[RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis question

Christopher Freitas cfreitas at outbackpower.com
Sun Nov 23 13:57:34 PST 2008


The other partner in Independent Power Company was Sam Vanderhoof (of
Trace / Schott / SMA) - they were located in North San Juan, CA - I
worked there right after Photocomm bought them.    John Berdner worked
for Photocomm as well - In Grass Valley CA when the Photocomm office
moved there.  Photocomm was part of Westinghouse for a short while -
then went public before Coors and then the purchase by Kyocera.  I left
before the Coors guys came on board...  

 

Lots of other wrenches were part of the Photocomm/Golden Genesis/Kyocera
days.

 

Christopher

 

 

Christopher Freitas

Director of Research and Development 

OutBack Power Systems, Inc.

cfreitas at outbackpower.com <mailto:cfreitas at outbackpower.com> 

Tel 360 435 6030

Cell 360 202 4239

19009 62nd Ave NE 

Arlington WA 98223 USA

www.outbackpower.com <http://www.outbackpower.com/> 

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From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of mick
abraham
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 1:26 PM
To: allan at positiveenergysolar.com; RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis question

 

Allan's history recounting is just about perfect. The first gear I ever
bought came from a California outfit called "Independent Power Company",
starring Ron Kenedi and his partner whose name escapes me. 

IPC got bought by PhotoComm...which is how I became a PhotoComm dealer.
PhotoComm was reselling Kyocera modules (along with Uni-Solar and some
other brands including private label items) and this continued after PC
was bought by some of the Coors family members. The Coors people changed
the name to Golden Genesis, but IIRC there were few other
changes...which seemed like a good thing. 

When British Petroleum came strong into the US market (in the late
nineties) they started distributing "balance of systems" gear alongside
their BP solar modules. It was about that time when Kyocera bought
Golden Genesis and blended that into Kyocera Solar for one stop
shopping. 

If Steve Bass happens to monitor the Wrench List, he would be eminently
qualified to write the history, because he was there through several
name changes. 

Mick Abraham, Proprietor 
www.abrahamsolar.com <http://www.abrahamsolar.com/>  
Voice: 970-731-4675 

---------- Original Message ----------- 
From: "Allan Sindelar" <allan at positiveenergysolar.com> 
To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> 
Sent: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:59:38 -0700 
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis question 

> Old time Wrenches, I need a history lesson, please... 
> We removed a Y2K system installed by someone else, before a home was
put on the market. All equipment was resold. 
> The array consisted of ten Golden Genesis 12V 120W modules. Six were
sold with racks, but four went to one of our existing customers. I
ordered a DP&W pole-top rack for them. 
> When the time came to install them the rack didn't fit. We redrilled
holes and it all went together, but I was ready to rake DP&W over the
coals until I discovered that the mistake was mine: the terminal circuit
board inside a j-box showed that these were actually Astropower AP120s.
I had assumed that these were the common KC-120s of that time, that had
been private-labeled with Golden Genesis' name. 
> Golden Genesis was a Coors Brewing (of Golden, Colorado) spinoff that
got into PV for a few years around that time. My understanding is that
they bought the entire Photocomm name and distribution network, as well
as played with thin-film development for awhile (gallium arsenide?).
Photocomm had been the U.S. distributor for Kyocera for years.
Eventually GG sold out to Kyocera USA, which is what we have now. 
> Who can fill me in on all this? Joel? 
> Allan Sindelar 
> allan_(at)_positiveenergysolar.com
<mailto:allan at positiveenergysolar.com>  
> NABCEP certified solar PV installer 
> Positive Energy, Inc. 
> 3225A Richards Lane 
> Santa Fe NM 87507 
> 505 424-1112 
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