Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009
6:00pm: Networking & Pizza
7:00pm: Presentation
8:00pm: Q&A
Location: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium
Cost: Donations for food accepted
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Title
New Class of Silicon Based Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems
Speaker
Tim Keating, V.P. of Marketing and Field Operations Skyline Solar, Inc.
Abstract
The discussion addresses a new class of silicon based solar photovoltaic power systems which produces highly scalable power for commercial, industrial and utility-scale deployments.
Topic
Skyline Solar Inc. is developing a silicon-based PV system to reduce energy cost and improve scalability of solar energy. The system achieves high gain through a combination of high capacity factor and optical concentration. The design approach drives innovation not only into the details of the system hardware, but also into manufacturing and deployment related costs. The result of this approach is a modular PV system whose manufacturing relies only on currently existing silicon solar cell, module, reflector and aluminum parts supply chain as well as turnkey PV module production lines and metal fabrication industries that already exist at scale. Furthermore, with a high gain system design, the generating capacity of all components is multiplied leading to a rapidly scalable system. The product design and commercialization strategy cooperate synergistically to promise dramatically lower LCOE with substantially lower risk relative to materials-intensive innovations.
Biography
Tim Keating s the former managing director of Intel Capital Europe where he led the European team which made more than 70 equity investments between 1998 and 2003. He is a 22-year veteran of Intel where he helped grow the Fortune 500 company’s core processor business into one of the strongest in the world by heading up the microprocessor business unit in Europe in the 1990’s and launching the original Intel Pentium™ brand and chip as the Pentium Processor Marketing Director for Intel worldwide.
Tim started his career as an engineer estimator at Pacific Gas and Electric. He has a deep understanding of operations and manufacturing, product marketing, content relationships and the venture capital market gained during his extensive Intel career and since Intel as a venture consultant serving young companies as an advisor and operations executive during funding and company ramp phase.
Tim is a graduate of University of California, with a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering, and is an alumnus of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business; General Management Program where he focused on corporate finance, strategy and operations.