In The News

February 1, 2012
Global Concentrated Photovoltaic Market Growth and Investments
 

January 31, 2012
CPV looks to new markets in 2012

 
January 10, 2012
Skyline Solar breaks ground on solar power plants at two military bases
 

January 10, 2012
Skyline Solar awarded US$1.85 million contract from US Department of Defense

 
 

December 27, 2011
Latin America Flirts With Solar Power Development
(Article highlighting growing solar deployment in Latin America including Skyline Solar's project in Mexico.)

 
December 27, 2011
Skyline Solar looks to Latin American market for new installations
(Article about opportunities for Skyline Solar in Latin America after installing a 500 kW plant in Mexico, the largest CPV plant in Latin America.)
 
December 16, 2011
CPV Outlook 2012: The Only Way to Go is Up
(Article about concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) industry's growing installation pipeline. Skyline Solar VP of Marketing and Field Operations, Tim Keating, is interviewed.)
 

December 5, 2011
Death to Subsidies!
Opinion piece by Tim Keating, Skyline Solar's VP of Marketing and Field Operations.

 

November 9, 2011
California Energy Commission Lists Skyline Solar System as Eligible Product

 
November 9, 2011
Skyline Solar, Low Concentration PV Firm, Gets Funding and CEC Approval
(Skyline receives funding from Firsthand Technology Value Fund and receives CEC listing for X14 System)

 
Inc.com - The Daily Resource for Entrepreneurs November 8, 2011
Save Money With Alternative Energy
(Skyline Solar's installation at Metcalf West Construction in Kona, Hawaii, is highlighted in the article.)
 
Skyline Solar November 7, 2011

CEC Lists Skyline Solar X14 System As Eligible Product
(The X14 System is now eligible for performance-based incentives from the California Solar Initiative.)

 
NPR October 24, 2011

U.S. Military Boosts Clean Energy, With Startup Help
(This NPR report on solar in the military includes an interview with Skyline CTO Bob MacDonald about Skyline's technology and our work with the U.S. Department of Defense.)

 
October 20, 2011
Movers and Shakers: 10 Companies to Watch in the Solar Space
(Skyline Solar has been identified as one of the 10 most innovative companies in the solar industry.)
 

October 18, 2011
Skyline Solar unveils CPV technology at SPI, chats about subsidies
(Article about the X14 system and the benefits to solar if all U.S. energy subsidies, including those for fossil fuels, are eliminated.)

 

October 6, 2011
Governor of Durango Flips the Switch on new Skyline CPV Installation (article is in Spanish)
(The ceremony was attended by 200 individuals including Gov. Herrera Caldera, Skyline CEO Tom Rohrs and DelSol Systems CEO Ignacio Osorio)

 
October 3, 2011

PV tracking systems: are they pointing the solar industry in the right direction? (Skyline Solar VP of Marketing and Field Operations Tim Keating is quoted regarding the growth of tracking for non-concentrating PV systems.)

 

October 2, 2011
U.S. Military Sees Value in Skyline Solar's Technology
(KQED Quest radio report on solar in the military includes an interview with Skyline CTO Bob MacDonald about Skyline's technology and our work with the U.S. Department of Defense.)

 

September 29, 2011
Champion Companies in Photovoltaics
(Photovoltaics World magazine has recognized Skyline as a company is playing a key role in developing the solar industry by helping to make solar more broadly available, easier to adopt, more efficient and cost-effective. See Page 17 of the link above.)

 

September 16, 2011
Skyline Solar on the 2011 AlwaysOn Going Green Global 200 List (Skyline is honored as a clean tech engineering and business innovator)

 

September 1, 2011
How the Military and Solar Industry can Work Together

(Bob MacDonald, co-founder and CTO of Skyline Solar, describes how CPV is a great fit with the energy needs of the US military.)

 

August 16, 2011
Skyline Solar Retrofits CPV System: Half the Parts, More Power
(Michael Kanellos explains the features and benefits of the new Skyline X14 design.)

 
Semiconductor Today July 26, 2011

Cumulative CPV installations to grow from 23MW in 2010 to 12.5GW by 2020
(Skyline Solar is mentioned as an emerging leader in CPV. Cumulative global installations are projected to reach 12.5 GW by 2020.)

 
July 12, 2011
Desert Solar: Not A Mirage, But Future Still Hazy
(Guest post in Todd Woody's Green Wombat blog by Skyline Solar CTO Bob MacDonald)
 
June 14, 2011
Solar Deals in Latin America to Rocket
(The region is a rapidly growing, but often overlooked, market for PV and CPV. Grid parity without subsidies has been achieved in some markets. Skyline Solar's Tim Keating is quoted regarding Skyline's 500 kW project in Mexico.)
 
SolarServer - Online Portal to Solar Energy June 6, 2011
Low Cost CPV and New Markets
(Interview with Skyline Solar CTO Bob MacDonald)
 

June, 2011
Two Routes, One Goal
(This in-depth article covers Skyline Solar's history, technology, and advantages and contrasts them with those of another emerging CPV company.)

