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Borrego Solar Systems has appointed Bill Bush as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Bush served as the CFO of Solar Semiconductor. He will work to further develop the relationship between Borrego Solar and investor Walsin Lihwa, and work with Borrego’s commercial and public-sector customers on solar system financing. Walsin Lihwa recently formed a US$30 million Power-Purchase Agreement Fund (PPA), organized as Green Lake Capital LLC.

The chief financial officer at SMA Solar Technology, Pierre-Pascal Urbon is currently under investigation in a private matter.

Daniel Alcombright joins Solon as regional vice president and general manager of North America. Alcombright will assume this position with immediate effect. Olaf Koester, Alcombright's predecessor, will be leaving the company.

Solyndra has tapped former First Solar executive John Gaffney as its new senior VP of corporate development and general counsel. He will lead the CIGS thin-film PV company's legal and corporate development activities and will report to CEO Chris Gronet.

Soliant Energy has brought Marco DeMiroz back on board as its chief operating officer and chief financial officer. DeMiroz, who served as the concentrator photovoltaics company's interim CEO last year, will report to chairman/CEO Terry Bailey.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has appointed Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar as its National Solar Energy Champion for 2009. Chosen for his leadership and dedication to the cause of encouraging clean energy infrastructure development with job creation as a chief concern, in the past year Mr. Salazar made the focus on renewable energy a top priority for the Interior Department.

ICP Solar Technologies has signed an agreement with EPOD Solar, based in British Columbia, for a change in management. The agreement, which is effective immediately, states that Mike Matvieshen will take the position of chairman and CEO of ICP Solar, replacing Sass Peress who will remain president of the solar consumer goods subsidiary and as a board member.

Zhengrong Shi, founder, chairman and CEO of Suntech Power, and Gerhard Rauter, COO and member of the executive board of Q-Cells, have agreed to join SEMI's international board of directors.

Jim Pape has joined SunPower as president of the residential and commercial business group. The company has also established a business group profit and loss (P&L) organizational structure to align its sales, engineering, construction, and customer service teams. Howard Wenger will now serve as president of the utilities and power plants business group.

JA Solar Holdings has appointed Dr. Peng Fang as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Fang will work alongside Baofang Jin who will remain in his role as executive chairman.