MarketScale Live from SPI 2018

MarketScale
MarketScale
Sep 26, 2018

It is North America Smart Energy Week, and with that comes Solar Power International’s annual convention. SPI is in Anaheim, Calif. this year and MarketScale is on the scene to catch up with the industry’s top professionals.

Our own Nick Minor will be bringing you interviews, news, and updates from the show floor all week.

Make sure to follow us on social media @MarketScale for pictures, videos, and quotes from solar energy experts.

For more MarketScale coverage of the solar energy industry, see all of our content on the subject here.

The keynote address was delivered by Julia Hamm, President and CEO of Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and Salvador Gomez-Colon of Light and Hope for Puerto Rico.

The keynote address touched on “increasingly important role of solar + storage, electric vehicle programs, NWAs, advanced inverters and software in advancing a clean and modern grid this year,” according to the SPI website.

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