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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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…
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Lots of other wrenches were part of the
Photocomm/Golden Genesis/Kyocera days.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Director of Research and Development
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>mick abraham<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November 23, 2008
1:26 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> allan@positiveenergysolar.com;
RE-wrenches<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Golden
Genesis question</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mick Abraham,
Proprietor <br>
<a href="http://www.abrahamsolar.com/" target="_blank">www.abrahamsolar.com</a>
<br>
Voice: 970-731-4675 <br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>---------- Original Message -----------</span></b>
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From: "Allan Sindelar" <allan@positiveenergysolar.com> <br>
To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> <br>
Sent: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:59:38 -0700 <br>
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Golden Genesis question <br>
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> Old time Wrenches, I need a history lesson, please… <br>
> We removed a Y2K system installed by someone else, before a home was put
on the market. All equipment was resold. <br>
> 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. <br>
> 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. <br>
> 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. <br>
> Who can fill me in on all this? Joel? <br>
> </span></font><font size=2 face=g><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:g'>Allan Sindelar</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <br>
> <a href="mailto:allan@positiveenergysolar.com"><font face=g><span
style='font-family:g'>allan_(at)_positiveenergysolar.com</span></font></a> <br>
> </span></font><font size=2 face=g><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:g'>NABCEP certified solar PV installer</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <br>
> </span></font><font size=2 face=g><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:g'>Positive Energy, Inc.</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <br>
> </span></font><font size=2 face=g><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:g'>3225A Richards Lane</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <br>
> </span></font><font size=2 face=g><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:g'>Santa Fe NM 87507</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <br>
> </span></font><font size=2 face=g><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:g'>505 424-1112</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <br>
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