It's easy to think about modules as singular units of power output, but the reality is that they are a collection of diverse components, each with influence over the end system's total cost and performance. For DuPont, its focus is of course on the materials side, from metallization pastes used to form contacts on the solar cell, to backsheet materials that protect the panels themselves.
The Obama Administration's $60 billion Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) for renewable energy is considered a failure because of Solyndra, Beacon Power, and potential 2012 bankruptcies. What is not well known is that 75 percent of the program's deployed funds went to relatively low risk power plants that will catapult the U.S. to a leadership role in the utility-scale solar sector. This is hardly the hallmark of a "failed program." The program is akin to Shakespeare's King Henry V, who said as a delinquent Prince: "I'll so offend as to make offense a skill, redeeming time when men think least I will."Rodney Eckhardt – Advisory Board Member
Rodney Eckhardt – Advisor Board Member
Mr. Eckhardt has worked extensively with tax incented investments from both an equity and debt perspective. His experience includes underwriting, asset management, fund management, origination and syndication of investments representing approximately $1 billion dollars. He is a speaker at national renewable energy finance conferences and has worked on behalf of tax credit syndicators, lenders, investors and developers. He previously served as Vice President for Capmark Finance Inc. and as Investment Counsel for a division of GMAC. Rod earned his B.A. from Colorado State University and his J.D. from Gonzaga School of Law.
