[RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis question

[Joel Davidson]

MessageHi Allan,

I never bought GG modules, but during 1997, GG accounted for 12.6% of Astropower's total revenues. See http://www.secinfo.com/dvJxt.6wv.htm

Best regards,
Joel Davidson



----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Allan Sindelar 
  To: 'RE-wrenches' 
  Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 3:42 PM
  Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis question


  Joel and others,
  I guess I opened up a "remember when" of great appeal to those of us with gray hair or beards. I appreciate the replies about GG. In the 1990s, Photocomm had a less-than-stellar reputation in the industry, according to some of the old-timers (like Richard Perez of HP) that I listened carefully to while still wet behind the ears. So the only experience with Kyocera and Photocomm that I had was for one year in my first PV job in the early 1990s.

  But what I was really hoping to learn was about GG's private labeling of Astropower modules. Has anyone else ever encountered these? 

  Thanks, Allan


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Joel Davidson [mailto:joel.davidson at sbcglobal.net] 
  Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 3:48 PM
  To: allan at positiveenergysolar.com; RE-wrenches
  Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis question


  Golden Genesis http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=golden+genesis+company&aq=1&oq=%22golden+genesis

  and their history at http://www.prnewswire.com/gh/cnoc/comp/696666.html

  There was always a lot of gossip about the Coors brothers' involvement in PV. Did anyone on this list actually work on PV with Coors?
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Allan Sindelar 
    To: 'RE-wrenches' 
    Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 12:59 PM
    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 
    NABCEP certified solar PV installer 
    Positive Energy, Inc. 
    3225A Richards Lane 
    Santa Fe NM 87507 
    505 424-1112 



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