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Victor Lee, executive director of TFG Radiant Group, will now serve as Ascent Solar Technologies’ president and CEO. TFG Radiant owns approximately 20% of the outstanding shares of Ascent and this past December agreed to purchase an additional 21% of the outstanding stock in a private transaction. Lee will remain as a board member for the company, but advised that he takes on the roles of president and CEO voluntarily and without any compensation.
Meyer Burger advised that it has appointed Dr. Patrick Hofer-Noser to the company’s newly created position – head of renewable energy systems. Hofer-Noser will oversee the renewable energy systems for Meyer Burger as it continues to expand its efforts in the cleantech energy industry.
SolarCity has appointed Toby Corey, co-founder and former president and COO of USWeb, as its new chief revenue officer. In his role at SolarCity, Corey will aim to change the ways in which consumers, businesses and government organizations convert to cleaner energy, at a lower cost, through the means of various integrated solutions.
Starting February 1, Bing Sun will officially begin his appointment as Daqo New Energy’s new chief financial officer. Sun joins the company after working as CFO for Shunda Holdings since June 2008. Previous work saw Sun as a financial controller at BCD Semiconductor, an audit manager at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and compliance manager at BAX Global. Sun has an MBA with a concentration in accounting and is a US certified public accountant.
MidAmerican Energy Holdings advised that its new division, MidAmerican Renewables, had been established to expand the company’s presence in the wind, geothermal, solar and hydro projects for the renewables market. The new division will be based in Des Moines, Iowa and will consist of MidAmerican Wind, MidAmerican Geothermal, MidAmerican Solar, MidAmerican Hydro and project development and commercial management.
Schneider Power has announced the retirement of Bernd Schneider. He will step down as executive chairman of SPI and leave the board of directors, effective March 30.
Interim Nanosolar CEO, Geoff Tate has been replaced and returns to retirement, less than 2 years after taking the job, according to a statement from the CIGS thin film start-up. Nanosolar said that another recent management addition, Ms Eugenia Corrales takes over the CEO position. Corrales was said to have been recruited by Tate and had managed all Operations, as well as Engineering, Purchasing and Planning functions.
PV industry veteran, Joachim Nell has joined power optimization specialist SolarEdge Technologies as its Central European, general manager. Most recently, Nell was a VP of Manz, responsible for its turnkey CIGS thin-film technology. Prior to joining Manz, Nell was senior VP and COO of Masdar PV.
Robert Prigge has joined the executive team at Clean Power Finance as the senior vice president of worldwide sales. He comes to Clean Power Finance after most recently serving as the VP of global sales and marketing for Sterling Commerce, where he helped with the company’s acquisition by IBM from AT&T. Upon the completion of the acquisition, Prigge was the North American sales leader for IBM’s B2B division.
Verengo Solar has hired nuclear-power-educated Akiko Koh. She will be responsible for the operational infrastructure growth needed to deliver and support affordable residential solar power to thousands of American homes as Verengo continues to expand throughout California and the East Coast.