 
May 20, 2011

SVASE Unveils 'Hot' Emerging Tech Companies to Debut at Launch: Silicon Valley 2011 - Silicon Valley's Leading Startup Showcase
(Skyline Solar is one of a handful of companies selected from over 300 applicants)

 
Los Angeles Times

May 4, 2011
Turning His Near-Ghost Town into a Cleantech Boomtown
(How a PV system from Skyline Solar is helping to turn the desert town of Nipton, California into a 'sustainable wonderland')

 
Skyline Solar March 22, 2011
Largest CPV Plant in Latin America to Feature
New Skyline Solar X14 System
Press Coverage
Solar Power Engineering
PV Magazine
Sustainable Industries
Renewable Energy World
PV-Tech.org
 
February 11, 2011
A Solar Mother Lode for Chile's Mines
(Benefits of solar in the sun-drenched Atacama Desert of Chile)
 
February 9, 2011
Skyline Named one of Top 10 Green Choices for 2011 by Global NES
(Praise for Skyline's system architecture)
 

January, 2011
Call for Solar
(Article and photos of our installation near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, from the January 2011 issue of "Modern Contractor Solutions")

 
December 17, 2010
Sky's the Limit in Mission to Bring Down Solar Costs
 
Skyline Solar

December 7, 2010
Department of Defense Selects Skyline Solar to Install High Gain Solar Arrays on U.S. Military Bases

Press Coverage
CNET News
Reuters
UPI
Solar Novus Today
Silicon Valley Business Journal
Sustainable Industries
Clean Energy Authority

 
Skyline Solar November 10, 2010
Skyline Solar Awarded Two Additional Green Patents from the USPTO

Press Coverage
PV-Tech.org
CNET
New Energy World Network

Solarpower Engineering October 29, 2010

High Gain Solar, a variation of CPV

September/October, 2010

Low-cost solar

Skyline Solar August 30, 2010
Skyline Solar’s First Elevated HGS 1000 System to Power the Kona, Hawai’i Headquarters of Metcalf West

Press Coverage
Solar Novus Today
Renewable Energy World
Hawaii 24/7 (includes video)

July 13, 2010
Tim Keating, VP of Marketing and Field Operations, talks about Skyline Solar's recent projects and how Skyline leverages the automotive supply chain in its production. (Video, 7 minutes)

 

June 2010
“Pre-engineered high-gain solar enables cost savings and global scale-out," Photovoltaics World magazine, by Skyline Solar CTO Bob MacDonald

Skyline Solar June 30, 2010
Skyline Solar Appoints Thomas Rohrs CEO
Skyline Solar June 10, 2010
Nipton, California, the Most Solar Town in America, Will Generate 85 Percent of its Electricity from a Skyline Solar Power Plant

Press Coverage
Alternative Energy News (p. 6-7)
Investors Business Daily
Las Vegas Sun
Fast Company magazine


Los Angeles Times
Recharge News
Grist.org
Scientific American
CleanTechnica
Solar Industry magazine
CNET Green Tech Blog
Renewable Energy World

March 25, 2010
ScientificAmerican.com interview with Bob MacDonald, Skyline CEO

February 1, 2010
Silicon Valley and the Rust Belt – A Combined Solution to Separate Problems; Perspective from Skyline CEO, Bob MacDonald

December 31, 2009
Auto Industry May be Key to Renewables, by Skyline Solar CEO Bob MacDonald

November 2, 2009
Skyline Solar Developing Hybrid CSP-PV Technology; Renewable Energy World video interview with Bob MacDonald, Skyline CEO

October 23, 2009
The Solar-Rust Belt Connection
October 22, 2009
Skyline Solar cuts deal with auto parts supplier
October 22, 2009
Solar Winner: Auto Part Makers
The New York Times October 22, 2009
Solar and Automakers Unite in Tough Times
Los Angeles Times October 22, 2009
Skyline Solar taps auto parts maker for power plant components

October 2009, Page 22
PV Innovations – Front and Back End Savings

September 2009
Lightning Start for New PV Technology

July 30, 2009
Retooling American Manufacturing to Drive for Energy Independence

July 21, 2009
Skyline Solar to Commercialize Concentrating Solar Power Tech in Q4

July 16, 2009
How Automakers Can Help the Solar Industry

June 26, 2009
Cheap Solar: It's Closer than You Think

 

June 5, 2009
Hybrid solar-power system promises to gain ground

 

May 18, 2009
Photos: Silicon Valley adopts renewable energy technology

May 14, 2009
In solar biz, simple and cheap are keys to success

May 8, 2009
Skyline showcases new solar tech at VTA

May 4, 2009
Skyline Solar unwraps low-cost concentrator

May 4, 2009
Startup Skyline Solar Comes our Shooting for Grid Parity -- Can it Deliver?

May 4, 2009
Skyline Solar's High Gain Tech is 10 Times More Efficient Than Flat Arrays

Technology Review - Published By MIT

May 4, 2009
Cheaper Solar Concentrators

May 4, 2009
Stealthy Skyline Solar comes out into the light, touts high-gain CPV technology

May 4, 2009
Skyline Solar mixes old technology with new

May 4, 2009
Skyline Solar Enters Market

May 4, 2009
Skyline shows off unique concentrating solar arrays