green Jobs: People on the Move in Solar, LEDs, and Smart Grid
Last week, we reported on the CEO drama at CIGS solar panel vendor MiaSolé. We heard from several dependable sources, both inside and outside of the company, that the Intel influence in the company is to become even more prominent. Joseph Laia will retain his CEO title for the time being, albeit in a diminished [...]
