Astropower's star implodes into a red dwarf [RE-wrenches]

[Jason Fisher]

Some of the releases mention the other interesting player in this
(perhaps inevitable) event; GE.
It will be very interesting to see what rises out of the ashes of
AstroPower over the next few months.

I, like Jeff, was disappointed to get word of this, not from AP, but
from another solar company's internet site! I have to say I was not
surprised, however. If AP or GE or whatever hopes to continue to market
products to their existing dealer network, I hope they make more of an
effort to keep us informed as to what is going on. The biggest question
for all of us who ever installed an AP system is what will become of
their warranties if they indeed disappear and get rolled into a new
manufacturer. I know that if the new player does not honor these
warranties, they will not get a warm welcome from me, and I would hope,
any other dealer.

As the solar world turns....

Jason Fisher
Aurora Energy
Annapolis, MD

-----Original Message-----
From: Marco [mailto:marco at pvthawaii.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:24 PM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: [SPAM] - Astropower's star implodes into a red dwarf
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Astropower, a once proud and independent PV manufacturer, announced
earlier this week that it was entering into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  Any
thoughts or commentary out there on what this means for the PV industry?
Does an independent PV manufacturer not have much of a future in a world
dominated by the PV subsidiaries of BP, Shell, Kycocera, Sharp, Sanyo,
Mitsubishi, etc.?

(Michael, I hope that this is considered an acceptable topic for this
forum.)

marco

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