Solaicx Anticipates Growth, Even if Economy Slows (Energy Priorities)

RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD 2008 -- If the global economy coughs, will it choke off the flow of capital into the solar energy sector? Or does this hot industry have a special antibody that makes it immune to a recession? The prospect of a slowdown is a global issue. For a global perspective, Denis Du Bois interviews Peter Bostock of Solaicx, a company that ships its ingots and wafers to major photovoltaic cell manufacturers all over the world. (podcast)

by Denis Du Bois
February 25, 2008

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Solaicx is a manufacturer of silicon ingots and wafers for photovoltaics, and the company opened a new manufacturing facility in Portland, Oregon, in the fall of 2007. Company CEO Bob Ford told us in a November 2007 interview that Solaicx would achieve low manufacturing costs, helping module manufacturers get closer to grid parity. Now that the plant has been operating for a while, is the company achieving its cost objectives? Are its executives concerned about the possibility of an economic slow-down? I spoke with company VP Peter Bostock at the Renewable Energy World conference.

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Correction

In the podcast, the narrator refers to Solaicx's products as "cells," when in fact the company manufacturers silicon ingots and wafers, which go into the manufacture of photovoltaic cells by other companies.

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